Job description:

Aspera, a fast growing and profitable software startup in the San Francisco Bay Area building leading edge data transport technology, is seeking highly motivated graduate students or upper-level undergraduate students to intern with our company's software engineering team. Multiple positions are available for summer 2008, and for co-op opportunities through the fall and spring semesters in 2008-2009. These positions are an ideal opportunity to learn about Aspera's core technology and apply your software research, development, or testing skills in a real-world environment.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the software development team in developing and testing client and server components for Aspera's high performance file transfer suite, including internal libraries, tools and user interface components.
• Develop and maintain unit tests and automated system tests.
• Assist in the research and development of plug-ins for third party products utilizing the Aspera SDK, such as video and audio editing tools.
• Create sample programs and documentation for utilizing Aspera SDK components in browser, web services, and Java/.NET/C++ applications.

Required Skills:

• Strong programming skills in C/C++ and knowledge of Java or .NET
• Experience in developing either user interface or system-level software
• Web application programming and Ruby on Rails knowledge a plus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent understanding of Computer Science fundamentals as demonstrated through a superior academic record

Desired Background:

• B.Sc. or greater in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline (MSc or PhD preferred)
• 1 year of professional software development experience or graduate school equivalent

To Apply:

Please send a resume, transcript, and a cover email to jobs@asperasoft.com.

About Aspera

Aspera Inc. is a software development company creating innovative high-performance bulk data transport technologies that provide maximum speed, complete security, and breakthrough bandwidth control at global distances. With several thousand endpoint and server licenses installed world wide, Aspera's fasp software products are becoming the industry standard for high-speed transfer of digital content in the media and entertainment marketplace and the technology of choice for large enterprise-wide organizations for Fortune 500 companies.