Job Title: LAMP Developer
Company Name: Lady Geek – on behalf of exciting start up
Salary: Depends on experience
Location: North London

Job & Person Spec
An exciting London based start up is looking for LAMP developers to work on the server-side of a new IOS / Android application launching soon.

We are looking for somebody who not only will thrive in a start up culture but who can make our back-end systems work beautifully.

We need somebody who has a good general knowledge of web technology and who understands female needs.

Essential Skills:

* A deep knowledge of server-side web-development including PHP, MySQL & Linux
* At least 2 years’ experience in professional web development.

We are also interested in:

* Knowledge of MVC frameworks (e.g. CakePHP)
* Database design (e.g. normalization, optimization)
* Version control tools (branching & merging)
* Javascript, JQuery, Flash

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Company Name: Lady Geek
Salary: Depends on experience
Location: Highgate, North London

Job & Person Spec
We are looking for someone who is super organised, has excellent attention to detail, good energy and is familiar with Google Documents and WordPress.

As well as general admin the job involves posting content on our social channels and being a support to the rest of the team.

4 Days a week – freelance contract.

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Company Name: Lady Geek
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Highgate, North London

Job & Person Spec
We want someone who is creative, resourceful, has good energy and is relentless when it comes to getting the job done.

You must have:
- excellent communication and networking skills
- and be familiar with Google docs

Part time: 2 Days a week – freelance contract

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Job Title: Project Manager
Company Name: Lady Geek – on behalf of global gaming company
Salary: Negotiable
Location: North West/Liverpool

Job & Person Spec
To be responsible for managing key aspects for the high profile academic programme of one of the world’s most successful gaming companies.

Working directly into the Head of Academic Development, this position requires you to engage with Universities and student teams as future game developers.  The successful candidate will be at the evolutionary edge of the gaming world.

You will need to be a self starter, determined to succeed and have an ability to get on with people at senior levels.

Daily duties include organising specific projects, managing partner relationships, shape training programmes as well as co-ordinating between all games studios

You might currently be working as an event manager, an agency account manager, running a partnership programme or come from within Academia.  It is likely you are already working in a creative industry.

An interest is games and interactive entertainment is preferred.

Travel within Europe & Internationally is essential.

To apply please send your details via the form below.

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Job Title: Intern Graphics Designer
Company Name: Conjure
Salary: Travel+Expenses
Location: SW6, London

Conjure is a leading digital agency creating mobile applications for national and international brands, including Channel 4, Smart Cars, Galaxy National Book awards and many more. From games to utilities we have a wide variety of apps under our belt.

We’re looking for a digital designer to join the team for 2 months on an internship role. This is an unpaid position, but we’ll give you £500 a month towards your travel/lunch expenses.

Being a designer in mobile agency is more than just making things look pretty. Your designs will need to be practical on a small screen and facilitate a flawless user experience.

As part of a small team you can expect to gain experience in all areas of the business, from coming up with ideas, meeting clients to assisting with the user experience and design of the end product. Therefore it’s essential that you’re a self-starter who has a real passion for mobile, can bring fresh ideas and can help us push the boundaries in everything we do.

Ideally you’ll have recently graduated in a design based course, have good ability in Photoshop/Illustrator and be available to start in the next couple of weeks.

Please send a copy of your C.V. as well a link to your portfolio or examples of your work. If you really want to make an impression tell us about one of your favourite apps and why it works well from a design perspective.

If we like what we see we’ll invite you into our office for an interview in the coming week!

For more information about us visit www.conjure.co.uk

This vacancy has now been filled.

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Company Name: Lady Geek – on behalf of global gaming company
Salary: Competitive with benefits
Location: London

Job & Person Spec
Lady Geek is excited to bring you a fantastic opportunity to join a successful team within a global electronics firm well known as a major player in the gaming industry.

We need:
- a ‘go getter’ who has excellent communication, organisation and networking skills
- who is able to travel nationally and internationally
- at account exec/account manager level in a corporate environment
- has an interest/knowledge in gaming.

A Japanese speaker is preferred but not essential.
Duties include:
Support the Senior Director
Relationship management (within the firm, and with third parties)
Data analysis & research
Communication, written and verbal

N.B. This is not a PA role

If interested contact admin@ladygeek.com

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Job Title: Graduate Opportunities
Company Name: ThoughtWorks
Salary: Competitive with benefits
Location: London with frequent travel

Fish out of water?

Do you want to work for a company that appreciates your individuality and is interested in your opinion from day one? Are you seeking a company that values social impact engagements? Or perhaps you are motivated by international travel and the chance to kick start your career with a six-week programme in India? At ThoughtWorks we embrace diversity and doing things differently; as a result we attract some of the most talented and passionate individuals in the IT industry.

We believe in working with the latest technologies and agile methods to solve real problems and provide innovative software solutions for clients such as E4, Guardian, Trainline.com and UNICEF. Today the trio of Java, .NET, and Ruby comprise the bulk of our application development, but we continue to explore new options to help deal with the ever-growing challenges of the future.

ThoughtWorks started in the US over 17 years ago, and in 2001 opened our London operation. Today, we’re a global company with almost 2000 people throughout the America’s, Europe, Australia, China and India and we’re continuing to grow at a rapid pace.

We relish the chance to engage our strengths to accomplish our goals, whether that be coming up with creative and innovative solutions to our clients problems or encouraging organisational improvements.
Are you interested in experiencing India?

We’re going to fly our successful applicants to our office in Bangalore for a six week program to give you all the skills you need. You’ll learn all about ThoughtWorks, meet ThoughtWorkers from around the world and develop your existing knowledge. After that it’s back to London and onto a project to put what you’ve learned into action.
But what will I do?

Whilst you might feel you know what a software developer, quality analyst or business analyst does, the role at ThoughtWorks is quite different to other organisations. Thanks to the use of Agile methodologies and the fact that we work as consultants, your role will involve a lot of interaction with clients and ThoughtWorkers. You’ll be heavily involved in understanding our client’s requirements, and be responsible for coming up with creative and innovative solutions to complex problems. A lot of our work involves holding workshops to elicit requirements and showcasing to clients so you won’t always be stuck behind a desk.

We’re looking for character and energy

We’re seeking bright, creative and open-minded individuals who are looking for a varied and challenging career, and you don’t have to be an expert in software development just yet.

Your degree should have given you a passion for creative problem solving, and the ability and desire to work in a dynamic and interactive team environment.

We are looking for at least a Bachelors Degree with a scientific/numerate/IT related degree subject, ideally with a programming component. Some level of Java or .net programming is essential for a developer role and highly desirable for an analyst role.
Boring details about applying that you should really read… seriously, read them

We are now recruiting for March 2011 & June 2011 intakes. Please submit your CV and covering letter to be considered. We take our hiring very seriously so you can expect a number of interviews and assessments.

Please send your CV and covering letter via our online application page: http://www.thoughtworks.com/graduate-consultant-opportunities-dev-qa-ba-uk

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Job Title: Software Developers
Company Name: ThoughtWorks
Salary: Competitive with benefits
Location: London/Manchester/Hamburg

Job & Person Spec
Software Developers – C# and Java – UK

Experiment, share ideas and innovate daily in a community of software experts. ThoughtWorks is full of exceptionally talented people working in an exceptional way.

Get the kind of challenge you love
First off, it’s not one challenge. It’s going to be all kinds – across a wide variety of clients and business applications. But your focus is always going to be on delivering complex and business-critical software. As things stand today you’ll be using Java, C# and Ruby for the most of that work. And you could find yourself working in a lead developer or design role. Or both, because we don’t put our people in boxes and we don’t operate in a conventional way. Our approach to software development is a fast, evolutionary, liberating experience – project managers, developers, testers and analysts working collaboratively with clients to deliver immediate and visible results.
Get on our wavelength
While we’re looking for strong skills in our core languages, what’s equally important is your intellectual curiosity and appetite for solving problems. You’ll be drawn by the idea of often working alongside people who wrote the book on the things that interest you. And you’ll share our fascination with design patterns, refactoring, continuous integration, TDD and Agile. We want people who can translate their passion for great software into concrete value for clients. If you’ve got it, you’ll get the way we work.

Break free from the mainstream
We tackle complex, mission-critical applications like many other software companies. But that’s where the similarity ends. Our approach is grounded in our roots as a pioneer in Agile development. Which is why we don’t subscribe to traditional corporate life. As a community of intellectual free thinkers, we’re always looking for different and better ways of doing stuff. Our aim is always to create immediate and visible value, a fact that’s not lost on the growing number of customers who see us as a trusted partner. We’re not your average company, so don’t expect to find average people working here.

We take our hiring very seriously …
So to be considered you’ll have experience of the following:

* Delivery experience within complex, enterprise environments using Java J2EE, C# or Ruby on Rails – a technical test will be involved!
* Have worked across the whole SDLC including analysis, design, coding and implementation of large scale custom built object-oriented applications
* Strong OO design skills, including good design patterns knowledge
* Interest in or experience of Agile Methodologies, such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum
* Ability to work in a variety of client settings and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
* Worked in a forward looking environment using techniques such as test driven development and continuous integration
* Strong communication and client-facing skills with the ability to work in a consulting environment

And you’ll want to:

* Join a consultancy that’s at the forefront of technology and methodology innovation
* Work with clients and their teams to provide real business value
* Create complex, enterprise-transforming business applications as a member of diverse, high energy teams
* Continually learn and develop
* Work with the latest open source tools

Additional Email Address: http://www.thoughtworks.com/software-development-consultants-uk

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Job Title: Penetration Tester
Company Name: Crimson Ltd
Salary: 40-50k
Location: Surrey

Job & Person Spec
(PENETRATION, TEST, TESTING, TESTER, WEB, BETTING, GAMING, E-commerce, ETHICAL HACKER, ETHICAL HACKING, VUNERABILITY, ASSESMENTS)
PENETRATION TESTER REQUIRED FOR A LEADING ONLINE GAMING COMPANY!
Are you passionate about security and testing especially in the online world? Are you an experienced ethical hacker looking for a long term challenge? Do you thrive on the challenge of trying to ‘break’ online games?

If you answered yes to the above and also have the following skills:
- Penetration testing (2 years + in commercial environment)
- Ethical Hacking experience (2 years + in commercial environment)
- Vulnerability assessment experience
- E-commerce (online, betting, gaming, high transactional sites) (2 years +)
- Web application testing
Please send a copy of your CV and I will tell you more about this exciting opportunity.

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Job Title: .NET DEVELOPER
Company Name: CRIMSON LTD
Salary: 40-50K
Location: CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK

Job & Person Spec
(ASP.NET, VB.NET, .NET, C#, DEVELOPER, PROGRAMMER, A/P, CONSULTANT, SPECIALIST, LEAD, ECOMMERCE, WEB, INTERNET, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PETERBOROUGH, EAST ENGLAND)

ASP.NET DEVELOPER OR LEAD DEVELOPER required for an amazing E-commerce brand and an inspirational leader!

We are looking for Developers of all levels including a Lead Developer to join a buzzing technical team working within one of the UK’s leading brand. This brand sits in the top 3 in the UK in its field and is going from absolute strength to strength. With no plans to slow down soon you would be hard pressed to find a company with such determination and drive as this one.

The team is fun, energetic and inspiring, they are a hard working, technical minded bunch who also enjoy playing hard!

The company has been awarded for the way if looks after its employees and social and team building events are common.

To join this company I am interested in candidates with: ASP.NET paired with either VB.NET or C#.

You will also have experience of one or more of the following:
- Windows Services
- Web Services
- WCF
- XML
- XSLT
- SQL Databases
- High transactional websites

You must possess:
- EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS (WRITTEN AND VERBAL)
- The ability to bridge the gap between technical and business requirements
- Hardworking
- Energetic

For more information please send a copy of your latest CV and we will be in touch.

(ASP.NET, VB.NET, .NET, C#, DEVELOPER, PROGRAMMER, A/P, CONSULTANT, SPECIALIST, LEAD, ECOMMERCE, WEB, INTERNET, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PETERBOROUGH, EAST ENGLAND)

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