Supporting PyCon UK 2011

We're proud to sponsor PyCon UK 2011, the UK Python language conference. Taking place on the 24th and 25th September, it is a community conference, which brings together professionals from across the IT industry to share their knowledge and expertise.

We will be offering a free CV review and career advice to attendees of PyCon UK at the recruitment event on Sunday. There’s no need to book – just turn up with a copy of your CV and we’ll give you free advice then and there.

PyCon UK 2011 comprises a number of workshops on testing, NoSQL, Django TheZeth, Unicode and Internationalization, a code clinic and numerous talks from industry experts. Keynote speeches will be provided by Allison Randal, a board member for Python Software and Perl Foundations, and Laura Creighton – the driving force behind several projects important to the FLOSS world.

We're keen to support projects that help the industry to collaborate on best practice. And PyCon UK 2011 is a great example of a community-led event that is helping to enable best practice within the industry.

For more information, and to register your attendance, please visit the PyCon UK 2011 website

Jobs | Testimonials

  • Otodynamics
  • Nujira
  • TNEI

Otodynamics

Otodynamics specialises in otoacoustic emissions instruments and is acknowledged as the pioneer and leader in this field.

As a specialist medical devices company, Otodynamics wanted to work with a recruitment consultancy that had a proven track record in its market sector.

“Austin Fraser was very well tuned to our needs. They put forward five candidates for a specialist quality assurance position. The three people we interviewed were able to meet the majority of our requirements so we were delighted to have had an embarrassment of riches from which to select and appoint our new team member.”

Nujira

Nujira has an established position in the forefront of ultra-high efficiency RF power amplifier design. Engineers design, develop and deliver highly complex solutions targeting the digital broadcast, cellular infrastructure and mobile handset markets.

Nujira operate in an increasingly demanding market and required IC design engineers with previous experience in the semiconductor industry. 

"As a Recruitment Manager I look for suppliers who not only understand my business but will also do everything they can to make the recruitment process efficient and successful. Austin Fraser consistently meets and exceeds my expectations. The greatest compliment I can pay to Austin Fraser is their candidate introduction emails are always the first that I open." 

TNEI

TNEI is an independent energy consultancy specialising in new energy technologies. In its fast growing and dynamic market place, TNEI needed experienced engineers to manage a diverse range of projects. 

"Austin Fraser is more proactive in their dealings with TNEI Services than any other agency we work with. The quality of the candidates is excellent, as Austin Fraser take the time to identify what we are looking for and only supply us with relevant CVs. 

We are extremely satisfied with the level of service we receive; Austin Fraser has supplied us with six new recruits since February 2011. We hope to continue working with Austin Fraser for the foreseeable future. They are professional, friendly and extremely efficient."

  • Web Systems Manager – Niche Magento eCommerce specialist

    Web Systems Manager – Niche Magento eCommerce specialist - £28-35k A unique opportunity has arisen for a Web Systems Manager to join a highly.... More

  • Lead Java Developers

    Austin Fraser has the pleasure of appointing a 2 Lead Java Developers for a client who are at the forefront of their domain and have some exciting growth plans .... More

  • Senior Java Developer

    Austin Fraser software development team has the pleasure of representing an exclusive client based close to Newbury. We are on the lookout for Senior Java Devel.... More

Web Systems Manager – Niche Magento eCommerce specialist

Job Reference: NCWSMLON_37042
Employment Start Date: ASAP
Location: City of London
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus

Web Systems Manager – Niche Magento eCommerce specialist - £28-35k

A unique opportunity has arisen for a Web Systems Manager to join a highly successful web based business that has had a recent implementation of Magento 2012. The business has grown from strength to strength over the last year and now has 5 major websites and brands. The role requires a wide breath of technical IT knowledge, as you will be providing some systems support, but predominantly on Magento usage (not programming), having a strong analytical background and can process data to dev teams and to improve web site and systems performance.

This Web Systems Manager role will either suit a graduate who is looking to develop their expertise in a business who has a strong IT and analytical background, or a professional with strong systems background and some eCommerce experience.

Key Skills:
- Strong background in IT systems.
- Some web, dev, scripting experience
- Analytical background

Desirable:
- Magento
- eCommerce
- Operations

If you are keen to progress as a Web Systems Manager in a niche role with an opportunity to learn an be trained in a rapidly growing web based environment, then please apply to be immediately considered.

Web Systems Manager – Niche Magento eCommerce specialist - £28-35k

 

Skills

Magento, eCommerce, e-commerce, e commerce, Web Systems Manager, Systems Manager, IT Support, Infrastructure Support

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Lead Java Developers

Job Reference: GXS-5882_35953
Employment Start Date: ASAP
Location: Hampshire
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £52000 per annum + Bonus and benefits

Austin Fraser has the pleasure of appointing a 2 Lead Java Developers for a client who are at the forefront of their domain and have some exciting growth plans to take this service provider business into the next phase of development and maintenance.

My client is a household brand and offers some great benefits, career progression and the opportunity to learn new cutting edge technologies.

As a lead developer you will be responsible for design, development and support of large-scales and complex Service Orientated Architectures SOA. You will provide day to day management of your team and be responsible for the development, integration, support and maintenance of internet and provisioning based applications/services written in Java.

My client is willing to invest heavily in you and enable you to have the environment to use the latest technologies whilst providing the very best resources and a great location.

As one of the lead developers you will have experience and or/ knowledge of the following technologies and methods;

-Solid experience of java/j2ee development in a SOA environment
-Web Services (SOAP)
-Oracle/ MySQL
-Tools (CVS, Subversion, Ant, Maven, Cruise Control and Eclipse)
-Application Server environments
-RUP-UML and agile


The ideal person for this role would be a proactive and enthusiastic developer that loves problem solving. The teams work very closely and there is a really good culture within the 4 development teams.

Please do not hesitate to apply for this new opportunity as a shortlist will be presented to my client next week.

In return for your services there are some excellent benefits and a bonus with this role.


For further information and a full spec please contact Gavin Stephens at Austin Fraser on
0118 952 0151 or email me; g.stephens@austinfraser.com

 

Skills

java, j2ee, soa, developer, lead, webservices, SOAP

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Senior Java Developer

Job Reference: GXS-1432_35953
Employment Start Date: ASAP
Location: Berkshire
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £55000 per annum + Great Benefits

Austin Fraser software development team has the pleasure of representing an exclusive client based close to Newbury. We are on the lookout for Senior Java Developer for a client who are at the forefront of their domain and have some exciting growth plans to take this service provider business into the next phase of development and expanding product portfolios.


As a senior developer you will be responsible for design, development and support of large-scales and complex Service Orientated Architectures SOA. You will provide day to day management of a junior team and be responsible for the development, integration, support and maintenance of internet applications and provisioning based applications/services written in Java.

My client is willing to invest heavily in you and enable you to have the environment to use the latest technologies whilst providing the very best resources and a great location coupled with great benefits.

As an important addition to the development team you will have experience and or/ knowledge of the following technologies and methods;

-Solid experience of java/j2ee development in a SOA environment
- Server side development
-Oracle/ MySQL
-Spring and Hibernate
- Experience with web technologies

Desirable;
-EJB (Seam Framework)
-JavaScript

The ideal person for this role would be a proactive and enthusiastic developer that loves problem solving. You will be an all rounder. The teams work very closely and there is a really good culture within the java development team.

Please do not hesitate to apply for this new opportunity as a shortlist will be presented to my client next week.

In return for your services there are some excellent benefits and a bonus with this role including an 8% pension contribution despite what you contribute.


For further information and a full spec please contact Gavin Stephens at Austin Fraser on
0118 952 0151 or email me; g.stephens@austinfraser.com

 

Skills

java, j2ee, spring, hibernate

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