Senior User Interface / Web Development / Team Leader

Senior User Interface/Web Developer/Team Leader

We are looking to recruit Senior User Interface/Web Developers to join our client the leading provider of Street Lighting Remote Control and Monitoring systems. Our system uses radio communications to link street lights back to a central database and web server in order to allow street lighting to be managed in a sophisticated and energy efficient way.

You will be working as part of a small close-knit team and giving technical and team leadership in the development of the web based user interface through which end users configure the street lighting system and analyse and interpret measured data from the street lights in order to optimise performance and minimise energy usage.

The environment is a Linux operating system running an apache/PHP web server. The user interface connects to a Firebird database and runs standard SQL queries. There are external interfaces to a growing number of Asset Management Systems exchanging data through XML file transfer and SOAP interfaces.

You will be using the latest techniques to add major new functionality to the system including high performance mapping, mobile apps, new graphical control functions and so on to help us maintain our position of technical leadership within this new industry.

The role also involves the management of a small team and, for the right candidate, could include their line management.

We would expect the successful candidates to have the following skills and experience:

A good degree

Experience of web based application development and technical leadership

Strong skills in PHP development

Experience of interfacing to databases (not necessarily Firebird) and writing SQL queries

Some experience of team leadership

Specific technical experience of the following areas will be considered an advantage (although not essential):

Experience of using the Ext JS library

Knowledge of a Linux environment

Experience of the Firebird database

Experience of web based mapping

Experience of mobile apps

You will be:

An enthusiastic team player, but be able to work independently

Prepared to do what is required in a small start up company environment

Be prepared to learn new skills as necessary

Have good communications skills

Have good organisation skills