Mobile Application Developer

Cvent, Inc. (www.cvent.com) is the market leader of on-demand event management software and strategic meetings management solutions. Founded in 1999, Cvent is a 900+ person, profitable and growing technology company headquartered in McLean, VA with international operations. Cvent offers web-based software solutions for online event registration, event management, meeting site selection, email marketing and web surveys.

Cvent is built on a Microsoft .net platform and is a Software-As-A-Service (SAAS). Cvent has invested $25 million developing our products and has built a customer base of over 7,500 organizations worldwide. Representative customers include KPMG, Rolls Royce, American Marketing Association, Walmart, ExxonMobil, Harvard University, United Way and Siemens.

Job Description

The Mobile Application Developer is responsible for the specifications, design, and development of cutting-edge mobile applications. In this role you will work as a member of the Mobile Application Development Team to deliver easy to use mobile applications for the various Cvent products. These mobile applications will target multiple platforms including iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7. The right candidate will have educational exposure and some work experience in one or more of these platforms, strong passion for focusing on usability during application development, a strong understanding of the software development life cycle and strong communication skills. 

Position Duties:

• Specification, design, development, and debugging of mobile applications that perform well and are extremely user friendly.
• Using design patterns to solve application issues.
• Evaluate and research latest technologies.
• Support production issues.

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; desired majors include Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, etc.
• Successful candidates will have some relevant mobile application development experience in an educational environment. Mobile development in a professional environment is preferred.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with mobile application development on one or more of these platforms: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7. Experience with multiple platforms is highly desired.
• Experience with creating and consuming Web Services and knowledge of SOA.
• Familiarity with relational database concepts.
• Awareness of security issues related to mobile application development.
• Experience building mobile friendly web sites and web applications would be a big plus.
• Outstanding oral and written communication.
• Self-motivation and the ability to work under minimal supervision are required.

Company Overview

Cvent, Inc. (www.cvent.com) is the market leader in web-based event management and strategic meetings management software. We are a 900 person, growing and profitable software company headquartered in the Washington DC area. Cvent helps over 50,000 planners manage 500,000 events, surveys and marketing campaigns. Our users have sent over 850 million event invitations, processed $2 billion in online payments and managed over 30 million event registrations and responses using Cvent's software. The meetings industry is the 22nd largest industry in the U.S, and is valued at over $50 billion dollars per year. The surveying or market research industry is an $8 billion dollar per year market.

Company Background: We started the company in 1999 and currently have 900 employees worldwide. Based in McLean, Virginia Cvent has been consistently profitable for the past 34 consecutive quarters. We have grown 45% over the past 7 years and we are the only major company in our industry that is consistently profitable. We have a significant international operation and about 15% of the US staff will have an opportunity to go overseas on several-months-long assignments. Over the past 3 years, we sent over 75 US employees for short-term assignments in our international office.

Management Team: We have eleven people in senior management. We are very experienced in our particular areas as ten of the eleven members of senior management have been with the company since inception almost nine years ago. We are all in the early prime of our careers and most of us have advanced degrees (Harvard Business School, Wharton, Georgetown Law, and Duke Law). We believe in hiring people based on talent, not years of experience. We are motivated and very hungry to grow our company. We promote people on performance and we invest aggressively in our people.

Investors: We raised $17 million in venture capital in 2000 and just recently secured $136 million in funding from two premiere venture capital firms – NEA and Insight.  Other investors include institutional venture capitalists and angel investors such as the CEO of Nortel, CEO of Nextel, CEO of Bell Atlantic, CEO of AOL, and worldwide Chairman of McKinsey Consulting. We have over 30 publicly traded CEO’s who have personally invested in the company; we view this as an endorsement of the product and team.

Customers: Cvent has over 7,500 customers and 90,000 users in over 40 countries. Nearly 70% of our revenue comes from corporate customers. Approximately 30% of our revenue comes from associations, non-profits and universities. Representative customers include KPMG, The World Bank, Rolls Royce, American Marketing Association, Walmart, ExxonMobil, Yahoo, Harvard University, United Way, BMW, and Siemens.

Products: Cvent is built on a Microsoft .net platform and is an On-Demand Application Service Provider (ASP). We have invested $25 million in building our products and have run hundreds of thousands of events, millions of event registrations, and hundreds of millions of email invitations. Cvent offers a next generation product suite of Event Management (online registration, e-marketing, reporting, travel capabilities, and supplier sourcing), Web Surveys, and Email Marketing.

Awards: Cvent has received a number of recognitions for our strong company culture, consistent and impressive growth, visionary leadership, and investment in our employees. These include:

·         Washington Business Journal’s Top 50 Best Places to Work in the greater DC area for 2009-2011 - This award recognizes the company’s achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through employee satisfaction, growth opportunities, working conditions and company culture.

·         Washingtonian Magazine’s 2009-2010 “Great Places to Work.”

·         Deloitte & Touche ranked Cvent as one of the Fastest 50 Growing Companies in Virginia.

·         Our CEO was just named 2009-2010 Ernst & Young’s Greater Washington Entrepreneur of the Year.

·         Washingtonian Magazine just named our CEO as one of the 100 Tech Titans.

Training: Cvent invests heavily in our people. New hires have the unique experience of beginning employment together as a class.  During our 8 weeks of training they will learn about our company, our products, and our culture. New hires will have the opportunity to interact with senior management and participate in company sponsored social events.

Benefits: Cvent offers a comprehensive benefits package. We provide free healthcare, dental, and vision insurance as well as free long-term disability and life insurance coverage. We also provide a Fidelity 401K retirement savings plan. Employees receive 3 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO), 8 holidays, and free parking. Cvent heavily subsidizes a Sport and Health Club membership. All employees receive stock options in the company. Cvent is an Equal Opportunity Employer.