Description
Service Requirement: Front End Web Development
General Background
The project is one out of several projects running in the IT Roadmap programme of the client
with the objective of providing a fully electronic version of the content of patent publications.
The successful candidate will be based in The Hague. Occasional travel to the other EPO sites (Munich and Berlin)might be required.
Project Background
The eDREX project team has team members in Munich and The Hague.
Cooperation with team members and other developers on other locations would mainly happen via electronic means,including video-conferencing, but the developer should be willing to occasionally travel to Munich upon
request.
The work will be performed 100% on site.
The developer will collaborate with other developers, located in The Hague and Munich.
These developers will develop a pilot version of some of the expected functionalities.
Further, they will provide data services for the application.
A technical manager, also located in The Hague, will guide the technical aspects of the developer's work.
The developer's work will be to implement a GUI for a text comparison tool based on a concept delivered by a UI team for the project.
The UI designers that have developed the UI concept are located in Munich, and some of them are available to, if necessary, work closely with the developer to resolve any conceptual issues.
The project will partially adopt the agile project management methodologies.
The candidate should also be able to work in a multicultural environment.
Knowledge about Intellectual Property (IP) and IP application software is an advantage.
Short Description:
To implement a UI using Javascript and leading frameworks within the scope of External Products and Services projects to conform with the established style & design.
The team is looking for a highly skilled developer.
Deliverables:
* Extension of an existing Javascript/JQuery web application implementing the UI concept according to the client style.
* Unit Tests (unit, integration and regression tests)
* Technical documentation
* Reporting to the technical team manager located in The Hague
Required Skills
The web developer should demonstrate a strong expertise and history in web application development.
The web developer should in general have technical skills:
* Excellent knowledge of JavaScript (not Java), JSON, jQuery, CSS
* Excellent knowledge of mark-up and style sheet languages (HTML 4/5, XHMTL, CSS Level 2+, XML, DTD/XML schema, XSL)
* Excellent knowledge in applying REST and web/AJAX security measures
* Very good knowledge of test driven development approach and SCRUM methodology
* Familiar with JIRA, Confluence and Greenhopper (SCRUM support)
* Familiar with writing Unit Tests and the Hudson test environment
The candidate should be fluent in spoken and written English.
In particular, in view of the expected UI concept, it is a strong advantage if the developer is able to show experience with the following technical solutions:
* text comparison tools and display of differences,
* pagination concepts for viewing documents
* storage and reuse of objects in the UI
* dynamic menus,
* graphical representation of status information, eg dashboard
* sliding-in windows
Optionally, experience with the following technical solutions would a further advantage
* development of unit tests and integration in the Hudson environment
Excellent web development skills and a fast understanding of the UI concept and the technical framework of the project are mandatory for any candidate.