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Careers at Hyperic

Located in downtown San Francisco, Hyperic was founded by veterans from Netscape, HP, Critical Path, and Covalent in 2004. We're building a team of passionate software developers well versed in open source and up to the challenge of building extremely high performance, scalable IT management applications.

Hyperic is backed by Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital, two tier one venture capital firms who have backed the most successful open source companies including MySQL, JBoss, and RedHat. The company values teamwork, integrity and innovation, and nurtures success. Hence, Hyperic makes significant investments in its employees and offers excellent compensation and benefits. Hyperic is an equal opportunity employer.

Current Open Positions

Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@hyperic.com and remember to include the title of the position for which you would like to be considered.

• Java User-Interface Developer - San Francisco, CA
• Product Marketing Manager - San Francisco, CA
• Scalability Architect - San Francisco, CA

Java User-Interface Developer

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We are seeking an energetic Java User-Interface Developer with excellent communication skills to join our world-class engineering team. The ideal candidate will bring expert technical guidance to our project team members on the design, development, test and implementation of a dynamic, web-based front-end to a system management platform. In addition to having a thorough knowledge of the java programming language, the User-Interface Developer must also be creative, self-directed, motivated and eager to join a start-up environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to the project team members on the design, development, test and implementation of a dynamic, web-based front-end to a system management platform
• Ownership of GUI features
• Maintain, analyze, and enhance current feature set with infusion of Ajax to make interface interactive and dynamic
• Design and implement new user-interface features with Ajax, HTML, and CSS, and work with back-end developers to back features with Java, Apache Struts, Apache Tapestry and J2EE Session Beans
• Work with product management to visualize, design, and implement upcoming product lines

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5-10 years of relevant experience developing real-time updating user-interface with web technologies: Ajax (required), HTML, CSS, JSP, JSP tags, and JavaScript
• Must have expert knowledge of the Java programming language and solid experience developing Java-based web applications
• Programming experience with MVC frameworks (Apache Struts) and object-oriented Java web application frameworks (Apache Tapestry)
• Experience with using, evaluating, and integrating open-source technology a plus
• Past or present participation in open-source development is a plus
• Experience working in a team environment using Apache Ant, source versioning system, wiki documentation, and bug tracking system
• Familiarity with EJBs is a plus
• Must be creative, self-motivated, independent, and a good communicator

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Product Marketing Manager

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Hyperic is seeking a Product Marketing Manager with a background in systems management or application performance management for its San Francisco, CA location. We are looking for a product marketing leader to own the go-to-market success of our flagship Hyperic HQ product, with a focus on enterprise success, market leadership and revenue growth. Do you want to seize this unique opportunity to own the messaging and positioning that will establish the next generation of this killer product’s external persona? The position will report to the Vice President of Marketing and will assist the Product Management function by performing market research and creating outbound product messaging.

Responsibilities

As Product Marketing Manager, you own every aspect of driving awareness, demand, opportunities and revenue. Including:
• Market Analysis – Conduct research to evaluate market opportunity in select target segments and verticals
• Go-to-Market – Plan, develop, and execute go-to-market communications plans and promotional product marketing campaigns to achieve business objectives
• Product Launches – Execute product launches that generate momentum and high-quality sales leads. Develop customer-facing launch materials and release announcements
• Web Site – Develop content for Hyperic’s corporate and community web presences
• Lead Generation – Execute creative strategies (webinars, white papers, etc.) to generate high-quality sales leads
• Business Development - Work with alliance teams to drive ongoing success in direct and indirect channels
• Customer References – Develop customer references and case studies
• Sales Collateral – Develop collateral (data sheets, presentations, demos, white papers, FAQ’s) for sales team
• Competitive Analysis – Develop competitive analysis and positioning against competitive products, including competitive price research and analysis
• Win/Loss Analysis – Conduct win/loss analysis to aid sales and product development
• Other – Work on related projects and/or assignments as needed

Qualifications

• 3+ years in systems monitoring or application performance management software Product Marketing
• MBA preferred
• Track record of outstanding product positioning
• Strong track record of innovative campaign and programs execution to deliver measurable growth in new customer acquisition
• World-class oral and written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to tell a good story and craft the message in slide presentations
• Detail-oriented and extremely organized
• Strong individual contributor
• Self-starter, high-energy, with ability to execute on business objectives
• Strong teamwork and inter-personal skills
• Ability to multi-task, change priorities rapidly and work under pressure
• Comfortable with a high-pressure startup environment

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Scalability Architect

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Hyperic is looking for an engineer with a strong background in distributed systems and highly scalable applications. Our cloud team is producing cutting-edge technology, aimed at solving the largest systems-management problems in the world. This position calls for an engineer who has designed and developed large, fault-tolerant, highly scalable applications in a SaaS environment to bring their experience and design skills to the team. The ideal candidate will be experienced in all levels of the project creation, from designing high-level components, to implementing sharding strategies, to optimizing database access, to rendering to a browser.

Responsibilities

• Design high-level components which interact with a large, scalable application
• Implement components in Java and other scripting languages
• Analyze and tune database access
• Analyze systems for 'single points of failure' and provide alternatives
• Work closely with Project Lead to provide future direction and roadmap for new services and features

Qualifications

• Bachelors or masters degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of experience in designing and implementing distributed, scalable applications
• Prior experience implementing a software as a service product offering is a must
• Experience with Hibernate, Spring, MySQL, memcache
• Strong communication skills and problem solving is a must
• Experience with Groovy, a plus
• Experience with Hadoop, a plus
• Programs via test-driven development
• Experience with monitoring systems, a plus
• Experience with Amazon EC2, a plus
• Must be able to assume project responsibility and deliver on milestones
• Must be able to work as an individual contributor within a team

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