October 29, 2007

Jobs for Software Professionals in Folio3 (Karachi)

Folio3 is focused on helping entrepreneurs and small enterprises successfully build and manage an offshore software development presence. Folio3 evolved out of a tier-one venture-funded Silicon Valley startup that successfully moved its critical product development and marketing activities offshore.

SQA Engineers - DSQA1106

Requirements:

  • Experience: Fresh or 1+ years.
  • Bachelors in Computer Science from a reputable university.
  • Must be analyzer and quick learner; should have the attitude to “break” the product.
  • Must be very detail-oriented.
  • Knowledge of testing types and the way that tests are performed.
  • Knowledge of bug-tracking process.
  • communicational skills in English.
  • Knowledge of automated testing tools is a definite plus.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Extract test cases from requirement documents.
  • Generate test data as per the need of test specifications.
  • Create additional test plans for QA. Plans may include reviewing product specifications, testing error and boundary conditions and testing system customizations.
  • Perform bug tracking, assignment, and resolution via the Bugzilla tracking system.

Project Managers - DPM1106
Requirements:

  • Proficiency in software project management.
  • Exceptional communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a project-based, team environment.
  • Ability to write functional specifications against requirements.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical or quantitative field.
  • Experience of working in an offshore software development environment is a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for managing one or more software development projects within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost to deliver specified customer requirements and meet customer satisfaction.

Lead Software Engineers (J2EE) - DLSE1106
Requirements:

  • BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering from a reputable University.
  • 2+ years experience in developing J2EE applications.
  • Sound knowledge of J2EE, Databases preferably Oracle, Servlets / JSPs, Design patterns, knowledge of Application server preferably Weblogic, Persistence frame work knowledge.
  • System and architecture design skills.
  • Involved in building systems end to end including analysis, design, development and unit testing.
  • Experience with mobile platforms preferred.
  • Good communication skills, oral and written.
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • interpersonal skills.

Technical Writer - DTW0407
Requirements:

  • BS in Computer Science or related field from a recognized university. BBA-MIS can also apply.
  • Solid experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
  • Knowledge of Adobe Framemaker and Viewlet Builder will be an added plus.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Research, plan, create, maintain and enhance technical documentation, training material. Documentation includes User Manuals, On-line Help, Training Presentations, and Release Notes.
  • Create documentation and workload plan to support product release cycles.
  • Interact with the Engineering team to ensure timely receipt of documentation source material.
  • Work with Product Managers to plan documentation deliverables and create product release notes.
  • Track documentation tasks and participate in development meetings.
  • Participate in pre-release and release activities to ensure documentation deliverables.
  • Work with technical experts to ensure documentation is reviewed.
Web Developers - DWD1106

Requirements:

  • BS Computer Science from a reputable University.
  • Sound knowledge of ASP, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML.
  • Experience in MySQL and SQL Server.
  • Knowledge of .NET is a plus.
  • 2+ year experience is a plus.
  • communication skills.
Senior SQA Engineers - SSQA0407

Requirements:

  • Experience: 2-3 years.
  • Bachelors or Masters in Computer Sciences from a reputable university.
  • conceptual knowledge regarding SDLC, software quality assurance methodologies and practices.
  • knowledge of testing tweaks, bug tracking process and release planning.
  • Very analytical skills.
  • communication skills in English.
  • Knowledge of functional automated testing tools is a definite plus.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Should be able to plan, organize, lead and control the activities of testing team members.
  • Review requirement specification documents and software design specification documents and develop a comprehensive understanding of testing requirements.
  • Prepare, execute and monitor test plans.
  • Creation of test cases for functional, integration and performance testing as per requirement specifications.
  • Review and consolidate test specifications.
  • Prepare functional test reports.
Sr. Software Engineer - DISSE0907

Requirements:

  • Experience: 3+ years
  • BS in Computer Science from a reputable University
  • problem solving and analytical skills and ability to understand complex business requirements.
  • Hands-on experience on development web based J2EE applications using JSP, Struts, Servlets, EJB, JMS, Web Services.
  • Experience on designing Object Oriented public global audience web applications..
  • Experience on Spring, Hibernate or EJB 3.0 is preferable..
  • Knowledge of SQL and /or Oracle (preferred).
  • Master of all aspects of the designer/developer role in relation to complex, distributed enterprise software development using Java/J2EE technologies.
  • Experience on BEA Weblogic Portals and other applications is a plus.
Apply online at

http://www.folio3.com/apply/apply.php?jcode=DISSE0907