Infoseek is the most popular free Web search service on the Internet.

Infoseek is the most popular free Web search service on the Internet. We're a rapidly growing, dynamic and successful company. You are invited to join our highly motivated team in Sunnyvale, California. All jobs posted are located in Sunnyvale unless otherwise noted.

If you qualify for any of the following jobs, please fax your resume to (408) 734-9350 or send an ASCII text version of your resume in e-mail to jobs@infoseek.com. Be sure to tell us which position you are applying for.
Client Application Engineers
Corporate Sales Representative
Creative Director
Director of Advertising Marketing
Managing Editor
Product Development Engineers, Jr & Sr, Alexandria, VA
Public Relations Specialist
Sales Associates: NYC
Sales: Account Managers: Chicago
Sales: Major Accounts Representative
Stock Administrator
Senior Business Analyst
Senior Systems Administrator
Senior Programmer Analyst
Software Engineers
Software Engineer: Operations
Software Engineer: Tools
Software Engineers: Junior and Senior positions
Technical Writer
Client Application Engineers
Job Code # 97-04-047

The successful candidate will be responsible for the design and development of Infoseek's client interface for distributed search. Will implement new functionality as defined by product management, principally in the area of distributed search. Primary development is in Java, Javascript, and C/C++.

Qualifications:

BS/MS in Computer Science

5+ years experience in developing user/client applications.

Demonstrated understanding of HTTP, HTML, and Java is required.

Familiarity with UI design/implementation and knowledge of scripting languages (Perl/Python) is desirable.

Corporate Sales Representative
Job Code # 97-04-029

The role of the telesales representative is to build relationships with customers and prospective customers, understand customer needs, build urgency and generate revenue. Will primarily use telephone and electronic mail in communicating with prospects and customers. Will be personally responsible for achieving sales revenue goals. Responsibilities will include proactive out-bound lead generation for recruitment of prospective customers, reactive response to in-bound leads, managing software evaluation cycles, and understanding and overcoming technical and business objections of prospective customers. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with detailed technical knowledge of internet and intranet technologies.

Qualifications:

BA/BS or equivalent work experience.

3-5 years successful sales experience in enterprise/high-end software sales to corporate accounts.

The position may also entail in-person selling, so only the most capable, mature, knowledgeable inside reps. will qualify.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Job Code #97-04-055

To manage all facets of design- from conceptualization through execution- of the user interface for all areas of our service. To conduct a complete review of Infoseek’s user interface and drive revision/redesign as needed. To be principal decision maker/arbiter on UI issues.

Responsibilities:

Conduct analysis of the effectiveness of the Seek 3.0 UI. Develop and implement a UI redesign plan.

Develop design standards. Prepare, disseminate, and enforce UI design guidelines for internal and external use. Provide internal UI design consulting services to product management, business development, ad sales, and marketing. Manage the creation of product/service prototypes for use in presentations and business pitches. Select and manage outside graphic designers and web design firms. Must be able to interact with and manage other people on a project team, while maintaining schedules, budgets, and assignments through direct facilitation delegation.

Qualifications:

Several years experience (5-10) in interactive media design (e.g. CD-ROM, multimedia), with 2-3 years of direct experience on significant consumer-based web sites.

Must have thorough understanding of technical and production issues associated with web site creation and maintenance.

Previous work at web design firm, interactive software publishing company, or similar enterprise a must, experience with information-driven consumer products a plus.

Must have strong Mac & PC skills related to design, as well as knowledge of and experience with interactive media software and design tools, such as HTML, Director, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.

Necessary skills include: demonstrated ability to develop strategic concepts and goals and to execute creative design solutions; team and interdisciplinary relationship skills; project management and delegation skills, organizational skills, presentation and communication skills.

Director of Advertising Marketing
Job Code # 97-04-016

The successful candidate will manage all aspects of advertising marketing including packaging, pricing, collateral development, etc. Provide the field representatives with competitive analysis and marketing materials to support Ad sales activities. Will handle pricing issues with the Pricing committee. Will handle product packaging by defining Ad products to be sold.

Qualifications:

MBA or Communications background plus 10 years experience in media and marketing (not sales) positions.

Experience at an Ad Agency as an Account Executive or Media Planner preferred.

Must have traditional Marketing Manager experience.

Managing Editor
Job Code # 97-04-013

The editorial team at Infoseek needs an editor who has experience in managing day-to-day editorial and internet content projects. This senior editor will oversee the HTML editorial team, manage the content development for the Infoseek site, deal with Infoseek partners, and participate in the creation of web pages for Infoseek. Business and product development highly desired. Management and leadership skills necessary.

This position will be critical in developing relationships, partnerships, and alliances with Infoseek Partners. The successful candidate will have experience in working with news content, preferably on the web.

Qualifications:

5 - 10 years experience in publishing preferably in journalism and internet publishing

In-depth experience with the Internet and in internet content development, creativity, and the ability to work in a hectic and demanding working environment

Knowledge of HTML, preferably in managing HTML editorial teams

Product Development Engineers Jr. & Sr. , Alexandria, VA
Job Code 97-04-024

Provide system analysis and programming expertise in a UNIX/Internet production environment. Duties will encompass designing hardware architecture, systems analysis, system design, and programming (client and server).

Qualifications:

BS or better in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

5+ years for Sr. position, 3+ years for Jr. positions, experience with UNIX, C/C++ programming (preferably Sun Solaris).

1+ years experience with Java and JavaScript.

1+ years experience with web server software (preferably Apache).

Proficiency in all aspects of UNIX, C/C++ programming.

Experience with Java.awt, Java.net, java.io packages, and socket implementation.

Ability to work under pressure and accomplish tasks within abrupt deadlines.

Strong problem-solving and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Public Relations Specialist
Job Code # 97-04-014

The successful candidate will work with the Director of Marketing communications to create and execute public relations programs to enhance the visibility and image of Infoseek Corporation and its products and services. Activities will include: creating press materials including releases, fact sheets, backgrounders, etc; managing the product reviews process, on-going media/analyst relations, managing agency resources to achieve optimal productivity.

Qualifications:

BA/BS Communications or related field plus 3-5 years experience in communications position with a technology company.

Experience working with Computer trade press is a must, internet press helpful

Sales Associates: NY
Job Code 97-04-000

Direct a Sales Assistant in the assigned office to support ad sales efforts. Collaborate and coordinate with all Infoseek personnel involved directly or indirectly with the sales process. Manage a senior sales territory as assigned by relevant sales manager. Handle all selling and servicing of accounts so as to maximize the revenue potential from assigned territory. Represent Infoseek in best possible light in marketplace and always with utmost integrity.

Qualifications:

4 year college degree preferred; 2 years of college required

2-4 years of experience in media sales; advertising agency; or related sales/marketing

Sales Account Managers: Chicago
Job Code 97-04-000

Direct a Sales Assistant in the assigned office to support ad sales efforts. Collaborate and coordinate with all Infoseek personnel involved directly or indirectly with the sales process. Handle all selling and servicing of accounts so as to maximize the revenue potential from assigned territory. Direct the sales support efforts of the Sales Assistant assigned. Represent Infoseek in the best possible light in marketplace and always with utmost integrity.

Qualifications:

4 year college degree preferred; 2 years of college required

2-4 years of experience in media sales; advertising agency; or related sales/marketing experience

Sales: Major Accounts Representative
Job Code # 97-04-030

The Major Accounts Representative will build relationships with targeted accounts, uncover needs, build urgency, and generate revenue. Will use telephone, personal visits, and electronic mail in communicating with prospects and customers. Will be personally responsible for achieving sales/revenue and other assigned goals. Responsibilities will include pro-active out-bound lead generation for recruitment of prospective Major Accounts, managing contractual negotiations, and understanding and overcoming technical and business objections of prospective Major Accounts. Will be responsible for opening up and growing the business in the top 1-15 accounts as assigned.

Qualifications:

BS/BA or equivalent

7-10 years successful sales experience in enterprise/vertical application software markets with 3 or more years in enterprise/high-end software sales to executives within major (Fortune 1000) corporate accounts.

Position requires substantial travel, and will be responsible for driving a substantial amount of Infoseek software revenue.

Excellent verbal and written communications skills along with detailed technical knowledge of internet and intranet technologies.

Strong understanding of major account business strategies is required.

Must be goal oriented, revenue focused, and capable of achieving success in a demanding start-up environment.

Stock Administrator
Job Code 97-04-006

The successful candidate will be responsible for administration of stock option and stock purchase plans including the preparation and tracking of options, coordinating employee exercises and same day sales. Track disqualifying dispositions, prepare FAS 123 calculations, reconcile and prepare reports as required by payroll and accounting. Coordinate sale of restricted stock with transfer agent, legal counsel, and brokers and have an understanding of Rule 144 and 701. You will be responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual reconciliation of activity and reporting requirements including Section 16 compliance (preparation and circulation of monthly query, confirmation of securities transaction and preparation of Forms 3, 4, and 5).

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have 5-7 years experience as a stock administrator and solid knowledge of Share Data software.

Excellent communication skills, good organizational abilities, and a working knowledge of spreadsheet and word processing software.

Experience in Accounting a plus.

Senior Business Analyst
Job Code # 97-04-034

You will define, develop, and implement integrated solutions to complex finance, accounting, and administrative applications in relational database environments that are easy to use and require minimal support. Analyze and resolve complex corporate application interface and performance issues. Install and evaluate third party software; manage application implementation. Provide effective, responsive support to end users. Administer Oracle database.

Qualifications:

You must have a BS in Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent and 5+ years as a programmer analyst specializing in finance, accounting, and administrative applications

Experience developing and implementing Oracle-based client/server applications in a UNIX server environment with PC, Sun, and remote Web clients

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Code 97-04-042

Provide system and network administration expertise within a high profile, UNIX production environment. Duties will encompass hardware and software installation, system backups, system usage management, and analysis. All responsibilities will focus on overall system stability and long-term integrity.

Qualifications:

BS or better in Information Systems or Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

4 years experience with UNIX System Administration in a corporate production setting.

3-5 years experience working with and trouble-shooting networks and UNIX software.

Ability to work under pressure and accomplish tasks within abrupt deadlines.

Strong problem-solving and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Proficiency in all aspects of UNIX System Administration.

Requires an understanding of the operating system principles such as Paging/Swapping, Inter-Process Communication, Devices, and File System Concepts.

High level networking knowledge is necessary; TCP/IP, NFS, routers, switches, 100bTX,FDDI/CDDI, intranet , internet, and UNIX Mail.

Experience must include at least 2 years with Sun Solaris and in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, NIS, NFS, DNS and WAN concepts.

Experience installing and configuring either Oracle/DBMS (or similar relational DBMS).

Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems across UNIX and PC platforms.

Experience with X-Windows (preferably Sun Open Windows) – installation, configuration, and usage.

Working knowledge of HTML and industry standard web servers.

Shell programming experience.

Should work well in a team environment and be willing to work off-hours and weekends as needed.

On-call via pager for non-working hours

Senior Programmer Analyst
Job Code 97-04-033

You will define, develop and implement integrated solutions to complex finance, accounting and administrative applications in relational database environment that are easy to use and require minimal support. Analyze and resolve complex corporate application interface and performance issues. Install and evaluate third party software; manage application implementation. Provide effective, responsive support to end users. Administer Oracle database.

Qualifications:

You must have a BS in Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent and 5+ years as a programmer analyst specializing in finance, accounting and administrative applications.

Experience developing and implementing Oracle-based client/server applications in a UNIX server environment with PC, Sun and rempte Web clients.

Good communication skills and a strong commitment to customer service necessary.

Software Engineers (Junior and Senior positions)
Job Code 97-04-000

Degree in CS (or equivalent) and 6+ years relevant experience for Sr. positions; 2+ years for Jr. positions including development of multi-threaded applications in C in a Unix environment.

Qualifications:

Degree in CS and 2+ years relevant experience including development of multi-threaded applications in C in a Unix environment

Network programming, and experience developing Internet commerce, ISP operations, or similar experience

Experience in object-oriented programming, Unix scripting, relational or object-oriented databases, and HTML, CGI scripting, and Internet protocols desirable

Software Engineer (Operations)
Job Code # 97-04-036

You will assist in the daily operational requirements of the "service" Infoseek provides. This includes providing support for engineering, maintaining the software and configuration of the service, and tackle short-term tasks including programming projects and enhancement/maintenance projects. Responsibilities will include writing spider scripts for new projects, maintaining indexes, coding modules for mainline service, responding to executive staff and automation regarding problems, and documentation of procedures in HTML reference.

Qualifications:

BS/BA in Computer Science.

Familiarity with UNIX (preferably Solaris).

Familiarity with programming principles.

Familiarity with scripting languages.

On-call duties, 1 week interval (24 hours for 7 days) rotated among other members of group.

Software Engineer, Tools
Job Code 97-04-046

Design, develop, implement and deploy tools to help technical writers, QA engineers, and software engineers. Will interact with Infoseek engineers and technical writers.

Qualifications:

BSCS degree, or higher

2 years relevant experience

Proficient in Unix, scripting languages: Python, Perl

Knowledge of networking protocols and API’s

Useful experience: Release engineering, systems administration

Technical Writer
Job Code # 97-04-032

You will provide high quality written deliverables to assist engineering in the implementation of the User Interface, and to customize/modify products as required for pre-sales demonstrations or as part of post-sales committed consulting. Responsibilities will include creating and maintaining the user and administrative user guides, maintaining and updating the Infoseek software web site, and writing the HTML necessary to implement UI components specified by the design team. A strong knowledge of HTML is necessary, and background in Javascript, Java, and Python are desirable.

Requirements:

2-3 years experience writing documents in HTML, and 5+ years writing technical documentation.

Other ideal skills include some combination of the following; User Interface design/implementation, knowledge of scripting languages (such as Python, Perl, Javascript), experience with web-authoring tools (such as Microsoft FrontPage), rapid prototyping, and web site management/administration.

If you qualify for any of the above jobs, please fax your resume to (408) 734-9350 or send an ASCII text version of your resume in e-mail to jobs@infoseek.com. Be sure to tell us which position you are applying for.