So these are heady times for Jama. In 2011 and 2012, Forbes named it one of the top 100 most promising companies in the U.S. In August, it raised $13 million in venture funds. The company says the growth is driven by rising demand for its type of products. “A lot of market forces are combining at once,” says Jeff Holman, an engineering manager at Jama. “We’re seeing a lot of increase in collaboration in the market that’s tied to specific business processes. Our customers are companies building extremely complex hardware and embedded systems. We solve problems for those companies.” Jama currently has about 90 employees and plans to double its workforce within the next 24 months. Many of its new hires will work in its engineering department. Hiring managers look for employees who are smart, passionate, like working in teams, take pride in the products they build, are active in the open source community or spend time working on side projects, says Holman. They also prefer employees who have experience with large Web applications and can handily pick up any kind of language.
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Jama Software, a privately held company that develops management software to help businesses solve complex delivery challenges, has seen substantial revenue growth since it was founded six years ago. Executives of the Portland, Ore.-based firm say sales have doubled each year for the last four or five years. In 2012, sales were $8.5 million, and they’re poised to double again this year, they say. So these are heady times for Jama. In 2011 and 2012, Forbes named it one of the top 100 most promising companies in the U.S. In August, it raised $13 million in venture funds. The company says the growth is driven by rising demand for its type of products. “A lot of market forces are combining at once,” says Jeff Holman, an engineering manager at Jama. “We’re seeing a lot of increase in collaboration in the market that’s tied to specific business processes. Our customers are companies building extremely complex hardware and embedded systems. We solve problems for those companies.” Jama currently has about 90 employees and plans to double its workforce within the next 24 months. Many of its new hires will work in its engineering department. Hiring managers look for employees who are smart, passionate, like working in teams, take pride in the products they build, are active in the open source community or spend time working on side projects, says Holman. They also prefer employees who have experience with large Web applications and can handily pick up any kind of language.
So these are heady times for Jama. In 2011 and 2012, Forbes named it one of the top 100 most promising companies in the U.S. In August, it raised $13 million in venture funds. The company says the growth is driven by rising demand for its type of products. “A lot of market forces are combining at once,” says Jeff Holman, an engineering manager at Jama. “We’re seeing a lot of increase in collaboration in the market that’s tied to specific business processes. Our customers are companies building extremely complex hardware and embedded systems. We solve problems for those companies.” Jama currently has about 90 employees and plans to double its workforce within the next 24 months. Many of its new hires will work in its engineering department. Hiring managers look for employees who are smart, passionate, like working in teams, take pride in the products they build, are active in the open source community or spend time working on side projects, says Holman. They also prefer employees who have experience with large Web applications and can handily pick up any kind of language.
