Senior Software Developer, Predictive Text
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Position: Senior Software Developer, Predictive Text Deadline: none Position Location: TBD
About Zi Corporation
Zi Corporation is a technology company that delivers intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user experience of wireless and consumer technologies. Zi's product portfolio dramatically improves the usability of mobile phones, PDA's, gaming devices and set-top boxes and the applications on them. Zi supports their strategic partners and customers from offices in Asia, Europe and North America. A publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is listed on the Nasdaq National Market (ZICA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC). For more information please visit our website at zicorp.com.
Description
Reporting to the Manager, Software Development, this role is responsible for the development of our predictive text search and discovery engine software.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Develop and enhance the core engine for the Predictive Text product line based on input form colleagues. Provide mentoring, guidance and training to junior staff Technical contributions to software projects as a programmer, designer and documenter Participate in software design and design reviews Development of the functional specifications Perform the code reviews of peer developersProvide estimates to Project Managers regarding new requirements and functionality that needs to be implemented Assist in the support of the software code base Assist in the creation of intellectual property and patents to add to the corporate knowledge baseSkills and Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Software Engineering or equivalent discipline
- Significant work experience in object oriented application development for Symbian, Windows Mobile, BREW, or other open or proprietary mobile platforms
- Minimum 3 years experience in embedded application
- Minimum 5 years experience working with C/C++ (advanced knowledge required)
- Excellant oral, written and interpersonal
- Strong conceptual and problem solving skills
- Familiarity with architectural issues
- Self-motivating and inventive
The Zi culture is constantly evolving, highly entrepreneurial and multi-cultural. We offer our employees the freedom to grow their skills. We invest in our employees; we promote from within, and we provide competitive compensation.
We invite all interested candidates to submit their resume to our head office Attn: Human Resources to:
Zi Corporation
2100, 840 - 7 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G2
Canada
Fax: +1 403 233 8878
E-mail: employment@zicorp.com