KB Europe is advising on a position for a Senior Product Manager for a client of ours located in Hamburg, Germany. Our client is one of Europe’s most progressive companies specializing in Social and Business networking.
Summary of Key Responsibilities:
• Develop the product strategy for a part of the XING platform based on member needs
• Determine requirements and create product concepts, designs and specifications in order to implement the strategy. This includes checking the concepts against user feedback and through prototyping
• Work closely with the User Experience and Engineering departments as well as active exchange with XING users
• Responsible for your area’s success from a business and product perspective, and coordination during the implementation phase (Product Owner as defined by SCRUM)
• Communicate product changes both internally and to members of the platform
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Product management experience in an online environment and excellent user experience skills
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the Internet sector with a sound technical background and understanding
• Very good analytical skills in order to map complex technical processes and requirements in a structured manner
• Ideally with experience in working within agile development teams
• Sound communication skills coupled with an excellent command of English
What we offer:
• A position at one of Europe’s most successful social networks with more than 12 million members
• A wide range of demanding tasks with excellent scope for personal development
• A corporate culture that sets great store on professionalism, teamwork and initiative
• Offices near the Alster lake in the center of Hamburg, flexible working hours, open and friendly colleagues
Applying
• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com
KB Europe is currently advising on a position for an experienced Agile QA Test Developer.
The job
As an outstanding Agile QA / Test Developer you will use your demonstrable success and interest in both writing code and testing software. You will design, build and maintain a robust framework for running automated tests and carry out exploratory testing where computers just can’t cut it and that personal touch is required.
Essential Attributes / Skills:
• Ability to program in a relevant language (e.g. Java, Python) in a commercial environment
• Prior QA knowledge combined with a demonstrable interest in test
• Coach testing techniques and working with developers
• Design efficient, thorough test plans for software features
• Can design and build automated tests
• Experience (or at least interest) in working in an Agile environment
• Ability to work with different people and switch context quickly
• Diligence
Ideal Attributes:
• Analyzes software failures and identifies root causes and actions to address those causes
• Designs, implements, and analyzes non-functional tests
• Can conduct or help to conduct high-volume performance testing and tuning exercises.
• Effectively use tools such as Selenium, Hudson/Jenkins, Team City, and JUnit
• Can write effective and maintainable Java code
• Can effectively use mocking frameworks (JMock, Mockito)
• Prior finance experience / knowledge
• Management of small ad hoc groups
• Able to work with multi-office teams
If you have the skills and experience as listed above and are looking for that next challenge in your career then please do apply immediately.
Applying
• Email your CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com
KB Europe is advising on a Ruby on Rails Developer opportunity for a client of ours located in Barcelona, Spain. Our client is one of Europe’s most progressive companies specializing in Social and Business networking. If you have a genuine passion for Rails and want to work for a cutting edge organization this is the opportunity for you.
Summary of Key Responsibilities:
• Implementation of future additions to my clients platform
• Maintenance and improvement of the existing code base
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• You are passionate about writing Rails code.
• You know other programming languages but you’re crazy about Ruby.
• You like to stay on the cutting edge of web application development.
• You are into agile methodologies.
• You enjoy working in teams with a focus on sharing knowledge with other experts.
• You are fluent in English.
Plus:
• Contribution in open source projects
What we offer:
• A position at one of Europe’s most successful social networks with more than 10 million members
• A wide range of demanding tasks with excellent scope for personal development
• A corporate culture that sets great store on professionalism, team work and initiative
• Offices in Barcelona city center, flexible working hours, open and friendly colleagues
If this profile matches your expertise, experience and aspirations, we’d be delighted to receive your complete application, including salary requirements and a possible starting date.
Applying
• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com
• Call Kevin on: +44 (0) 207 731 4211
KB Europe is currently advising on an opening for a Senior Scrum Master or Kanban Coach. Our client is one of Europe’s most progressive companies specializing in Social and Business networking. The position is based at my client’s offices in Barcelona, Spain.
Summary of Key Responsibilities:
• Lead teams in the role of senior scrum master, kanban coach and/or as project manager
• Actively steer towards reliable delivery and high performance
• Support various departments in executing projects by deploying agile methods and expertise, personal commitment and a rewarding environment
• Result-oriented collaboration with and coordination of interdisciplinary teams, including external companies and partners
• Support in optimizing our development processes
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Academic qualification
• Experience in and passion for agile processes acquired in previous positions as a scrum master or kanban coach. Experience as a project manager is an additional advantage
• Very strong sense of responsibility and initiative
• A passion for the internet, ideally with a keen interest in social networking
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Fluent written and spoken English and Spanish
What we offer:
• A position at one of Europe’s most successful social networks with more than 10 million members
• A wide range of demanding tasks with excellent scope for personal development
• A corporate culture that sets great store on professionalism, teamwork and initiative
• Offices in Barcelona City Centre, flexible working hours, open and friendly colleagues
If you are looking for a new challenge and this position is of interest please do send through a copy of your CV immediately.
• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com
• Call Kevin on: +44 (0) 207 729 6284
KB Europe is currently advising on an opening for a Senior Security Engineer. Our client is one of Europe’s most progressive companies specializing in Social and Business networking. The position is based at my client’s headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.
Summary of Key Responsibilities:
• Test new features, review code, and supervise security audits
• Set up monitoring to identify attacks among data (experience with tools like Splunk and Nagios is a big plus)
• Elicit and define security-related processes, requirements and guidelines
• Evangelize security and secure software engineering at XING
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Degree in computer science, software engineering, or other similar field
• 3-5 years of experience in the security industry, good knowledge of the security community
• Experience as a software developer or system administrator is a plus
• Solid understanding of web application development (e.g. Perl, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript)
• Thorough knowledge of Linux
• GIAC-GSEC, SSCP, CISSP certifications or similar knowledge
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluency in German, very good knowledge of English
What we offer:
• A position at one of Europe’s most successful social networks with more than 12 million members
• A wide range of demanding tasks with excellent scope for personal development
• A corporate culture that sets great store on professionalism, teamwork and initiative
• Offices near the Alster lake in the center of Hamburg, flexible working hours, open and friendly colleagues
Applying
• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com
• Call Kevin on: +44 (0) 207 731 4211
KB Europe is currently advising on an opening for a Senior Scrum Master or Kanban Coach. Our client is one of Europe’s most progressive companies specializing in Social and Business networking. The position is based at my client’s European Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.
Summary of Key Responsibilities:
• Lead teams in the role of senior scrum master, kanban coach and/or as project manager
• Actively steer towards reliable delivery and high performance
• Support various departments in executing projects by deploying agile methods and expertise, personal commitment and a rewarding environment
• Result-oriented collaboration with and coordination of interdisciplinary teams, including external companies and partners
• Support in optimizing our development processes
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Academic qualification
• Experience in and passion for agile processes acquired in previous positions as a scrum master or kanban coach. Experience as a project manager is an additional advantage
• Very strong sense of responsibility and initiative
• A passion for the internet, ideally with a keen interest in social networking
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Fluent written and spoken English
What we offer:
• A position at one of Europe’s most successful social networks with more than 10 million members
• A wide range of demanding tasks with excellent scope for personal development
• A corporate culture that sets great store on professionalism, teamwork and initiative
• Offices in the beautiful Alster region of Hamburg , flexible working hours, open and friendly colleagues
If you are looking for a new challenge and this position is of interest please do send through a copy of your CV immediately.
• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com
• Call Kevin on: +44 (0) 207 729 6284