Careers

We are always looking for intelligent and creative people with a passion for security! Established in early 2002, OPSWAT is a security software and services company located in San Francisco's SOMA area, not far from the downtown Montgomery BART station with a development center located in Hertzelia,Israel.

Current openings:

U.S. Careers (San Francisco, CA)

Israel Careers (Herzliya, Israel)

Software Developer Lead (San Francisco, CA)

The Lead Software Developer will manage a team of Software Engineers to design, architect and build software products. The Lead will be responsible for writing product requirement documents, implementing and tracking development timelines and overseeing team deliverables. Interaction with remote offices and occasional travel will be required.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal)
• In depth, first-hand experience with all stages of the SDLC
• History of shipping products
• Proven experience delivering high quality products on time
• Understanding of low-level operating system principles
• Experience designing and developing development framework for internal and external usage
• Experience developing desktop (non-web) applications
• Past experience leading a team of 3+ engineers
• 5+ years experience in Software Development, preferably in C/C++
• Strong knowledge of XML
• Mindset for tackling challenges
• Exceptional Organizational Skills
  

Preferred

• Experience delivering cross-platform solutions
• Experienced in Database design
• Experience with TCP/IP and similar protocols
• Knowledge of Agile methods
• Knowledge of Perl and other scripting technologies
• Knowledge of building secure systems
  

To learn more about the company, visit us at www.opswat.com.

To apply, send your resume and cover letter to us at careers-us@opswat.com, with the following subject line: Software Development Lead - <Your Name>. Special consideration will be given to those candidates whose cover letter indicates that they have actually viewed our website. Please, no drop-ins, calls or faxes.
 

Director of Product Management (San Francisco, CA)

OPSWAT is seeking a Director of Product Management to oversee an ongoing software project. As our director of product management, you will manage the software development process of our Endpoint technologies. You will:

Help define the product strategy and roadmap:

• Deliver MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
  
• Conduct surveys to OPSWAT customers
• Participate in Trade Shows
• Work on product launches
• Increase adoption of OESIS features among OESIS customers
• Provide requirements to OESIS OK Program
• Produce product features, web casts
• Run demos, beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples
• Work with marketing with all email campaigns
• Act as a leader within the company
• Build a product management layer at the company
• Manage, build, assess and promote a Support and Analyst team for the Endpoint technology team
• Report to CEO
  

Required experience and knowledge:

• Minimum of 2 year's experience as a Product Manager
• Familiar with at least 1 development language
• Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products
• 5+ years of experience with a job in the software market
• Excellent written presentation and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's degree (MBA preferred)
• Technical background, with experience in development tools, APIs
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Must be able to travel 5-15% of the time
• Examples and at least one sample of an effective document delivered in the past
  

To apply, send your resume and cover letter to us at careers-us@opswat.com, with the following subject line: Director of Product Management - <Your Name>. People without this requirement will not be considered. Special consideration will be given to those candidates whose cover letter indicates that they have actually viewed our website. Please, drop-ins, calls or faxes.
 

Frontend and Backend Web Developer (San Francisco, CA)

OPSWAT is looking for a mid to senior level Web Developer to join their growing marketing team. Established in early 2002, OPSWAT is a security software and services company located in San Francisco's SOMA area, not far from the downtown Montgomery BART station and Caltrain station.

Responsibilities:

• Develop OPSWAT web sites and prototype web applications
• Maintain and enforce OPSWAT style guidelines
• Provide production support for marketing efforts such as SEO optimization, web analytics and tracking
• Translate mockups and wireframes into clean and stable code

Required Skills:

• Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of Web 2.0 architecture and design principals
• At least 4 years web development experience
• At least 2 years in PHP web development, Drupal experience a big plus
• At least 2 years of experience with databases, preferably MySQL
• Experience troubleshooting browser bugs in IE, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome
• Expert in hand coding clean XHTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Proficiency with AJAX, DOM, JSON and at least one Javascript framework such as ExtJS, jQuery, Scriptaculous, etc.
• Experience with source control such as SVN

Pluses

• Proficiency with Perl web development a very big plus (e.g. Template Toolkit, DBI, Catalyst Framework, etc)
• Experience interacting with CRM applications such as salesforce
• Familiarity with social networking APIs
• Experience with CMS systems such as Drupal, Plone
• Adapting web sites for mobile devices
• Experience with Apache configuration, linux configuration (setting up your own LAMP environment)
• Experience with scaling, CDN’s, caching/http accelerators and delivery optimization

To apply for this position send your resume and cover letter explaining the best thing you’ve done with Javascript or PHP with the following subject line: Frontend and Backend Web Developer - <Your Name>. People without this requirement will not be considered. Special consideration will be given to those candidates whose cover letter indicates that they have actually viewed our website. Please, no drop-ins, calls or faxes.
 

Marketing Communications Manager

Opportunity

OPSWAT is looking for an energetic and creative Marketing Communications Manager (MCM) to join its team. The MCM will report to CEO, and work with the PR Team and VP and Directors on advertising sales and corporate marketing communications materials. The ideal candidate will be a highly talented, success-oriented person who enjoys new challenges, and will thrive in fast moving, growth-stage company environment. Ability to write and think clearly and strategically, manage multiple assignments and produce high quality work is a must.

The Ideal Candidate

• Thrive in a fast-paced growth-stage company environment, managing multiple assignments on deadline.
• Understand media advertising sales and the online marketing space.
• Engage with opswat.com and the oesisok.com innovative proposals and media plans.
• Be self-motivated leader to work independently, calling on the expertise of team members when needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small marketing team developing strategic proposals, responding to RFPs and preparing presentations.
• Managing company wide Marketing Communications, including developing sales collateral, general corporate presentations and maintaining the corporate website.
• Working with Creative Services and Product Management to project manage the development and production of custom advertising programs.
• Working with Product Management and PR to develop product launch plans.
• Organizing events, including sales training programs.

Core Requirements

• 1-3 years experience in online media sales, planning or buying or marketing communication experience at a software or technology hardware vendor
• Demonstrated ability to write, edit and produce compelling presentations and marketing collateral (samples should be provided).
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly PowerPoint
• Project management skills.
• Strong understanding of the creative process in all media, especially Web.
• Strong sense of accountability and deadlines; you take pride in your accomplishments and want to contribute to the success of your team.

Software Engineer (San Francisco, CA)

OPSWAT is seeking a Software Engineer to develop our security software products.

OPSWAT is seeking a Software Engineer to design, implement, and deliver client-server applications. Reporting to the Director of Software Engineering, you will:

• Contribute to and build our next generation of products.
• Design and implement features for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.
• Collaborate with QA to identify, record, and remedy software defects.
• Participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with product marketing and offshore teams.

It is essential that you have:

• BS Computer Science
• Strong C++ development experience
• Strong JAVA development experience
• 2+ years recent experience developing applications using Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual .Net or gcc
• Experianced with client - server based development
• Ability to Install Windows / Linux and Mac and embedded Operating System
• Fast learner & self starter
• Excellent written and verbal skills (English)

It is desired that you have:

• Familiarity with Win32 Platform, MFC, and COM
• Familiarity with database management and queries
• Familiarity with XML technologies
• Understanding of TCP/IP and other networking protocols
• Strong technical knowledge of Internet security issues

To learn more about the company, visit us at www.opswat.com.

To apply, send your resume and cover letter to us at careers@opswat.com, with the following subject line: Software Engineer - <Your Name>. Special consideration will be given to those candidates whose cover letter indicates that they have actually viewed our website. Please, no calls or faxes.

Junior QA Position (San Francisco, CA)

OPSWAT is seeking a Quality Assurance person with at least 2 years relevant experience to join a dynamic group. Established in early 2002, OPSWAT is a security software and services company located in San Francisco's SOMA area, not far from the downtown Montgomery BART station and Caltrain station.

Reporting to the Director of Software Engineering, you will:

• Create and execute test cases, manage bugs and report testing status to project teams
• Provide technical support for customers and evaluators via e-mail and/or phone as needed (may require after-hour responsibilities)
• Communicate with software engineering teams as well as business development team members
• Develop, improve, maintain and execute automation test beds

• 0-2 years of relevant experience in QA of applications written in C++
• Familiarity with Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems
• Familiarity with Scripting languages (Perl, batch)
• Ability to outline clear test requirements, design, implement and use custom testing tools.
• Experience with Bug Tracking system (preferably Bugzilla), source control management (Subversion)
• Knowledge of development lifecycle, agile development methodologies
• Must possess outstanding communication skills, be detail-oriented, able to multi-task and meet the deadlines.

• QA experience of GUI testing (usability testing)
• Hands-on programming experience in C++
• Knowledge of VMware GSX/ESX infrastructure
• Experience with multithreaded, multi-process application testing
• Experience with *nix development
• Knowledge of endpoint security applications (Antivirus, Firewall)
• Knowledge of Database systems and SQL
• Experience working under tight deadlines with minimal supervision

Mid-Level QA Engineer Position (San Francisco, CA)

OPSWAT is seeking a mid-level Quality Assurance Engineer with 3+ years relevant experience to join a dynamic group to help improve the overall quality of our security software products. Established in early 2002, OPSWAT is a security software and services company located in San Francisco's SOMA area, not far from the downtown Montgomery BART station and Caltrain station.

Reporting to the Director of Software Engineering, you will:

• Coordinate QA efforts and tasks
• Review and improve existing QA processes
• Create and execute test cases and test plans
• Communicate with software engineering teams

Required Technical Qualifications:

• Knowledge of software development and software testing lifecycles
• Experience with testing database driven web-based applications
• Experience with Oracle, MySQL and other databases
• Experience with Black-box testing, White-box testing, Regression testing, Performance testing, Acceptance testing
• Experience with testing and bug tracking tools such as Testopia and Bugzilla
• Familiarity with Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems
• Knowledge of endpoint security applications
• Be extremely organized

Preferred Technical Qualifications:

• Knowledge of VMware
• QA experience of GUI testing (usability testing)
• Hands-on programming experience in C++
• Knowledge of VMware GSX/ESX infrastructure
• Experience with multithreaded, multi-process application testing
• Experience with *nix development
• Knowledge of endpoint security applications (Antivirus, Firewall)
• Knowledge of Database systems and SQL
• Experience working under tight deadlines with minimal supervision

To learn more about the company, visit us at www.opswat.com.

To apply, send your resume and cover letter to us at careers@opswat.com, with the following subject line:
QA Engineer - <Your Name>. Special consideration will be given to those candidates whose cover letter indicates that they have actually viewed our website.
Only resumes submitted through careers-us@opswat.com will be considered. Please, no calls or faxes.

Technical Sales Representative (San Francisco, CA)

OPSWAT seeks a Technical Sales Representative to work in the multiscanning product group of the business development organization.

Responsibilities:

• Sell Metascan® and MetaDefender for Media product lines
• Qualify prospects from various sources (web, trade shows, phone, etc.)
• Follow up on new prospects & renewing customers
• Document all prospect/customer interactions in SalesForce.com
• Generate quotes using Net Suite
• Train channel partners on multiscanning value proposition
• Partner with multiscanning R&D org to insure 100% follow-up on support issues
• Monitor and post in relevant developer forums and groups
• Partner with OPSWAT marketing to develop/execute multiscanning marketing collateral and campaigns

Required Skills:

• Facility with presentation applications such as PowerPoint, VMware client, Desktop Sharing
• Ability to take direction and enthusiastically execute
• Be extremely organized

Pluses:

• Experience selling software development tools for IT security solutions
• Experience using SalesForce and NetSuite

Time Element:

• This will be part-time (at least 20 hrs/week) or full-time contract work with the potential to grow into a regular full-time position

Compensation:

• Hourly base plus commission

To apply, send your resume and cover letter to us at careers-us@opswat.com, with the following subject line:
OPSWAT Sales - <Your Name>. Special consideration will be given to those candidates whose cover letter indicates that they have actually viewed our website. Please, no calls or faxes.

Lead Software Engineers (Herzliya, Israel)

The Lead Software Developer will manage a team of Software Engineers to design, architect and build software products. The Lead will be responsible for writing product requirement documents, implementing and tracking development timelines and overseeing team deliverables. Interaction with remote offices and occasional travel will be required.

•  Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal)
•  In depth, first-hand experience with all stages of the SDLC
•  5+ years experience in Linux / MAC development
•  Proven experience delivering high quality products on time
•  Understanding of low-level operating system principles
•  Experience designing and developing development framework for internal and external usage
•  Experience developing desktop (non-web) applications
•  Past experience leading a team of 3+ engineers
•  5+ years experience in Software Development, preferably in C/C++
•  Strong knowledge of XML
•  Mindset for tackling challenges
•  Experience with TCP/IP and similar protocols
•  Exceptional Organizational Skills

•  Experience delivering cross-platform solutions
•  Experienced in Database design
•  Knowledge of Agile methods
•  Knowledge of Perl and other scripting technologies
•  Knowledge of building secure systems