Careers

Reporting Engineer (Back-end Server Team)
Level 1 Mobile/Web UI Designer
Systems Administrator
Software Engineer (Mobile Entertainment)
Why Working at mSpot is Great
Product Manager
Software Engineers: Front-End Team
Software Engineers: Music Team
Software Engineer: Back-End Team
Software Engineer (Android Engineer)


Reporting Engineer (Back-end Server Team)

Reporting Back-End Server Team:

Level 1 Mobile/Web UI Designer

Tired of working on generic shopping or corporate websites? Rather work on exciting music and movie products? Well, mSpot is hiring a mobile/web UI Designer to join our creative services team.

mSpot is an entertainment start-up company bringing music and movie to mobile phones and the web. mSpot has several exciting ongoing projects such as mSpot Music application on iPhone, Android & the web. mSpot also partners with major film studios and music labels to deliver blockbuster films and radio programming. Responsibilities Include:

Systems Administrator

We’re looking for a System Administrator to join the mSpot team of intelligent and creative individuals. As part of the System Administrator team, you’ll be able to take part in building a world-class technical operation and an extremely proactive management system for a burgeoning environment. To top it all off, you will get a hands-on experience in a wide variety of technologies. We want enthusiastic and customer oriented people to join our small and growing team of skilled System Administrators.

Software Engineer (Mobile Entertainment)

Are you smart, creative and talented?

Do you love solving challenging problems?

Do you enjoy creating software that thousands of people will see and use?

Do you want to do be a part of something BIG?

If you answered yes to all these questions, mSpot may be the right company for you!

Why Working at mSpot is Great

Here at mSpot we are firm believers in the work hard, play hard philosophy. Our office is spacious, bright, and open-we believe it is an environment that fosters thorough teamwork and great creativity. mSpot is about 60 strong and growing rapidly. We are always looking for bright folks to join us. Quite often we enjoy each other’s company at fun mSpot sponsored events. Past favorites include a Halloween barbeque/potluck, a trip to the bowling alley, our Casino Night Holiday Party, and a visit from the Kung Fu Taco Truck.

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Product Manager

Are you an Engineer looking to move into Product Management?

Are you interested in leading a business and defining unique and cutting-edge music and entertainment applications?

Then mSpot is the company for you!

mSpot is a venture-funded startup based in Palo Alto that was founded by experienced entrepreneurs in 2004 to bring audio and video content to mobile phones. A pioneer in mobile multimedia entertainment, mSpot partners with major film studios, music labels, media companies, handset manufacturers, and carriers to create the ultimate mobile music and entertainment experience.

We are looking to a add creative, passionate product manager to our team. If you’re a self-starter with an appetite for lots of responsibility and challenges, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
• Guide development of revolutionary desktop and mobile products from concept to growing business
• Champion end user and customer needs when defining market and feature requirements
• Work with cross-functional teams and manage schedules and timelines
• Provide strategic and marketing leadership to grow the business you own
• Build strong working relationships with external partners
• Present to Executives and partners on both technical and business issues
• Represent the company at conferences and trade shows

Qualifications:
• Technical undergraduate degree
• Proven ability to multi-task and work under tight deadlines
• Track record of achieving excellence within a rapidly changing environment

For more information about mSpot please visit www.mspot.com

E-mail resumes to:[email protected]

Software Engineers: Front-End Team

mSpot is looking for talented, enthusiastic Software Engineers with high-volume web application development experience. mSpot offers exciting opportunities to collaborate with outstanding problem solvers and proactive “can-do” achievers. This is your chance to have a direct impact on products used by millions.

mSpot is a profitable and growing mobile music and entertainment company based in Palo Alto. mSpot partners with major film studios, music labels, media companies, and all the major carriers and handset manufacturers to create the ultimate mobile entertainment experience.

The Role:

  • Create fast front-ends for our consumer site and partner portals using your expert knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Flash.
  • Passion for developing well-architected, maintainable, and clean code
  • Work closely with our product management team and architect to create new user experiences which engage our users
  • Create new applications in PHP which expose our core infrastructure in new and exciting ways
  • Solid and extensive experience with distributed, server side application development
  • Constantly factor and re-factor your code for reusability, repeatability, and maintainability
  • Work with QA to ensure the products reliability
  • Work with agile/scrum development methodologies
  • Actively research and implement tools and processes to enhance team productivity and system quality.

Qualifications:

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Expert in JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  • 2+ years of Java or C++ programming
  • 2+ years of web development experience
  • 2+ years of work experience with SQL or MySQL
  • Basic understanding of OOP principles
  • Able to own projects and take the initiative to see things through conclusion
  • Good communication and personal skills: ability to interact and work well with members of other functional groups in a project team and a strong sense of project ownership

mSpot offers competitive salaries, stock options, health benefits, 401(k), and much more.

Please send resumes to:
[email protected]

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Software Engineers: Music Team

Who are we?

mSpot is a rapidly growing and vibrant company of intelligent and creative individuals and our adorable canine friends. Driven by our vision to deliver the ultimate mobile entertainment to our customers ANYWHERE, we are constantly revolutionizing the viewing and listening experience. We’re responsible for the innovative online cloud service where people can store music and movies and access them whenever they want, and we’re always looking for new ways to keep things fresh and exciting. To date, mSpot has partnered with major film studios, music labels, media companies, and all major carriers and handset manufacturers to ensure client satisfaction. If you think you’re creative, fun, hardworking and ready to change the mobile music and entertainment industry, apply now! We’d love to meet you!

The mSpot MUSIC TEAM

mSpot Music is a music service that allows users to store their music online and listen to it anywhere, including their mobile devices, as mentioned earlier. The Music Team is responsible for building the clients for mSpot Music. This service utilizes server software components to mobilize a customer’s music. The role for this position is to create desktop application on Windows and Mac OSX to support this.

What we’re looking for

mSpot is currently looking for a software engineer to join the team. Software engineers are given a lot of responsibility. They’re involved in the whole software development life cycle: from requirements definition to customer delivery. Technical responsibilities include:software design, effort I estimation, implementation, unit testing, integration, and bug fixes. Our Software Engineers own their product and work closely with the Quality Assurance group to ensure a successful end user experience.

Requirements:

~BS/MS in Computer Science or an equivalent
~2 or more years of experience with C, C++ or Objective C
~Windows and Cocoa experience a definite plus!

e-mail resumes to: [email protected]

Software Engineer: Back-End Team

Who are we?

mSpot is a rapidly growing and vibrant company of intelligent and creative individuals and our adorable canine friends. Driven by our vision to deliver the ultimate mobile entertainment to our customers ANYWHERE, we are constantly revolutionizing the viewing and listening experience. We’re responsible for the innovative online cloud where people can store music and movies and access them whenever they want, and we’re always looking for new ways to keep things fresh and exciting. To date, mSpot has partnered with major film studios, music labels, media companies, and all major carriers and handset manufacturers to ensure client satisfaction. If you think you’re creative, fun, hardworking and ready to change the mobile music and entertainment industry, apply now! We’d love to meet you!

Could you be the one we’re looking for?

We’re looking for passionate software engineers who can develop well-architected, maintainable and clean code. Our software engineers are involved in the whole software development life cycle: from requirements definition to customer delivery. Technical responsibilities include software design, effort estimation, implementation and unit testing, integration, and bug fixes. Our Software Engineers own their product and work closely with the Quality Assurance Group to ensure a successful end user experience.

What we need:

*BS or higher in Computer Science or equivalent 2+ years of commercial programming experience
*Development experience in LAMP
*Experience in implementing scalable backend services

You get a GOLD STAR if you have the following skills:

*Video and audio encoding and streaming
*Flash programming
*Web services
*Knowledge of agile/scrum development methodologies

e-mail resumes to: [email protected]

Software Engineer (Android Engineer)

Who are we?

mSpot is a rapidly growing and vibrant company of intelligent and creative individuals and our adorable canine friends. Driven by our vision to deliver the ultimate mobile entertainment to our customers ANYWHERE, we are constantly revolutionizing the viewing and listening experience. We're responsible for the innovative online cloud service where people can store music and movies and access them whenever they want, and we're always looking for new ways to keep things fresh and exciting. To date, mSpot has partnered with major film studios, music labels, media companies, and all major carriers and handset manufacturers to ensure client satisfaction. If you think you're creative, fun, hardworking and ready to change the mobile music and entertainment industry, you could be a great fit for our company!

The mSpot MUSIC TEAM needs an Android software engineer!

mSpot Music is a music service that allows users to store their music online and listen to it anywhere, including their mobile devices, as mentioned earlier. The Music Team is responsible for building the clients for mSpot Music. This service utilizes server software components to mobilize a customer's music. The role for this position is to create mobile applications on Android to support this service

What we're looking for:

mSpot is currently looking for a software engineer to join the team. Software engineers are given a lot of responsibility. They're involved in the whole software development life cycle: from requirements definition to customer delivery. Technical responsibilities include: software design, effort I estimation, implementation, unit testing, integration, and bug fixes. Our Software Engineers own their product and work closely with the Quality Assurance group to ensure a successful end user experience.

So, if you:
• Have a BS/MS in Computer Science or any equivalent
• Have 2+ years of work experience with object-oriented programming (C++, Java, and/or Objective C)
• Have a lot of Android experience

e-mail resumes to: [email protected]