Software Developer - QDDA (“Query-Driven Data Acquisition From Web-based Data Sources”) Fixed-term for up to 6 months Grade 8; Salary: £37,756 – £45,053 p.a.

Department of Computer Science
Software Developer - QDDA (“Query-Driven Data Acquisition From Web-based Data Sources”)
Fixed-term for up to 6 months
Grade 8; Salary: £37,756 – £45,053 p.a.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT; PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY.

The Department of Computer Science has a vacancy for a developer to work with Prof. Michael Benedikt, and postdocs Julien Leblay and Efi Tsamoura, on plans for acquiring data from Web-based datasources (e.g. Web forms and Web services). Work for this post will include: developing interfaces to web-based sources (forms and web services) for use in federating query, estimating statistics over web-based sources, and development of a GUI for describing datasources and queries.

Candidates must have a first degree in computer science or a related area along with excellent programming skills in Java along with experience working with Web services (SOAP/WSDL, JSON, REST), HTML forms, relational databases (MySQL, JDBC), and Java-based GUI development (e.g. Swing).  A background and/or interest in database systems implementation, particularly query optimization is desirable.

The post, which is a full-time appointment, is available for up to 6 months with the possibility of extension, will have a salary on the University grade 08S scale (currently £37,756 - £45,053 p.a.), will include membership of USS as well as an annual leave entitlement of 38 days per year (inclusive of all public holidays and university closed periods).

For further details and to apply please visit:

https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=112950

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 25 April 2014.

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