Engineering - Software Engineer - MA
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Our client (located in Cambridge/Alewife) has created the leading solution for the real-time delivery of software content over broadband networks. Their content delivery platform is a true network-based interactive platform that fully replicates the traditional PC playback experience without over-burdening the resources of the broadband network or the end user. By allowing click-and-play access to titles, This product represents a major leap beyond the inconvenience of physically buying CD-ROMs at a retail outlet or going through the process of downloading content from the network onto the PC. The platform's software-on-demand services, such as PlayNow.com, enable users to try, rent, subscribe to or buy hundreds of popular software titles.

Technology Partners:
Our client has partnered with leading technology companies to enhance its streaming software offering. Partnerships range from platform providers to e-commerce and reporting applications, from secure hosting facilities to home networking devices. Into Networks is focused on partnering with companies that share our vision of providing the best user experience possible. Partners include: Allaire Corp., Broadband Access Systems, Cisco Systems, Concorde Group, Exodus Communications, Inktomi, Open Market, Oracle, Netscape Communications, Sun Microsystems Inc., Veritas Software.

Job Description: Our client provides the leading technology required to rent and execute rich media software in real-time over broadband network connections. Our distributed client/server model enables the on-demand secure execution of consumer and business software on client PC's attached to high speed network connections.

The Client Development Group is responsible for the Windows 95/98/NT and MacIntosh platform and tools work in C and C++. The client software interfaces to authorization servers, a storefront, and a content delivery server. The systems software component is at the heart of their innovative solution to broadband content delivery.

Job Requirements:

• 5+ years extensive software/product development experience in a team environment

• Windows and MFC development and debugging experience required

• Fluent C/C++ programmer

• Object oriented design experience a plus Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Windows networking or internet applications development experience highly desirable

• Knowledge of computer games, entertainment applications a plus

Keywords: C++, Windows 95/98/NT, object oriented

Key Aspects for the Client Development Group:
• Staff - consulting engineers/architects

PC Applications Development (win95/98/nt)
• responsible for UI and client interfaces with storefront, auth. server
• C,C++,MFC,GUI,internet api's
• 2-3 person group; 1 on staff now
• future: UI rewrite, significant new features, nt.....

PC Systems Development (win95/98/nt)
• mini port drivers, cdrom emulation, file system intercepts, caching
• C, some C++ and assembler, vxd/file sysetm development under windows
• 2-3 person group; 2 consultants now
• future: nt, significant architectural/design improvements

Group Breakdown:
• Systems Engineers - 4-5 people; Applications Group - 2-3 people; Tools Group - 5 people; Macintosh SW Engineers - 3 people.
• very technical group - deep in technology

Technical Initiatives:
• they are currently performing perdictive caching experiments - analyzing and modeling probabilities.
• they are addressing security issues.

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