What you will be doing

• Designing and implementing websites and web applications.
• Maintaining and improving our existing portfolio of websites and web applications.
• Developing and maintaining site APIs.
• Developing apps for third-party environments such as Facebook and iPhone.

Essential skills and qualifications

• A high level of self-motivatation and proactiveness.
• Ability and willingness to learn.
• Attention to detail, a positive attitude, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Independent problem solving skills and flexibility to meet tight deadlines.
• Prior experience of developing database-driven websites.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of PHP.
• Strong CSS, XML and XHTML skills.
• Good understanding of Javascript and AJAX.

Addition skills that would be beneficial

• Creation and manipulation of graphics.
• Exposure to MySQL or other RDBMS.
• Some experience with a Unix/Linux CLI environment.
• Familiarity with SVN or other version control systems.
• Some experience with, or understanding of, APIs.

Salary and benefits

The right candidate will receive a competitive salary plus 20 days annual leave per year.

Location

You'll be working from our Islington offices in central London.

Important note

Sorry, but the job is only open to people who have the appropriate work permits for the UK.

About the company

Blue Compass is a small but rapidly-growing company which runs a number of different websites in the fields of arts-based recruitment, event listings, online dating and social networking. The office environment, whilst hard-working, is relaxed and informal.

This is the first dedicated developer role for the company, and you will be working with the Technical Director and System Administator.

Applying

In the first instance please forward your CV to phpdev@blue-compass.com along with links to sites you have previously worked on.