JOB OPENINGS
Join us, we are Napster, the world's most recognized brand in online music. Come be a part of the company that changed the music industry forever and continues to do so. Napster provides a competitive salary and benefits, which includes health, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, health club reimbursement, three weeks paid vacation within your first year of hire, 10 paid holidays and much much more. We provide a positive and supportive work environment, interesting and challenging work and a ringside seat to witness and contribute to the explosive growth of digital media in the 21st century. Our employees are passionate about music, their work and driving change in the digital music revolution.
If you are interested in applying for any of the positions listed below, please
send your resume to recruiting@napster.com.
Available Positions:
Applicants for employment must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
- Please indicate your salary requirements on your resume when submitting.
- Relocation assistance is not offered.
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Job Title: Data Warehouse Analyst
Department: Technology
Location: Los Angeles
Job Description:
The Data Warehouse Analyst will be responsible for day-to-day support and maintenance of finance applications, databases and reports for the Napster Finance team. This position reports into finance management.
Key assignments and responsibilities:
- Maintain existing reporting databases in SQL Server 2000 for revenue, royalties and business metric reporting.
- Handle all requests from music labels and publishers for updates or changes to their royalty reporting formats.
- Provide support for Napster's ERP, HR and payroll applications.
- Interact with 3rd party software vendors for product upgrades, general support, patches and customizations.
- Research and investigate data discrepancies and provide data validation reports and understand system processes.
- Perform SOX compliance documentation and tasks.
Technical (Must have):
- Strong understanding of Data Warehouse and OLAP concepts
- Extensive experience with SQL Server 2000 (TSQl and DTS programming, 2000 Analysis services)
- XML programming
Technical (Preferable but not required):
- MAS 500 or Great Plains experience
- .Net development (ASP.net, VB.net)
- Exposure to business intelligence tools like Business Objects
Qualifications (Must have):
- Solid experience using MS Office with an expert level in Excel
- Excellent customer relations skill set
- Proactive personality with the ability to anticipate potential problems
- Ability to interact with numerous users groups and team members and maintain a high level of composure during potentially stressful situations.
Qualifications (Preferable but not required):
- A solid understanding of Accounting, Finance and data warehouse systems
- Minimum of 3-5 years experience providing support in an IT environment, preferably with a finance team
- Bachelor degree in accounting, Finance or MIS
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title: Senior Front End Engineer
Department: Technology
Location: Los Angeles
Job Description:
Join a team of highly-skilled product/interaction designers, art/visual designers and software engineers to help build and improve on features of the Napster music service. This role will be involved with providing creative solutions primarily through the use of Object Oriented JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries. The successful candidate will exhibit enthusiasm and have a track record of developing satisfying user experiences and genuine passion for being part of a dynamic and highly-skilled development team.
Job Qualifications (primary):
- CS degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- 4+ years industry experience
- Deep knowledge of web standards, JavaScript, AJAX, DHTML and cross-browser coding techniques
- Knowing AS3/Flex and Velocity Templates is a plus.
- Familiarity with CSS driven HTML page layout(table-less) and cross-browser coding techniques
- Understanding of how to optimize for low page weight and performance
- Familiarity with web programming languages such as Perl or equivalent
Job Qualifications (pluses):
- Experience working on high traffic sites
- Good working knowledge of UNIX or equivalent
- Experience using CVS, SVN or equivalent source control system
- Experience using bug tracking systems such as Bugzilla
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title: Mobile QA Ops and Support Engineer
Department: Technology
Location: Los Angeles
Position Summary:
The Mobile QA Ops and support Engineer will engage in validating the overall market readiness of our device applications. This includes the development and execution of manual and automated test cases, creating tickets and interfacing with internal teams and external partners to assist with the resolution of any issues. Work on exciting and new devices. Test cool applications on handsets and be a part of the latest in mobile technologies. This job is not limited to testing handsets, but also involves understanding how the application serves work.
Responsibilities:
- Developing mobile device and application test cases and logging them in Napster's tracking system.
- Work closely and provide support to external QA departments of partner companies
- Work closely with the mobile team, UI and Interaction Designers and Software Developers
- Assisting the engineering team in the resolution of these issues
- Work with the team to continuously develop new test procedures and process improvements
- Perform system testing, black box functional testing, UI testing, stress, load and white box testing
- Being creative in optimizing the manual test cases so they can be done faster (smarter sequencing of test cases)
Requirements:
- Familiarity of wireless phone technologies and mobile devices is required
- Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential
- Must be comfortable and proficient with server side application concepts Understanding of Java technologies is a plus
- Good technical, analytical and trouble shooting skills
- A *can-do* attitude and persistence in getting issues fixed
- Experience with standard project management tools and QA tools (Bugzilla, Wiki) is required
- You must be able to demonstrate real world experience with risk mitigation and issue resolution approaches in the interview.
- You must be comfortable working in an agile environment (SCRUM/Lean) and welcome ambiguity
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple diverse tasks
- Individual should be passionate about music!
Pre-requisite knowledge, skills and experience:
- BS degree in CS/EE or equivalent Technical degree
- 3-5 Years experience with QA Testing
- Proficient in Linux, Windows and Mac
- Test automation experience and programming skills - a big plus
- Strong interest in new technologies, mobile devices and gadgets
- Ability to quickly get involved in unknown areas and draw logical conclusions combined with the ability to make and support decisions
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title: Front End Developer
Department: Technology
Location: Los Angeles
Job Description:
Join a team of highly-skilled product/interaction designers, art/visual designers and software engineers to help build and improve on features of the Napster music service. This role will be involved with providing creative solutions primarily through the use of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The successful candidate will exhibit enthusiasm and have a track record of developing satisfying user experiences and genuine passion for being part of a dynamic and highly-skilled development team.
Job Qualifications (primary):
- CS degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- 4+ years industry experience
- Deep knowledge of web standards, CSS driven HTML page layout (table-less) and cross-browser coding techniques
- Familiarity with JavaScript, AJAX and DHTML and cross-browser coding techniques
- Understanding of how to optimize for low page weight and performance
- Familiarity with web programming languages such as Perl or equivalent
Job Qualifications (pluses):
- Experience working on high traffic sites
- Good working knowledge of UNIX or equivalent
- Experience using CVS, SVN or equivalent source control system
- Experience using bug tracking systems such as Bugzilla
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst
Department: Database Developer
Location: Los Angeles
The Senior Financial Analyst position is highly visible in a dynamic work environment and has primary responsibilities for:
- Facilitating and maintaining detailed budget and forecast models for P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow
- Generating and maintaining ownership over management reporting processes
- Providing key reports and feedback to accounting and corporate finance
- Working with senior management to set and manage towards key performance targets
The successful candidate will serve as a key liaison between senior Napster management and Best Buy corporate finance and accounting. The SFA will also be a participant in strategic and operations planning processes for the business and will handle special requests and projects for Sr. Management.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance or Business. MBA and/or CPA preferred.
- 5 or more years experience budgeting, forecasting, finance or business analysis
- Highest degree of proficiency in financial modeling and analysis; skills should include not only Excel expertise, but also abilities to design, communicate, and adjust models to fit business needs and changes
- Working knowledge of accounting principles.
- Ability to work across various functional areas and to interact with individuals across all levels throughout organization.
- Strong strategic thinking abilities with demonstrated ability to "see the forest through the trees"
- Excellent communications skills
- Highly detail oriented with a strong sense of ownership over work product
- Experience working within internet and/or subscriber-driven business models.
- Good sense of humor
- Minimal travel - 10%
A wholly owned subsidiary of Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY), Napster is headquartered in Los Angeles.
DISCLAIMER :
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title: Database Developer
Department: Technology
Location: Los Angeles
Job Description:
The Database Developer will be responsible for the design, development and support of the database application layer including data management processes that drive our business. Responsible for the overall integration architecture, development, access, extraction, transformation and loading of data into our database environments. Large volumes of internal and external data are managed on a daily basis with a growing segment of data requiring real time updates. The successful database developer will be responsible for developing innovative solutions and providing responsive operational support.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Strong Oracle, and MySQL experience in writing Packages, Procedures, Functions, Triggers, Complex SQL and replication strategies.
- Work with application development teams on mobile applications and API's to ensure that database changes adhere to best practices & are properly prioritized / scheduled.
- Assist the software development teams in dealing with performance issues in all custom code released to production.
- Work with the team to develop logical schemas and data models of existing or new databases. Provide expert assistance in setting up table spaces, tables, indices, views, stored procedures and packages to support new requirements.
- Knowledge of Oracle and MySQL internals; partitioning, indexes, schema and query optimization, parallel queries.
- Experience in Unix scripting language (Shell, Perl, etc.) and other language (Java, C, etc.) to help maximize application performance.
- Be comfortable working in an agile environment (SCRUM/Lean) and welcome ambiguity
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS:
- Deploying data and schema changes for new application releases to all database environments.
- Develop and support UNIX shell scripts to support the database environment.
Minimum Experience:
- 3-5 years experience as a Database Developer in a 24x7 production environment.
- Proficient with SQL Tuning and SQL code optimization.
- Extensive UNIX shell scripting, PLSQL, and SQL skills.
- Experience in deploying schema changes for new releases with minimal downtime.
- Experience in a consumer-facing online company.
- Familiarity with Java, WAP, mobile applications, web services or programming interfaces
- Familiarity with Social Networking sites and technologies
Knowledge of:
- Oracle (SQL, PL/SQL), UNIX, XML, HTML and XHTML.
- Experience with Sybase or MSSQL a plus.
- Concurrent Version System (CVS) repositories
Analytical/Interpersonal Skills:
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.
- Must be a motivated and pro-active individual.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY), Napster is headquartered in Los Angeles.
DISCLAIMER :
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title: VP of Music Programming
Location: Los Angeles
Position Summary:
The Vice President of Music Programming is responsible for the overall music programming across the Napster service to drive user engagement through content, programming and promotions. In addition to overall programming strategy and editorial voice, additional areas of responsibility include label relations, evaluation and management of promotional opportunities, and publishing of data-driven, relevant content to consumers. The Vice President of Music Programming is a member of the executive management team and reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer.
Responsibilities:
- Drive music programming strategy across Napster products and services - including radio, professionally programmed playlists, and promotional content features - using relevant performance metrics to drive programming and promotion strategy
- Manage relationships with music labels to enable key content initiatives in the Napster service (working with Best Buy and Business and Legal Affairs team) and secure exclusive and/or promotional content. Meet regularly with New Media, Marketing, and Promotional Label teams and participate in all label business reviews meetings.
- Manages music programming team, bringing dynamic and creative programming to all screens (web, mobile, living room) to connect more listeners than ever to the music they love
- Creates, maintains, and publishes programmed playlists, radio stations, charts, exclusive content premieres, artist interviews, spotlights, exclusive content, reviews, etc.
- Manage and evolve the overall editorial voice and personality of the Napster music services, adapting our programming to meet the ever-changing needs of the audience. Oversee Napster editorial content in music blog.
- Drive user engagement (deeper and more frequent listening sessions, user interaction, etc.) through content, programming, promotions to drive ATH, audience reach, etc.
- Manage music data feeds (charts, recommendations, etc.) to ensure highest relevance at various consumer touchpoints
- Work closely with Product, Marketing and Content agile teams to drive key features and guide in prioritization process
- Work closely with Business Affairs and Content teams to prioritize content deals with labels
- Produce and analyze key trend reports measuring engagement, consumption, content accuracy, and content discoverability across all consumer platforms
Position Requirements:
- Proven track record of successfully leading music programming and/or the production and operation of a content-rich media/entertainment website
- Excellent organizational, statistical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, written and oral presentation skills. Must have a passion about consumers and music, market indicators, and metrics, and have the analytical skills to translate hard data into insight and action
- Managed customer engagement in a successful, growing consumer-focused organization and can prioritize initiatives with a strong ROI focus. Experience with content operations a plus.
- Exceptional judgment and decision-making. Ability to make decisions within a fast-paced environment, communicate rationale, and take action
- Demonstrated success with all aspects of online partnerships - term negotiation, agreement execution, and ongoing partner management
- Superior team development and management skills, experience with budget and timeline development, and seasoned experience in the consumer space
- Must be resourceful, self-motivated, and able to be successful in a non-traditional, fun, entrepreneurial team-based environment
- Good natured, sociable, creative, and diligent individual who is driven, detail-oriented, and dedicated
- Individual should be passionate about music!
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title: Web Analytics Developer
Department: Technology
Location: Los Angeles
Position Summary:
Napster is seeking a Web Analytics Developer. The Web Analytics Developer will face an exciting opportunity to define analytics and tagging strategies. The Web Analytics Developer will be the expert will work closely with the Director of Customer Analytics and various Napster teams, to successfully implement web analytics across all websites and lines of business.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Optimize implementation of Omniture and ensure consistency with industry tagging standards.
- Manage corporate governance strategy for web analytics implementation, including: maintain documentation on existing processes and variable assignments, and recommend improvements; define update schedule; user management and code management including workflow for new requirements.
- Identify gaps in data tracking strategy and implement enhancements.
- Monitor and track key performance measurement requirements that drive product and marketing strategy.
- Identify, analyze and report key performance metrics within customer funnel - including trending reports of both behavioral and customer conversion and usage metrics. Analysis areas include customer acquisition and conversion, merchandising, personalization and recommendations, customer retention to enhance the overall customer site and music experience.
Essential Education, Skills and Environment:
- Bachelors degree but Master is highly preferred
- Experience implementing site analytics, A/B testing, behavioral targeting and survey tools on high volume web sites. Knowledge of best practices.
- At least three years experience working with standard clickstream analysis tools, particularly Omniture.
- Minimum three years of experience working in e-commerce development, implementation and coordination process
- Ability to interface effectively with operating management at all levels in the organization and must have strong communication skills.
- A "team-oriented" personality, effectively balance a strong sense of urgency with exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Ability to both challenge and encourage in a constructive manner.
- Be comfortable working in an agile environment (SCRUM/Lean) and welcome ambiguity
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title: Software Engineer
Department: Technology
Location: Los Angeles
Job Description:
Join a team of highly-skilled product/interaction designers, art/visual designers and frontend developers to help build and improve on features of the Napster music service. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate their ability to create and design software that is extendable, reusable and efficient.
Job Qualifications (required):
- 4-6 years hands-on software development experience
- Deep understanding and knowledge of object-oriented design and development
- Experience building LAMP based web applications
- Experience using CVS, SVN or equivalent source control system
- Experience using bug tracking systems such as Bugzilla
- BS degree in computer science or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Job Qualifications (desired):
- Experience working on high traffic sites
- Good working knowledge of Linux or equivalent
- Experience with OO Perl and Apache/mod_perl
- Experience working with XML (processing, generating, etc.)
- Experience with AJAX and Web 2.0 technologies
DISCLAIMER :
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
