Careers

Please find below our current job openings.

March 2010: Interns for Research&Development team

To further strengthen our R&D team we are looking for interns to support the addition and analysis of social media data (blogs, news, forums, Twitter, social networks, etc).

Required

• Good knowledge of English (additional languages are a plus)
• Bachelor or Master in computer science/engineering or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of Linux and scripting
• Knowledge of SQL
• Experience in Java, PHP or Python is a plus

Soft skills

Highly motivated, communicative, pro-active, creative, ability to work independently, client focus, strong problem solving skills, team player, strong desire to learn.

We offer

• Great working atmosphere, highly stimulating international environment
• Experience in a fast-growing, cutting-edge social media analytics company
• Work for 3 months with the possibility for more permanent position
• Cover for basic living and transport costs
• Full time preferable but negotiable schedule
• Training on social media

Please send your CV with motivational letter to our HRdepartment, at jobs at attentio dot com.

February 2010: System Administrator

Attentio is looking for an experienced systems administrator, who will work within the Technology Group responsible for maintaining and enhancing our cluster of Linux servers, and help support and improve our market intelligence software.

Main tasks will consist of

• Maintain/expand our cluster of Linux servers in a high-security data centre
• Monitor the systems health of our hardware and software
• Develop fail-over strategies for high-availability clusters
• Maintenance of cross-platform working environment

Required skills:

• Advanced knowledge of Linux server administration
• Including real-time monitoring
• Shell Scripting
• Knowledge of tools and protocols such as http, dns, ssh, rsync, nfs, dhcp, nagios, svn, apache, mysql, etc.
• TCP/IP Networking
• Experience with Hardware
• Windows/Mac OS Troubleshooting
• Fluent in English

Experience in some of the following areas is a plus:

• Lucene/Solr
• HTML/CSS
• JavaScript
• PHP
• JSP
• Flex

We offer:

• Position open for immediate hire (contractor or employee), start-date ASAP
• Full time preferable but negotiable schedule
• Great working atmosphere, highly stimulating international environment
• Experience in a fast-growing, cutting-edge social media analytics company

Please send your CV with motivational letter to our HRdepartment, at  jobs at attentio dot com.

February 2010: VP Sales wanted to drive global expansion

We are looking for an exceptional individual to build Attentio’s global direct and indirect sales organisation. The successful candidate will pro-actively help define and meet aggressive business targets. Working closely with the CEO, he or she will develop the sales strategy, manage internal sales and reseller teams, be responsible for the overall sales pipeline / sales forecast and pro-actively drive opportunities. The role also involves developing and sustaining close working relationships with key account customers as well as with our internal product team to drive through customer-centric needs & requirements.

Main tasks will consist of

• Develop a sales strategy that supports sales objectives defined by CEO
• Build, develop and motivate our sales infrastructure;

          o Internal sales team, which will expand globally.
          o Global re-seller network.

• Go to market execution:

          o Update go-to-market strategy.
          o Develop sales & marketing material.
          o Develop pricing structure.

• Manage sales organization:

          o People management.
          o Standardization of processes based on best practices.
          o Reporting sales performance,

• Monitor client projects to accomplish sales objectives.
• Work with our client delivery team to ensure that we meet client requirements.
• Develop, expand and renew contracts with our existing clients.

Qualifications and experience

• 5 to 10 years experience with good track record in building sales organizations including developing and implementing sales strategies.
• Ideally, the candidate should have experience from both offline and online sales & marketing with Fortune 1000 companies.
• Experience in managing a sales team (hiring, development and training).
• Experience with managing resellers and negotiating reseller contracts.
• Experience with sales of software / software-as-a-service (SAS) will be an advantage.
• Excellent presentation skills required.
• Ability to close sales that require complex proposals.
• University qualification is preferable but raw sales / organizing skills are more important.
• Knowledge of social media / internet is an advantage.
• Availability to travel.
• Written and oral fluency in English an absolute requirement. (Other languages are an advantage)

Salary and terms

We offer an excellent, competitive salary with attractive bonus and stock option plans. Please send your CV and/or any questions or comments to Amaia Lasa, CEO. Email: amaia AT attentio DOT com

February 2010: Senior PHP and/or JAVA developers

Main tasks will consist of

• Front-end and back-end web application development
• Programming new, and extending existing dashboard functionalities
• Server-side data processing

Profile

Master in computer science, engineering, maths, ...

Required skills

• PHP (1+ year) and/or Java (3+ years)
• MySQL
• JavaScript

Experience in some of the following areas is a plus

• Linux shell scripting
• Adobe Flex, jQuery
• Web & data mining, AI, machine learning

Soft skills

Highly motivated, communicative, pro-active, creative, ability to work independently, client focus, strong problem solving skills, team player, strong desire to learn

We offer

• Position open for immediate hire (contractor or employee), start-date ASAP
• Full time preferable but negotiable schedule
• Great working atmosphere, highly stimulating international environment
• Experience in a fast-growing, cutting-edge social media analytics company

Please send your CV with motivational letter to our HRdepartment, at  jobs at attentio dot com.

February 2010: Admin and data intern for client services department

We are looking for an intern who will work within the client delivery team and will be supporting the team members with: administrative tasks like invoicing and classification and quality checks of internet sources and websites. Working language is English.

Responsibilities

• Administrative tasks including contacting our H&R service, invoicing clients and status checks on incoming and outcoming payments
• Classification of internet sources and websites in terms of: which type of source is it (e.g. blog, discussion forum, news site); in which country is it based
• Set up of social media projects with Attentio tools (training is provided)
• Support of analysis of social media articles and report writing (training is provided)
• Research to find social media sources in different countries

Qualifications and Experience

• Good Microsoft Office skills required (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Should be IT literate
• Very comfortable with PC use and internet research
• Independent and proactive attitude
• French and English are a must, other languages are great asset 2 to 3 years market research or marketing experience, and/or marketing or other business related education are strong asset
• Knowledge and use of social media is an advantage

We offer

• Work in very international team
• Great working atmosphere
• Training on social media
• Cover for basics living and transport costs
• Full time preferable but negotiable schedule
• Work for 3 months with the possibility for more permanent position afterwards - based on the performance

For application or any further information please contact Kalina Lipinska, email: kalina AT attentio DOT com

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