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Technical Developer
Location
Central London
Salary
Dependent on experience
Fortune Cookie is looking for a Microsoft Technical Developer to join our growing technical team of Experience Architects, Project Managers, Developers and User Interface Designers in our London offices.
Working as part of an enthusiastic and highly motivated team, you will apply your skills to define world-class solutions for Fortune Cookie’s wide range of blue-chip, retail and public sector clients.
Description
Fortune Cookie is passionate about the web. We create award-winning interactive projects that deliver great ROI to a wide range of public sector organisations, blue-chip corporate clients and world-famous brands. We help them establish a competitive advantage in an increasingly complex online world.
The ideal candidate will be skilled in testing-led, object-oriented development and will need to be proficient in both building and maintaining solutions to the highest standards. The candidate will work on projects both in Fortune Cookie's Clerkenwell offices and from time to time on-site at our (predominantly London-based) clients.
The successful candidate will be keen to further their technical skills and achieve certifications in Microsoft .NET and will receive high-quality professional training from Fortune Cookie's training partners to achieve this. It will be an advantage if the candidate has already partially achieved certification or has an existing relevant certification that can be augmented. The ideal candidate will also have skills in maintaining "classic" Microsoft ASP applications including migrating applications to the Microsoft .NET.
It is expected that the successful candidate would progress to either a technical architect or technical project management role within 4 years, and training and mentoring will be provided to help attain that goal.
Skills required
- Experience of ASP.NET 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0;
- C# to a high standard and knowledge of the following:
- Key .NET class libraries and namespaces (e.g System.Data, System.Xml, etc);
- XML;
- XML Web Services;
- Unit testing (NUnit);
- Visual Studio.NET, 2005 and 2008;
- Source control systems (especially Subversion);
- XHTML and web standards;
- Database design and ERD/DDL;
- SQL.
- Experience of the following would be a desirable supplement;
- Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server;
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007;
- Microsoft .NET-based content management systems (EPiServer, Immediacy, Ektron etc).
Experience
- Significant development experience: 5 years;
- Microsoft .NET experience (C# is required);
- Microsoft ASP Classic experience.
Qualifications
- A university degree from an internationally-recognised institution in a relevant technical discipline (either computer science, physics, chemistry, mathematics or engineering);
- A technical certification from Microsoft.
Personal Qualities
Fortune Cookie is looking for the following personal qualities in the successful candidate for this position:
Innovation
- You will demonstrate the ability to propose innovative solutions to client briefs and will be alert to recognise potential improvements in the company’s technical processes
Drive and Effectiveness
- You will be well presented and capable of working directly with clients;
- Must relish the challenge of working in a dynamic, fast paced web agency environment;
- Must have good time-management skills and be able to report progress on projects to a project manager.
Communication Skills
- You must be a good written and oral communicator.
Relationships
- You must be able to establish a good rapport with other team members and work with them in a professional and effective manner;
- You must be willing to learn from the more experienced members of the team and work within the parameters laid down by lead developers and architects.
Equal opportunities
Fortune Cookie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring that the terms and conditions of employment of the employee and potential employee are equitable and non-discriminatory. This means that job applicants and employees will be treated fairly regardless of their age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin or disability.
Applications:
Applications should be made, quoting reference TD to .