Summary
Research Assistant/Associate: Programmer wih Enterprise Application Development Experience
We are looking for a brilliant developer to join the team and help us liberate humanity from passwords. Pico is an academic research project that is currently spinning out a start-up company, which presents numerous opportunities for employees of the University. The University of Cambridge is renowned for entrepreneurship and innovation. The start-up is currently going through the prestigious CyLon business accelerator.
This is an immediate start until Christmas.
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You will be a great programmer, demonstrably fluent in at least one of Javascript, HTML, CSS, Electron or Python. You love coding. You work well with a fast machine and a very large screen (which you will be provided, if successful). You will have experience working with mobile and desktop applications. Experience developing Web front-end and remote Web-apps is especially desirable. You are also, more generally, a well-rounded computer scientist. In particular, you have at least some basic understanding of Human Computer Interaction, User eXperience or security, and are keen to learn about how they interact. You have a keen interest in, and demonstrable ability to, design, build and test new applications with engaging user interfaces.
SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:
The single most important requisite for the job is to be a great programmer. After that, enthusiasm and versatility. We want someone who is keen to try their hand at new things. Programming experience in industry is appreciated but not required. Candidates should have a good undergraduate or Masters degree in computer science or a related discipline. From a technical perspective, any of the following attributes will be valued, but none is an absolute requirement:
· Fluent in one or more of Javascript, Java, Python, C, C++, Objective-C or Swift
· iOS and/or macOS development experience
· Linux, Windows or Android experience
· Basic understanding of HCI/UX and/or security
· Full development lifecycle
· Experience with backend authentication and Single Sign-On systems (Kerberos, Active Directory, Okta, etc.)
You enjoy learning and using new programming languages, libraries, platforms and tools, which best suit the job at hand. Ideally, you are able to demonstrate this ability through a selection of previous projects.
Candidates will be appointed to the Research Assistant (£25,298 - £29,799) or Research Associate (£31,604 - £38,183) scale based on their experience. A PhD is not required for this role. Candidates for the Research Associate scale, normally reserved for post-docs, will need substantial programming experience in industry.
Office address
Trinity College, Cambridge
