We are seeking Development and Support Technicians to join our expanding London-based team.

As a Development Technician you will be responsible for creating and updating rich user interfaces, helping to ensure smooth integration of our conversational systems with our clients’ websites, and deploying and supporting our online content development portal. The position involves a combination of front and back-end work (approximately 70/30).

This aspect of the role gives you the opportunity for your work to be visible on some of the most highly trafficked websites in the world, with high-profile clients ranging from leading financial institutions to social networking sites.

The Support aspect will involve diagnosing and fixing problems with front-end systems (typically required knowledge of PHP and JavaScript), web-based statistical packages, and eventually the conversational systems themselves..

Essential Skills :

• Standards      compliant XHTML and CSS
• Client-side      scripting (JavaScript essential, Ajax useful)
• Ability      to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously

Advantageous Skills :

• Server-side      scripting (PHP primarily, ASP, ASP.NET useful)
• Familiarity      with building basic SQL queries (experience with MySQL a plus)
• Basic      Windows server, Linux, and Tomcat administration
• MySQL      Server Administration

You should be a self-motivated individual with an enthusiasm and ability to learn new skills quickly.

E-mail your CV, code samples (JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, etc), and other relevant information which may support your application to roseanne@biteconsulting.co.uk  making sure to specify which vacancy you are applying for with the reference number. Please help us make the selection process easier by supplying as much supporting material as possible.  

* No recruiters or phone calls please *

The technical team is growing to accommodate the accelerating global expansion and portfolio development in which it is currently engaged, and is spawning an Innovations team to develop the next-generation technologies that will change and define how millions interact with online virtual agents over the coming years.

The successful applicant will be key to the development of new interfaces and modules around the core natural language processing technologies that drive our business.

Essential Technical Skills:

• Java      – the foundation of the UI layer between the NLP engine and the web
• Python      – embedded in our NLP engine, and key to interface development
• JavaScript      (including experience with JS frameworks, specifically JQuery)
• Experience      in building and using APIs
• Database      (SQL etc)

Advantageous Technical Skills:

• Experience      of developing and building applications for mobile devices (Android and      ios)
• Knowledge      and experience of C++

Much of the work is likely to focus on the rapid development of prototypes for internal evaluation and/or customer presentations. The ability to work quickly under pressure will therefore prove important.

You should be a self-motivated individual with good communication skills, and the willingness and the ability to learn new skills quickly. Enthusiasm, versatility, flexibility and commitment are essential.

E-mail your CV, code samples (JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, etc), and other relevant information which may support your application to roseanne@biteconsulting.co.uk, making sure to specify which vacancy you are applying for. Please help us make the selection process easier by supplying as much supporting material as possible.

* No recruiters or phone calls please *

As an Infrastructure and Technical Services Engineer you will take the lead in maintaining and supporting existing infrastructure systems as well as evaluating and implementing new ones. You will also help the technical team deploy and support our conversational systems and integrate them with our clients’ websites. Infrastructure tasks will include:

• Global      server network management (ordering, decommissioning, monitoring budgets)
• Google      applications management (including email), Jira and Basecamp management
• Server      and firewall monitoring, firewall configuration
• Database      deployment, configuration, monitoring and management

Essential Technical Skills:

• Excellent      understanding of web architectures and technologies, current developments,      etc
• Windows      and Linux server administration
• Apache      and Tomcat administration
• Familiarity      with building basic SQL queries, database server administration
• Basic      network knowledge and administration – firewall configuration, ftp setup,      etc.

Advantageous Technical Skills:

• Standards      compliant XHTML and CSS
• Server-side      scripting (PHP primarily)
• Client-side      scripting (JavaScript, Ajax, JQuery)
• Experience      of version control systems (central and distributed such as subversion and      Git)

Other required skills:

• Ability      to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Good      interpersonal and communication skills

You should be a self-motivated individual with an enthusiasm and ability to learn new skills quickly.

E-mail your CV, code samples (JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, etc), and other relevant information which may support your application to roseanne@biteconsulting.co.uk making sure to specify which vacancy you are applying for with the reference. Please help us make the selection process easier by supplying as much supporting material as possible.

* No recruiters or phone calls please *