MOBILE DEVELOPER, Social Innovations Lab

One Economy Corporation is a global nonprofit organization that uses innovative approaches to deliver the power of technology and information to low-income people, giving them valuable tools for building better lives.  We help bring broadband into the homes of low-income people, employ youth to train their community members to use technology effectively, and provide socially responsible media properties that offer a wealth of information on education, jobs, health care and other vital issues.  Our mission is to maximize the potential of technology to help low-income people improve their lives and enter the economic mainstream.  One Economy Corporation has 10 field offices throughout the U.S., and an international presence through One Global Economy.
                                                                               
The Social Innovations Lab is a new initiative at One Economy to create a better future by applying the capabilities of mobile phones and other emerging platforms to social and economic development. It will promote creation of new life tools that leverage our media for public purposes ranging from disaster preparedness/response to pre-natal health to anytime learning to government responsibility.  One Economy’s diverse staff and its many partnerships with technology companies, universities and governments provide a singular environment to create positive change.
 
Responsibilities and Oversight:
We seek a future-obsessed engineer to conceive and develop new mobile applications, native and web, for both use in our mission and to provide examples to the global developer community.
 
Key responsibilities will be:

• Collaborate in the design, coding, testing and documentation of applications on a variety of smart phone and feature phone platforms.
• Assist in adapting One Economy’s current web properties for use on mobile devices.
• Continuously monitor and track the mobile device industry and research community identifying device and application trends and other significant carrier/network developments.
   
• Contribute to and support the public purpose applications community activities of the Lab.

 
 Requirements:
The successful candidate will be a focused executer who can also shift focus to the larger picture.
 
Essential

• 5+ years of software development experience, with at least 2 in a mobile or handheld environment.
• Experience in web development using HTML, CSS, Javascript.
• Extensive application development experience on one or more of the current predominant mobile platforms (Apple iPhone, Palm WebOS, Nokia Symbian, Google Android, Qualcomm BREW, Sun Java Micro Edition, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Mobile).
• Great communication and collaboration skills.  This position requires you to work closely with a wide range of personalities and roles and you’ll need to gel with all of them.
• Proven ability to quickly learn new skills.
• Organizational/time management skills: job requires working on multiple concurrent projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to work in fast paced environment; a positive and proactive attitude.
• Bachelor’s degree

 
Desirable skills

• Superior brainstorming capability and intense curiosity, with great ability to see connections and possibilities.
• Ability to discover the most important requirements – and then execute on them.
• Foreign language skills and experience working internationally and/or in emerging markets.

 
Location:
This position will be located at either our San Francisco, CA or Portland, OR office.
 
Term:
The position is available for one year. Conversion to a regular position beyond the term is a possibility, subject to performance and funding.
 
 
We offer an environment poised for growth as well as the opportunity to work with dedicated and creative personnel who are particularly focused on the organization’s mission.  We offer a competitive salary and employee benefits package in this critical position.  Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their resume and a cover letter.
 
 
Please visit our web site at www.one-economy.com
 
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
 
M/F/EOE