Senior ASP.net Developer

Job description: Senior ASP.net Developer
Location: Chester, UK
Reporting To: Technical Director
Permanent or Contract: Contract / Freelance
Department: Web Team

 

A Senior ASP.net Web Developer is required on a short term contract or freelance basis to join Prodo, a vibrant full service web design and creative agency with an impressive client list across multiple sectors. You must have strong ASP.net / MS SQL skills including demonstrable OO / N-tier web application development experience. Ideally you will have full project lifecycle experience in an agency setting. We are looking for a dynamic and flexible individual who is comfortable working under their own initiative as part of a small integrated team in a customer focused environment.

Main Job Purpose

You will be reporting to the Technical Director, regularly liaising with interface Designers, Account Managers, peer developers and on some occasions with clients.

Your focus must be the end user and client, this means functionality, usability, scalability and quality must be paramount in your work.

We are seeking a mid-career professional with 3-5 years commercial experience who is comfortable working on start to finish projects as well as completing or modifying projects already in progress.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Capturing Functional / Technical Requirements
  • Production of maintainable web applications with solid architecture
  • Maintenance of existing applications
  • Identifying, investigating and implementing novel solutions to client requirements
  • Implementation and customisation of open source / commercial CMS products
  • Ensure web applications meet current web standards & accessibility requirements
  • Responsible for bug fixing
  • Creating & implementing test strategies
  • Implementing source control & versioning
  • Contribute to coding standards / development practises

Management Responsibilities

No direct management responsibilities. Possibility of acting as a mentor to junior developers.

Skills / Attributes Required

Required

  • XHML / CSS 2, JavaScript, DOM etc
  • W3C web standards, Semantic Markup
  • Excellent practical knowledge of Accessibility (WAI A, AA, AAA)
  • ASP.net 2.0 / 3.5 (Preferably C# )
  • AJAX
  • CMS Experience
  • Windows Server 2003, IIS etc
  • MS SQL SERVER (2000 / 2005)
  • XML, XSLT, XPath etc
  • Strong interest in future of web application development
  • Experience of N-Tier OO development and industry best practices
  • Team Player, can do attitude, willing to transfer knowledge

Desirable

  • MOSS / SharePoint Experience
  • Ecommerce / payment gateways
  • Web Services
  • ASP (classic)
  • FLASH / Actionscript
  • Web 2.0 Technologies

 

Basic Salary Range: Negotiable
Benefits Package: BUPA, 23 days holiday per annum, plus birthday off
Hours of employment: 37.5 Hours per week. 8.30am to 5pm (1 hour for lunch)