November 10, 2008

Principal Software Engineer (Symbian) required

Vopium A/S is a privately held company financially backed by ENEX Group and other investors.

Vopium was founded in 2006. The idea of making expensive international calls much cheaper fast became a reality with the help of skilled engineers and software developers in Pakistan.
Vopium was launched in a test version in 2007 after only a year's development. Without any marketing Vopium had, within a couple of months, almost 3000 active test users.

Vopium is the first Pakistani entity that is listed on NYSE Euronext Stock Exchange (one of the largest in the world).

The number of products from the Vopium family is increasing. There are products that ensure a fixed low price for international calls, products that provide almost unlimited talk time to a number of countries for a very low price, low price international calls from landlines or low prices for text messages (SMS) and a call back product, which allows you to make cheap calls when you are abroad.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Working with the team of creative software engineers to gather requirements
  • Design and develop Symbian S60 applications to meet the needs of project requirements
  • Perform unit and integrations testing
  • May be assigned as a Team Lead on specified projects
  • Work closely with the Quality Assurance group members to solve software defects
  • Prepare technical documents and provide technical support for other team members
  • Facilitate in process definition and process improvement
  • Conducting research on tools, technologies, domains and solutions relevant to the assigned product(s) and/or project(s)

Required Skills, Knowledge and Education:

  • At least bachelors in computer sciences or equivalent
  • 5+ years experience in software development, including wireless applications using Symbian technology
  • Experience in Series 60, Series 80 or UIQ, developing mobile applications, coding skills in C/C++.
  • Good Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, UML, Design Patterns.
  • Experience on Symbian mobile devices.
  • Must have mobile handset experience as well.
  • Strong problem solving abilities and out of the box thinking
  • Proven ability to turn ideas and concepts into carefully designed and well-authored code
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Strong communication skills: verbal and written
  • Strong team player, good work ethics, commitment to quality and team work

We offer excellent working environment, competitive remuneration, employment benefits and long-term growth opportunity to qualified and dedicated professionals. We are an equal opportunity employer. Interested applicants should forward their resumes at the following email address: jobs@vopium.com (Please don't forget to mention the position in the subject line,).