Woot : One Day, One Deal (SM)

.NET Developer

Honestly, this technical stuff is lost on us. We'd have to assume an ASP.NET developer wrangles venomous snakes from Egypt, and may or may not use a net. Or works on a variety of business support and reporting applications using Microsoft development tools. You'll even get to work with teammates and end-users (read: mouth-breathing, technologically-illiterate morons) to design, develop, and support applications. We're obligated to say it's a fast-moving environment, because no one applies to glacially-paced environment jobs, and you should be the kind of person who's able to work alone or on a team and bring valuable ideas and solutions to the table. 'Cause we're sure not.

In this job, you'll learn: that with great programming power comes higher expectations and more assignments.
Intangible benefits: you'll wield the kind of power and respect only someone at an office who does something no one else understands can wield.
Potential hazards: eyestrain. There's no joke there; we take ocular health seriously.
If Woot were a superhero team, you'd be: Ex Machina, the character who solves crimes and mysteries simply by tapping on a keyboard and mumbling techno-jargon to yourself.
Degrees of separation from CEO: that really depends on how well your applications work. Think of it as that level in Super Mario Bros. 3 where the screen keeps moving and you have to avoid getting knocked off the platforms.
Worst part of the job: people continuously streaming into your office asking you to fix the printer.
It'll go better if: you can actually talk to people. Seriously, what's with techies?
Make sure you bring: your typin' fingers. Leave the pickin' ones at home.

Qualifications:

• Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years experience in web/windows application development.
• 4+ years developing Data-Driven Web Applications in the .NET environment using ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, and WCF.
• Strong database design and SQL skills using SQL Server.
• Knowledge of client side Web technologies including Javascript and HTML.
• Working knowledge of Silverlight.
• Participation in full development life cycle of product/application development.
• SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)

Requirements:

• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must be a team player with good people skills.
• Ability to interface with all levels within the organization.
• Proficient with MS Office products.

Salary: Based on experience. Local Candidates Only (Dallas, Texas)

Senior Accountant

Maybe it's the vertigo, maybe it's our seventh-grade education, but we just can't make sense of all these numbers in front of us. Can you? We're looking for a Senior Accountant with lots of fiscal scalps on his or her belt and lots of notches on his or her abacus. If you're responsible enough to say "the buck stops here", and sharp enough to notice when that buck is only 98 cents, join us and let's make beautiful ledgers together.

In this job, you'll learn: that behind our uproarious, madcap facade, we're pretty much as boring as every other company.
Intangible benefits: all the red ink you can drink.
Potential hazards: immersing yourself so deeply in the world of pure mathematics that you lose touch with your essential humanity.
If Woot were a superhero team, you'd be: the Reconciler.
Degrees of separation from CEO: four, until he stumbles into your office late one night asking you to "make some problems go away."
Worst part of the job: it's not all the red ink you want to drink, it's all the red ink you can drink.
It'll go better if: you haven't been indicted for financial improprieties any time in the last few days.
Make sure you bring: some fingers and toes to count on. It doesn't have to the full twenty. We're not picky.

Roles & responsibilities:

• Preparation of monthly journal entries, ensuring that journal entries are accurate, have adequate supporting documentation and are in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles. 
• Heavily involved in the month end close process ensuring that all activities performed are in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles. 
• Preparation and analysis of monthly balance sheet reconciliations; including timely resolution of errors and issues. 
• Perform all fixed asset maintenance including capitalization of asset purchases and disposing, and depreciating of current booked fixed assets. 
• Preparation of quarterly and annual audit requests 
• Work closely with company personnel to answer any accounting related questions. 
• Provide support to operations and sales to answer inquiries on financial results and proactively offer guidance on areas of concern or for improvement. 
• Assist and support clerical staff on day to day questions and issues. 
• Update of process flow documentation to aid in SOX compliance. 
• Assist in providing accounting training to clerical staff 

Job Requirements:

• Accounting degree and 2-5 years of related work experience.  Retail industry experience a plus. 
• CPA or CMA designation or candidate preferred but not required. 
• Excellent PC skills (Excel, Word, Visio).  Experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV or other comparable ERP system a must. 
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills; detail oriented a must. 
• Ability to work independently, with minimal direction when necessary; strong initiative 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic deadline driven environment 
• Good organizational skills and ability to adapt and be flexible

Reports to: Controller
Salary: Based on experience
Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) - NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION

Accounting Analyst

Heads up, y'all: we're about to drop a jargon bomb! Our Accounting Analyst is expected to be able to complete the payables function from creation of vendor to payment of all inventoried purchases. The candidate will also be responsible for multiple ad hoc analysis and reporting encompassing sales, purchasing, human resources and accounting related topics. And if you understood a word of that, maybe you could explain it to us.

In this job, you'll learn: that the time always comes to pay the piper. But you usually get 30-60 days.
Intangible benefits: working with numbers. Numbers never lie to you. Or betray you. Or steal your cold pizza out of the office fridge. Just saying, Kevin. Just saying.
Potential hazards: the poltergeist that inhabits the copy machine. It's usually pretty nice until you start talking politics.
If Woot were a superhero team, you'd be: the guy who made sure the lights stayed on at the headquarters.
Degrees of separation from CEO: calculate it yourself, smart guy.
Worst part of the job: that paper boy who wants his two dollars. He's relentless.
It'll go better if: you're not the type of person who makes jokes like “Vendor? I hardly know 'er!”
Make sure you bring: a slide rule. You won't need it on the job; we just really, really like slide rules.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This position performs functions that fall into five main categories:

• Vendor relations for all purchase products.
• Invoicing all purchase product invoices and ensure they are paid in a timely manner.
• Ad hoc reporting on retail sites performance. (i.e. margin, profit, open orders, commission payments due)
• Completing and maintaining all aspects of Woot intellectual property.
• Data analysis and other analytical projects as assigned by Controller or CFO.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft office, expert proficiency in Excel
• Four-year degree preferably with coursework in accounting, finance, math, statistics, or related fields.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong analytical ability
• Customer service, working experience of accounts payable process and/or general accounting functions.

Reports to: Controller
Salary: Based on experience
Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) - NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION

Buyer

You're at Woot, so you probably think you know a deal when you see one. But we're not looking for any old discount-chaser here. We need a true bargain wrangler, somebody who won't be satisfied until they've sniffed out the cheapest needle in a warehouse full of haystacks. We need somebody who can buy the shoes off of a horse and make the horse think he's the one getting a good deal. Most of all, we need a fearless, intrepid explorer, who'd always rather be moving than standing still.

In this job, you'll learn: exactly where LeakFrogs come from.
Intangible benefits: first shot at the LeakFrogs, for your personal stash.
Potential hazards: watching your painstakingly crafted deal get ruthlessly mocked in public by our writers.
If Woot were a superhero team, you'd be: Acquisitor, who uses the power of the mind to manipulate reluctant sellers.
Degrees of separation from CEO: 3, unless you make a really awesome deal.
Worst part of the job: realizing the XV-208531 video cards you just bought are inferior to the XV-208531-A video cards you could've bought.
It'll go better if: you know where to find new iPods for, like, two bucks apiece.
Make sure you bring: your own bottle. In this job, you'll need it. Uh, bottle of water, we mean. Yeah, water. It's thirsty work.

Job Responsibilities:

• New vendor introduction to our business
• Deal research / analysis
• Deal negotiation / close
• Account maintenance / relationship building
• Internal sales - selling product/story/energy/ideas to our sales and product management teams
• Inventory management - monitoring for problem items in stock, creating awareness and discount programs to address

Prerequisites:

• Creative persistence
• Knowledge of where you're not going
• Convergent thinking
• No fear of asking dumb questions
• Dot-connecting abilities (written test may be required)
• Ability to work with people who might not be able to return the favor some day
• Possess solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Ability to learn technical information quickly
• Great Internet navigation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Detail-oriented with organizational skills
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, ever-changing, very demanding environment

No-Nos:

• Mediocrity
• Any level of comfort in stagnant cultures
• Stubbornness
• Fast talkers/slow typists (one or the other might be ok, but not both, unless able to actually do both at the same time)

Even though we're all about equal opportunity, xenophobes need not apply.

Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) – NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION.

General Warehouse Staff

Believe it or not, all those Woot orders don't pack and ship themselves. Until we find a colony of elves who want the job, we need human warehouse staff to get woots to wooters. That's where you might come in. In your dreams you run barefoot through a field of 32 megabyte memory cards. You look out over the city and wonder about the story of each and every Mustek camera. You stay in shape by lifting refurbished vacuums and tape a picture of an MP3 player to the inside of your locker. You’ve got what it takes.

In this job, you’ll learn: the lyrics to the Woota Loota song. Don’t worry, we won’t make you sing it all the time. Just when the tour groups come through.
Intangible benefits: Sometimes you’ll get to spend all day testing one of those little remote control helicopters while the copywriters sit at their desks steeped in jealousy. Or so we’ve heard.
Potential hazards: Warehouse sharks. No, really, it’s a big industry secret. I shouldn’t even be telling you this much.
If Woot were a superhero team, you’d be: the best friend with the signal watch. But hey, they always get powers eventually. Be patient, you gotta work your way up!
Degrees of separation from CEO: Who do you think hears the signal watch?
Worst part of the job: Once a year you have to stick your hand in that tree stump from Flash Gordon and try not to get stung by the scorpion beast. Strangely, this breaks no current OSHA regulations.
It’ll go better if: you marry into money.
Make sure you bring: your lucky abdominal belt.

• Pulling and staging orders in appropriate locations
• Loading and unloading trucks
• Maintaining inventory accuracy
• Maintaining neat, safe and organized working environment
• Performing other responsibilities as assigned

• Must live in Dallas area
• Pass background checks and drug screening
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to pass a basic math skills assessment test
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions with minimal supervision
• Ability to physically lift 75 pounds
• Forklift certified or have ability to become certified within three months
• Experience in working in adverse conditions (i.e. office, warehouse, temperatures)

Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) - NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION