Job title: Senior Developer at the Extreme Citizen Science group , - Ref:1320261
UCL Department / DivisionCivil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering
Grade 8
Hours Full Time
Salary (inclusive of London allowance) £40,216 - £47,441 per annum
_Duties and Responsibilities_
We are looking for an experienced and talented
Senior Programmer with knowledge of systems architecture and management
to fill a 2-year vacancy to help our various research projects achieve
the aims they set out to accomplish with bespoke
and innovative technologies.
The main duties and responsibilities of the ExCiteS
Senior Developer will include, but not be limited to the redevelopment
of the Community Maps platform (www.communitymaps.org.uk
) using open source and current technologies, administration
of IT systems and server management, and providing assistance to the
group in making decisions about technologies that will be used on
various projects. The appointee will also be required to manage Linux
servers, and advise on and be involved in development
projects that aim to include people in the scientific process from the
Inuit in Canada to the Pygmies of the Congo. The job includes guidance
with the development team which includes MSc and PhD students and
postdoctoral fellows.
The post is available for immediate start and is for 2 years in the 1st instance
_Key Requirements_
The candidate will have extensive experience
working as a developer, ideally within standards-based projects and
using Open Source technologies with project management. They will have
to have extensive knowledge of up-to-date, open source,
spatial and non-spatially enabled technologies, such as Linux,
PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and OpenLayers/Leaflet and quickly pick up and adapt
to new development environments, particularly as we wish to move into
further HTML5 and mobile development, and basing some
of our technologies on open APIs. They ideal candidate should be able
to use object-oriented methodologies and tools to analyse, design and
implement software tools, as well as experience in designing and
implementing API architectures to further extend the
current software systems. It is imperative that they are able to
communicate technically complex information in an understandable way.
They will also need to have a solid foundation in structures and
standards, properly utilising code management systems (such
as GitHub), designing robust code in an easily extensible way, and
ensuring that the viability of solutions extend far beyond the lifetime
of the research projects themselves.
Further Details A job description and person specification can be accessed at
http://bit.ly/YbdB7n
To apply for the vacancy please follow
https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Prof. Muki Haklay, m.haklay@ucl.ac.uk , +44 (0)20 7679 2745.
We particularly welcome applications from black and
minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within UCL at
this level.
Closing Date: 14 Apr 2013
This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Support Staff.
