Jobs: Web Developer & Information Systems Developer in Edinburgh

28 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Video game studio Rockstar North in Edinburgh have a couple of openings right now:

Web Developer

Rockstar North are seeking an experienced and talented Web Developer to join our Rockstar Games Social Club team. The role is primarily front-end focused but back-end knowledge and experience is required. The successful applicant will have very strong front-end skills, great attention to detail and possess excellent team-working and communication skills.

Required

  • Extensive experience developing web apps with Javascript & jQuery
  • Very strong CSS and HTML skills
  • C# experience
  • Excellent communication & team working skills
  • Ability to work in a pressurised environment and to meet agreed deadlines

Desired

  • ASP.NET MVC experience
  • Experience with facebook connect & facebook apps
  • SEO experience

For more information and to apply, see https://www.rockstargames.com/jobs/position/cbc4464713b4ae127114acb0008cf549/rockstar-north

And the other:

Information Systems Developer

We are looking for an experienced and talented developer to take ownership of server side systems of a proprietary, in house, highly data driven web application within our Tools team.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will be capable of working within a dynamic environment close to our world class game development team and have strong communication skills.

Required

  • Java
  • XML
  • Experience maintaining an active database
  • Experience with at least one scripting language – Ruby, Python etc
  • Ability to work within a schedule and deliver effectively to deadlines
  • Ability to work within an established framework
  • Ability to work within a team
  • A pragmatic approach to programming within a production environment

Desired

  • Linux server maintenance
  • Adobe Flashbuilder
  • MySQL
  • C#
  • C++
  • Maven
  • Experience of Ruby scripting language

For more information and to apply, see https://www.rockstargames.com/jobs/position/1ad012674ed1ca3ee9397781e8f48689/rockstar-north

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Job: Python/Django in Edinburgh

18 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Mercurytide sent this in to us

Mercurytide is looking for “Awesome Developers”

We’re looking for 2 outstanding developers to join our team.

You need to be an expert in preferably Python and Django (however if you have PHP, RoR or a similar programming language and have an eagerness to learn we would be delighted to talk to you). You need to have a good understanding and experience in developing for the web.

About you:

  • You would be embarrassed to do a “half-hearted” job
  • You’re constantly looking for new and better ways to do things
  • You’re always learning new tools and technologies to improve yourself
  • You’re good at communicating
  • You have a good understanding of browser capabilities and have shared our pain in supporting IE6 over the years
  • You know your 403s from your 301s and your PUTs from your POSTs
  • You take personal pride in your work

What you’ll be doing:

  • Writing well-designed, efficient and maintainable Python code
  • Building user-friendly sites and systems that make use of modern web technologies (e.g. HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, AJAX)
  • Designing technical solutions to fulfil client requirements in innovative yet practical ways
  • Working with a smart, supportive team
  • Working in an environment where your opinion matters and where your ideas and recommendations can make a difference

Other stuff:

  • We like a laugh, but we’re also very serious about getting our work done, and getting results.
  • We’d like someone able to get to Edinburgh or willing to relocate.

What to do now:

If it sounds like this might be a good match, please send us an email with your CV, along with a description of your experience building online “stuff” to careers@mercurytide.co.uk.

Salary is £20-£30K depending on experience and ability.

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ASP.NET Web Developer in Glasgow

17 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment

This just in from Barrhead Travel:

ASP.NET Web Developer

Job Location: Glasgow City Centre

Web department in a large travel agency require a Web Developer to join the team.

The position will require the successful candidate to assist developing and maintain the existing portfolio of Websites. The role requires candidates with a good all round skill set of both front and back end development.

Essential Skills: ASP.NET MVC, C#, SQL Server 2000/2008, Jquery, XML, xHTML and CSS.
An excellent opportunity to get involved with the complete end to end operation and development of several busy ecommerce websites in a fast paced environment. A background working in travel would be advantageous but not essential.

Competitive Salary DOE

Steven Curran
Head of Ecommerce
Barrhead Travel Service Ltd
Email: Steven.Curran@barrheadtravel.com
Tel: (0141) 242 1367 Ext: 3212

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Job: C# developer in East Kilbride

16 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment

We got this in from NetIDme:

Software Engineer – C#

MVC3, Framework 4, Castle, RabbitMQ, WCF, Identity Frameworks, SCRUM

Are you a C# developer with a passion for systems development and thrive on challenges and learning new things? Well, we might have a job for you!

NetIDme is an independent software and services development company based in East Kilbride, Scotland.  We provide a suite of online age and identity verification solutions for businesses operating in Remote Gambling, iGaming, eRetail and Online Community and are currently looking for a talented and technology driven C# developer to join our small but vibrant team. If you are creative, love learning, love achievement then you should consider applying!

Send your CV to: recruitment@netidme.com (MS Word or PDF only), including an indication of your salary expectation.

Employment with NetIDme is offered subject to a satisfactory Disclosure Check.

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Senior Software Developer: Glasgow

9 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment

This just in from Cordia:

We are looking to recruit an experienced developer to join our agile development team. We use the latest in development technologies specifically in the Microsoft development stack. The role will involve developing applications for our internal business team.

The successful candidate would be expected to develop new applications using the following
technologies:

  • C# 4.0
  • ASP.Net MVC 3.0
  • Javascript/JQuery
  • SQL Server 2008
  • TFS 2010 (Source control/CI)
  • MS Unit/NUnit

Essential Skills:

  • 5+ years experience in Java or C#
  • Design patterns
  • Automated Testing (Unit and Integration)
  • Relational Database
  • Demonstrable experience developing line of business applications
  • Strong communication skills
  • Enjoy working within a team, taking responsibility and mentoring others

Desirable Skills:

  • C# 2.0+
  • ASP.Net 2.0+
  • Web Application development
  • Javascript
  • Sql Server
  • Agile (Scrum)

Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday
Salary: £30,000 – £36,000
Location: Glasgow, UK. (You must be eligible to live and work in the United Kingdom)
To apply for this job, please send your CV detailing relevant experience to Chris.Ferrie@cordia.co.uk

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DunDDD – Bringing a DDD Conference to Dundee!

8 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment

DDD ScotlandThe Developer! Developer! Developer! series of conferences has gone from strength to strength. This year saw DDD North added to the lineup to join Belfast, South West and of course Scotland as regional events taking place through out the year after DDD 9 in January.

Scottish Developers have teamed up with the people who brought you the NoSQL Autumn Conference last year and are proud to be bringing another DDD north of the border, to Dundee!

DunDDD is a 3-track, 15-session FREE conference that will take place on Saturday 19th November 2011 at the Queen Mother Building in the University of Dundee. There is an entire track dedicated to NoSQL and Big Data, a track deddicated to The Web and Web Technologies and a general track that isn’t based (too heavily) on any single platform, language or framework.

This is a fantastic opportunity to network with local developers from all across Scotland, learn some new tricks or even revisit some old ones. Spaces are limited so get registered before you miss out!

http://dundee.dddscotland.co.uk

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A full day with Gojko Adzic – Winning big with Specification by Example: How Successful teams deliver the right software

1 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Winning big with Specification by Example: How Successful teams deliver the right software

A BCS Professional Awareness Course

Wednesday 7th December 2011, 13:00 to 17:00.

Presenter: Gojko Adzic

Edinburgh Napier University, Merchiston Campus, 10 Colinton Road, EH10 5DT.

Cost: £120 for BCS members, £144 for others (both including VAT).

The course is one of a series of Professional Current Awareness Courses aimed at providing greater access to developing subjects for IT professionals.

Registration via the BCS on-line booking system – see “Booking” at the bottom of this page.

Course Overview

Learn how successful teams all over the world collaborate on specifications and tests in agile/lean environments to produce software genuinely fit for purpose and be inspired to improve your software development processes. This half-day seminar is for team leaders, managers and senior technical people. It presents the collective knowledge of about fifty projects, ranging from high-traffic web sites to internal back-office systems, implemented by teams as diverse as small startups to groups spread across different continents, working in a range of processes including Extreme Programming, Scrum, Kanban and similar processes often bundled together under the names Agile and Lean.

In this seminar, Gojko Adzic presents the results of the research conducted for his new book, Specification by Example. Specification by Example is a set of emerging practices in software deåvelopment that affects how teams approach specifications, development and testing. It is the corner-stone of agile testing and delivering high quality software with short iterations or in flow based systems.

You will learn:

  • key benefits that the teams from the research are getting from agile acceptance testing, specification by example and behaviour driven development;
  • key principles underlying successful process implementations: deriving scope from goals, specifying collaboratively, illustrating using examples, refining specifications, automating validation without changing specifications, validating frequently and evolving a living documentation system;
  • key practices to support the principles, and how teams from the research use them in different contexts, from investment banking to web development, from small collocated teams to distributed groups of teams;
  • how specification by example fits into kanban/scrum;
  • getting started – key steps to take and key things to watch out for.

About the presenter

Gojko Adzic is a strategic software delivery consultant who works with ambitious teams to improve the quality of their software products and processes. He specialises in agile and lean quality improvement, in particular agile testing, specification by example and behaviour driven development. To get in touch, write togojko@neuri.co.uk or visit http://gojko.net.

Booking

Booking is via the BCS on-line reservation system.

Cost is £120 for BCS members, £144 for others; both including VAT at 20%.

Closing date for bookings is midnight on Sunday 4th December 2011. No more bookings will be taken after this date.

For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.

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An evening with Gojko Adzic on Challenging Requirements

1 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Challenging Requirements

Wednesday 7th December 2011, 6:30 pm.

Speaker: Gojko Adzic

Room 4.31 (fourth floor), University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB -map (click on Informatics Forum in the list of buildings).

Synopsis

In this presentation, Gojko Adzic talks about common failure patterns with requirements and specifications on agile projects and talks about ideas, patterns and practices for requirements and specifications that lead to much less rework, more consistent specifications with less functional gaps and ultimately happier customers. Learn how to:

  • spot and avoid common failure patterns in requirements/specifications
  • get to the right requirements and specifications
  • focus projects on delivering business goals.
Registration for this event is not required, simply turn up on the night.

About the speaker

Gojko Adzic is a strategic software delivery consultant who works with ambitious teams to improve the quality of their software products and processes. He specialises in agile and lean quality improvement, in particular agile testing, specification by example and behaviour driven development. To get in touch, write togojko@neuri.co.uk or visit http://gojko.net.

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