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FillZ.com Posting: Technical Support Our dynamic, high energy company is currently hiring for a Technical Support person. This is an excellent opportunity for a talented, experienced, customer focused person to get on board with a rapidly growing division within AbeBooks. To excel in this position you must be passionate about what you do, love to learn and grow and must have a positive attitude and a willingness to learn about both our industry and customer’s requirements. Your primary focus will be to investigate and resolve technical problems as they arise. In addition to providing direct technical support to our customers and internals, you may also be involved in development work as we work to improve our product and the overall customer experience. You will build on our knowledge base and become a subject matter expert and main representative of our web-based tools. You will use ad-hoc SQL queries to help support customers. Your role will include significant involvement in the triage process, investigating and resolving bugs and technical issues. In addition, you will support and assist in the development of internal tools. The ideal candidate will have strong SQL skills and enjoy working with large data sets, finding creative ways to extract useful data. Qualified candidates will have superior communication skills and be able to thrive in a dynamic, fast paced environment. You’ll be working out of AbeBooks corporate head office located on the Gorge Waterway in beautiful downtown Victoria. Must Have Skills
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Please direct all resumes to shaun@fillz.com or fax to Attention: Human Resources, 250-475-6014. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We appreciate your interest in AbeBooks and FillZ! About FillZ: Fillz.com is a recent addition to the AbeBooks family of companies & provides innovative inventory & order management solutions for online sellers. We’ve been in business since 2004 & are a rapidly growing division within the AbeBooks group of companies. About AbeBooks: At AbeBooks.com, our mission is to help people find & buy any book from any bookseller anywhere. We are the world’s largest online marketplace for books with more than 110 million new, used, rare, & out-of-print books listed for sale by more than 13,500 independent booksellers in 53 countries. Our dynamic, high energy company is currently seeking a programmer that can contribute to the design and development of our cutting-edge web-based services. To excel in this position you must be passionate about what you do, love to learn and grow and must have a positive attitude and a willingness to learn about both our industry and customer’s requirements. You must be comfortable working independently as well as part of a collaborative team environment. You are comfortable with both traditional client-server architectures and modern service-oriented architectures. You are an adept problem solver and thrive in a fast paced entrepreneurial environment. You enjoy working with large data sets and finding ways of extracting useful data. Building web-based applications is second nature to you, but you have also built desktop and server-side applications. You love technology, especially using technology to solve system integration and customer problems. You’ll be working out of AbeBooks corporate head office located on the Gorge Waterway in beautiful downtown Victoria. Job Description This position’s main duties will include but not be limited to:
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Please direct all resumes to shaun@fillz.com or fax to Attention: Human Resources, 250-475-6014. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We appreciate your interest in AbeBooks and FillZ! About FillZ: Fillz.com is a recent addition to the AbeBooks family of companies & provides innovative inventory & order management solutions for online sellers. We’ve been in business since 2004 & are a rapidly growing division within the AbeBooks group of companies. About AbeBooks: At AbeBooks.com, our mission is to help people find & buy any book from any bookseller anywhere. We are the world’s largest online marketplace for books with more than 110 million new, used, rare, & out-of-print books listed for sale by more than 13,500 independent booksellers in 53 countries. At AbeBooks.com, our mission is to help people find and buy any book from any bookseller anywhere. We aim to deliver excellence through value, findability, simplicity and trust. Working in the Systems group at Abebooks.com you will be responsible for developing the software that runs the world’s largest online bookstore. You have experience programming in successful Java teams as well as strong design skills, and are comfortable with both traditional client-server architectures and more modern service-oriented architectures. You have built web-based Java applications, but you have also have experience with Java outside of J2EE. You love technology and make it a point of pride to keep up on current development trends. Must Have
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Please direct all resumes to hr@abebooks.com or fax to Attention: Human Resources, 250- 475-6014. We appreciate your interest in AbeBooks! Product Manager - AbeBooks.com Did you ever think of books as high-tech? Are you exceptionally analytical and creative, and ready to help grow AbeBooks’ existing and new business initiatives? Are you visionary and entrepreneurial, able to identify and drive new growth opportunities? Do you have great interpersonal and communication skills, and can you drive projects through to completion by building consensus? If so, you should consider growing your career in product management at AbeBooks, the world’s largest online marketplace for books, with over 100 million new, used, rare and out-of-print books listed by over 13,500 sellers. Candidates must have a demonstrated track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams to launch quality products. They must be comfortable within a fast-paced, innovative environment. AbeBooks is looking for a unique person who can step in immediately and provide product direction and business leadership to drive results. If you are able to independently manage multiple projects and deliver high-quality results, then you are the person for us. Responsibilities
Qualifications The successful candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in product management, preferably in a software or web service company. Experience managing technical projects and the ability to work with agile teams and influence their decision-making are key requirements. You should be highly organized, and have excellent interpersonal skills and an affinity for technology. You’ll have demonstrable experience in identifying new business opportunities and in developing and implementing plans that capitalize on these opportunities. All candidates must have a BA or BS; an MBA is highly desired; a degree in a CS field is a huge plus. You must be proficient in a variety of analytical tools and have an excellent understanding of ecommerce metrics. If you are looking for a challenging career, please e-mail an application letter with detailed resume, including references, to hr@abebooks.com. Quote the Position Title in the Subject line of your email. We appreciate your interest in AbeBooks.com! Junior Quality Assurance Analyst At Abebooks.com, our mission is to help people find and buy any book from any bookseller anywhere. We are the world’s largest online marketplace for books with more than 110 million new, used, rare, and out-of-print books listed for sale by more than 13,500 independent booksellers in 53 countries. Founded 10 years ago, Abebooks is a private company based in Victoria, BC, with offices also in Germany, Spain and USA. A true Internet success story, Abebooks aims to deliver excellence through value, findability, simplicity and trust. Working in the Systems group at Abebooks.com you will be part of the quality assurance team responsible for evaluating and testing software programs that run the world’s largest online bookstore. As a member of the QA team, you will play a role in the design and development of performance, reliability, availability and security test suites. With your experience in test automation you will work with other QA Engineers and help make the entire group more efficient. You are excited by the opportunity to find and remove performance bottlenecks and resource contention from code that must perform on a world-wide stage. Qualifications
Candidate must possess: experience deploying web-based applications such as e-commerce sites in a high-availability environment; knowledge of how such systems are managed; experience with SQL and database concepts; knowledge of various software development methodologies, including agile methodologies. Please direct all resumes to hr@abebooks.com or fax to Attention: Human Resources, 250- 475-6014. We appreciate your interest in Abebooks!
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