Interactive Developer (primarily ActionScript)

ConnectIB are seeking a new Interactive Developer to join their central Bristol team.

The successful candidate will have a passion for creating great User Experience AND maintaining DRY well structured code.

Working in a highly creative environment including designers, IA and UX professionals as well as fellow developers (Mobile, Front & Back End) this is a truly exciting opportunity to contribute to the future of a suite of products, currently deployed to high profile public spaces worldwide.

The main focus of this role initially is ActionScript, AIR and MXML based however ConnectIB continue to innovate and recognize the modern developer is rarely limited to a single language or runtime. So while Flash/AS3 will be your background you will certainly have more than a passing interest in either Objective C, Java & HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript (amongst others).

The role would suit a talented programmer looking to develop their career in a permanent position, within a highly technical, hard working team of multi-disciplined developers.

Your duties will include developing new product features and new client deployments as well as some ongoing maintenance of existing product installations.
Reporting into Head of Interactive

Required skills

The successful candidate will fulfill the majority of the below.

• ActionScript 3.0
• Flex Builder 4 IDE & SDK – Good knowledge of framework and layout components required
• Flash Professional CS5 
• Knowledge of Object Oriented programming (OOPS) concepts using Design Patterns like MVC, Business Delegate, Factory, Adapter, Singleton, DAO, Front Controller,  Data Transfer Object, Session Facade, Service Locator, Proxy etc.
• Ability to work with a variety of design frameworks – Caringorm experience preferred (Pure MVC, RobotLegs, SWIZ etc)
• AMF / XML / WebServices.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite Tools for manipulating creative designs provided to you for skinning purposes.
• Experience in team development environments SVN/GIT
• Ability to document code and communicate complex requirements and problems in a clear fashion to non technical stakeholders.
• Self motivated with excellent time management skills.

Previous experience of Touchscreen, Wayfinding and Interactive applications a distinct advantage

Additional likely skills

• Broad understanding of web and mobile, front and back end technologies which may include JavaScript / HTML / Java / PHP / .Net etc
• Experience with.NET and Flash integration.
• Mobile Development (iPhone / Android)
• Experience with Unit and Automated Testing
• Experience with deploying video to the web using Flash – FMS or similar a bonus

Please email your CV and examples of work to claire.booth@connectib.com

UNSOLICITED RECRUITMENT AGENCY CALLS PLEASE.