User Interface / Web Developer Job in Cambridge, Southern Uk

User Interface/Web Developer

Looking to recruit a User Interface/Web Developer to join a new venture company now emerging as one of the leading providers of Street Lighting Remote Control and Monitoring systems. Their 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 are likely to have all, or at least many, of the following skills and experience:

·         Education to degree level

·         Experience of web based application development

·         Experience of writing PHP

·         Experience of interfacing to databases and writing SQL queries

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 using ETL tools

Role:

You will be working as part of a small close-knit team on 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. Externally there is also an interface through an ETL tool, Jitterbit, for interfacing to Asset Management Systems.

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