Job opening: Mobbu is hiring a BlackBerry/.Net developer in Brighton

22 December 2008 by Rod McLaren

Update: we have successfully hired for this role now.

Mobbu designs, develops and delivers mobile and internet data services, principally for police forces and the public safety and security sector.

We plan, design and build mobile/backend systems for customers like Airwave and G4S. We also create and sell our own mobile software products for the same sector, the first of which is now successfully rolling out at UK police forces.

Our consulting and product development businesses are growing, driven by our public sector domain expertise, our product design knowledge, and your skills as a developer.

About the job

We’re looking for a pragmatic and flexible software developer who will take technical leadership of our MFO product – it’s a BlackBerry J2ME mobile client and an ASP.Net/AJAX web/backend system. The developer will work with product owners and designers to maintain and improve the resilience and functionality of both the product suite and the underlying technology framework. It may also involve helping build and lead a small team of developers and test engineers.

The role is based in our new office shared with Ribot Design in the heart of Brighton’s mobile community. We want to hire for this role in early 2009.

About You

You are smart, you get things done, and you can communicate well.

You understand that perfect is not as important as robust and stable. You can coherently discuss the finer points of JAVA/ASP.Net, API programming, HTTP, XML/Schema, Web services, AJAX… You keep up with new work in your field and participate in communities of practice online and elsewhere.

You’re a UK resident and passport holder: we’re going to have to get you security-cleared for some of our work.

Mobbu and technology

Our technology choices are pragmatic – we develop using the technology set appropriate for the product and the customer’s environment. In our past projects someone in your role might need to:

• design and develop (including full unit test coverage) a BlackBerry client application that integrates with the BlackBerry JDK
• design and develop a web application and messaging server that integrates with BES/MDS and deals with the sending and receiving of messages and photos
• design and develop a web mapping application using Mapstraction to overlay GPS data captured by user activity on the BlackBerry client application
• Work with product owners to produce estimates for the sprint plan and be involved in daily stand-ups to ensure the sprint burndown chart is up-to-date.

We are an Agile/Scrum-oriented company and we favour running software developed by talented, well-organised developers. The successful candidate will be a very important member of the Mobbu team, responsible for the technical and architectural leadership of the MFO product.

If this role sounds interesting, please contact us at hello (at) mobbu.com; no phone calls, please.

(PS: We’re also looking for a QA/tester.)

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