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Java/Web Developer needed for Correspondent Corp
Senior Java Developer
We are looking for a top flight Java developer to help us expand and maintain our existing video web app.
You’ll work using agile methodologies in small teams on tasks which touch all areas of the application. Day to day activities range from speccing and designing, implementing and testing, through to deployment, tuning and maintenance.
As the ideal candidate you have extensive Java experience and large scale web apps are your bread and butter. The pointy bracket keys on your keyboard are worn out as you love Spring so much and you are able to make Hibernate bend to your will. You’ll be up on all the cool acronyms like JDBC, IOC, JAXB, ORM, UML, WTF, RMI and JMX. You’ll enjoy pair programming and are a strong communicator, able to eloquently expound on design decisions and offer advice and opinions on the work you are doing.
You are enthusiastic about your field and are always interested in new tools and techniques so you follow new developments closely. You are comfortable with all parts of the application stack so you aren’t afraid of getting your hands dirty with a bit of JavaScript and HTML from time to time. Were you to have experience with Wicket, Apache, Tomcat and know your way around the Unix command line it would be a plus although not essential.
Salary in the region of £50,000 – £55,000 per annum depending on your experience.
Web UI Ninja
Your core skills will be precision HTML, CSS and JavaScript code and you will be a master of:
* HTML
* CSS
* JavaScript
* Flash
* Communicating
* HTML – You prefer to write POSH, and think anything less than a strict DTD is cheating. You keep up to date with developments in HTML5 and don’t feel right unless the markup and presentation are firmly separated.
* CSS – You are able to work around browser rending inconsistencies in CSS alone. You know
what a pain IE can be but are patient enough to lovingly tuck it up in bed like a senile grandparent with a nice cup of cocoa. You know your box model inside out and get a nice warm feeling when you view the source of a web page and there are no tables. Likewise inline styles and < br / > tags make you feel a little nauseous.
* JavaScript – You know how to write unobtrusive JavaScript, and how to create a user experience that degrades gracefully without it. You are comfortable with modern libraries such as Prototype or jQuery but still like getting your hands dirty – you know when to use apply instead of call and can happily throw closures around like shuriken. The idea that functions are objects too creates a mischievous spark in your eye.
* Flash – You’d rather do it in HTML5 but you know AS 3 well and you’re pragmatic enough to use the right tool for the job.
* Communicating – You like working in a team, and enjoy being handed a challenging design. You can also explain to a designer where the design will break when translated to HTML, without offending them, and before implementing it.
* In addition – You are a disciplined user of any version control system, svn a bonus and not such a Ruby snob that you won’t work with Java developers.
Salary in the region of £28,000 – £33,000 per annum depending on your experience.
Please send examples of your work, experiences, skills and knowledge to Alex at webninjas@correspondent.com