User Interface Engineering Manager at Aconex

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User Interface Engineering Manager

at Aconex in Melbourne

Aconex is a dynamic, international company that provides online collaboration solutions to the construction and engineering industries.

With offices around the world and clients in more than 65 countries, Aconex is the global market leader in its field and has been recognized with numerous awards for its business success and innovation. Based on feedback from staff and external judges, the company was recently named one of Australia’s top 50 workplaces in the 2009 Great Place to Work awards.

We are looking for an experienced User Interface Engineering Manager who has advanced to exceptional JavaScript skills, cross browser development and some server side development experience. This individual would have to hit the ground running in this fast paced environment.

Responsibilities for this role will include:

• System architecture – both conceptual for new work, and evolutionary for established functionality.
• Engineering processes – creation, refinement and adherence to all processes that cover the software life-cycle.
• Provide technical leadership to the UI Engineering team.
• In collaboration with the broader Product Management team, plan and execute the major releases.

• Act as a leader for the introduction of innovation and change in the UI engineering processes.

To be successful in this role you will need the following skills and experience:

Essential

• Have created and maintained a library of useful XHTML, CSS, JavaScript code and reusable widgets using JSP, Velocity and/or J2EE custom tag libraries
• Previous experience with complex software solutions across all aspects of the application software life-cycle from specification to development to testing to sustaining.
• A strong commitment to appropriate processes and process evolution.
• Management experience with mid-sized teams tackling complex technical problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills, especially clarity of communication and guiding individuals to positions of compromise for the benefit of the larger team or organization.
• Handling customer escalations and complaints.
• A passion for software quality.
• Interfaced with server-side developers using Model-View-Controller (MVC) principles
• Experience in developing AJAX based interfaced/components using standard frameworks like jQuery
• Familiarity with web-development tools like Firebug and Fiddler
• Strong knowledge of W3C standards and cross-browser interoperability
• Developed web applications (as opposed to web sites) and preferably Software-as-a-Service SaaS applications

• Experience with incremental UI improvements to an interface rather than rewrites

We are looking for a techincally strong candidate who also has exceptional management skills and experience.

As a business we provide professional development days, reward initiative and offer plenty of opportunity for career advancement as well as provide a friendly and social atmosphere including Friday night drinks, pool table and foosball.

Please note, although developing relationships with agencies forms a component of the Aconex acquisition strategy, on this occasion agency submission will not be accepted.

To apply for this position please complete an online application form at our website or alternatively copy and paste the following link into your browser:

https://secure.pageuppeople.com/apply/458/gateway/?c=apply&sJobIDs;=572230&SourceTypeID;=532

*Only candidates that complete the online application form will be considered for this position.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

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