I am looking for a front end / web developer for a 6-month contract (with possible extension) to work on an Innovate-UK funded project investigating graphical approaches to search strategy formulation. The aim of the project is to develop tools and techniques for search query formulation which can be integrated within a visual framework to deliver a more efficient and intuitive approach to professional search applications.
Requirements
- Proven working experience in web programming
- Familiarity with popular JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS
- Creative problem-solving skills
- Ideally experience of migrating existing desktop software applications to the web
- Prepared to sign an NDA governed by English law.
Responsibilities
- Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
- Create user interfaces by using standard Javascript/HTML/CSS practices
- Integrate data from various back-end services and databases
- Create and maintain software documentation
- Maintain awareness of emerging technologies & trends and put them into operation
Salary DOE. Part time working possible. Remote working by negotiation, but candidates will need to attend weekly meetings in London. Further details on request. Principals only please – no subcontractors. Can you recommend anyone?
Contact:
Please send enquiries and applications to: Dr. Tony Russell-Rose FBCS CITP, tgr AT uxlabs.co.uk
For further details see: http://uxlabs.co.uk/rd/
About UXLabs:
UXLabs R&D program focuses on human-information interaction; in particular the challenges involved in understanding the context in which people interact with information systems and in developing novel interaction metaphors and technologies to apply that understanding. Much of our recent work has focused on the challenges involved in searching, navigating and sense-making within complex information spaces. This has three primary facets:
- Investigation of natural language processing techniques for extracting structure and meaning from unstructured data
- Development of new data visualisation and interaction techniques for exploring complex information spaces
- Empirical studies of human information-seeking, in particular the user experience of exploratory search and knowledge discovery applications.
We have ongoing research collaborations with Sheffield University’s iSchool, City University’s Centre for Interactive Systems Research, Essex University’s Language and Computation Group, and Glasgow University’s Information Retrieval group.
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