Collabora Productivity Ltd. is a software company specialising in bringing the innovation created in Open Source projects such as LibreOffice to the market, along with services, long term support and software consultancy. We combine years of open source software leadership with an understanding of the challenges that businesses, non-profits, and governments face.
Collabora Productivity brings deep technical expertise around the Office space, from our preferred Open Document format to many other, including legacy, document formats such as OpenXML and Microsoft binary formats, using modern technologies like C++ 17.
Key Responsibilities Root cause analysis and fixing of document interoperability issuesAnalysing client problems, designing, and implementing solutions leveraging open source technologies and communicating the solutions in a compelling fashionAnnual conference attendance to present progress made to the Open Source communitySelf starting analysis of limited project descriptions, ability to break complex tasks down into smaller deliverables, execute and report progress against theseAssistance in estimation of project costsImplementation of features based on unclear customer input to exceed their expectationsCommunication with the community, other team members, and customers using mailing lists, chats, phone and video conferenceCapacity to travel a few times per year worldwideReliable and timely delivery of quality solutions to clients and internal customersDevelopment of strong relationships with key personnel, decision makers and customers Commercial Skills Understanding client needs and reconciling time constraints, available technologies and resources and open source best practicesAbility to work in a global context with clients and engineers spanning continentsKnowledge of customers’ organization, management, product, target market, applications and decision making internal process Technical Skills Large scale C++ development experience, on projects of > 1 million lines of codeLibreOffice development experience requiredExcellent code reading skillsOffice Suite, file format and binary file format reverse engineering experience a plusGood interpersonal skills, along with knowledge of open source development methodologies and good standing in the open source communitySignificant demonstrable contributions to components in the open source ecosystemBS/BA or extensive experience in the role of Software Engineer Experience of unit testingCross-platform aware, deep knowledge of either Linux, MS Windows, or OSX, and some knowledge of one more platform (Cygwin knowledge helpful if MS Windows is the core skill)Experience with Android, iOS or another mobile operating system a bonusCasual scripting in Perl / Python / BASH or other language(s)Version control systems – ideally knowledge of git Personal Skills Highly self motivated, reliable with a demonstrable passion for Open Source and the office domainAble to work from home office, managing own time effectivelySelf learning skill to get sufficient knowledge of Collabora's services, business model, project delivery lifecycle and other related technical domainsGood interpersonal skillsWinsome presentation skills appreciatedGood English language skills (both verbal and written) German language skills a bonusAbility to work and communicate in an online distributed environment
