[Jobs] Perl Application Developer, London W2

[Chisel Wright]

You can download the PDF of the job spec from:
http://www.net-a-porter.com/About-Us/Employment

Salary is "about £42k".

If you do express an interest I'd be grateful if you mention that you
got the details from me (referral bonus).

Chisel

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PERL APPLICATION DEVELOPER

NET-A-PORTER is an established global Internet retailer of cutting edge
luxury fashion labels, relied upon for its exceptional quality of
service and eye for the next big thing. With an expanding domestic and
global market, and revenues increasing month on month, critical
strategic change is on the agenda, in order for us to achieve the
objective of dominating our sector as a truly successful force in online
retail.

The Role

As an experienced Perl developer, this role will be a key position in
Net-a-Porter’s expanding IT department, primarily to support changes and
improvements to the back office systems. Experience with relational
database based mod_perl systems and therefore SQL experience would be a
distinct advantage "Net-a-porter's brilliant online site is the only
truly luxurious buying experience that I've come upon the internet," The
Times, UK

Responsibilities:

Systems Development

Become the primary point of contact for all enhancement and problem
resolution requests with respect to NET-A-PORTER’s bespoke, in-house
warehouse, stock, order and customer management application. This will
include:

    •  Requirements gathering and problem specification
    •  Perl/Mod_Perl application development
    •  SQL development (primarily PostgreSQL)
    •  Front end HTML/CSS/JavaScript user interface development

Ongoing Development Work

A large component of this role will be to integrate closely with the
Operations team to ensure that the Warehouse Management System is
tightly aligned with their process flows and requirements

Essential Skills & Requirements
    •  Proven experience with Perl/Mod_Perl development in a
       process-driven environment
    •  Familiarity with the Perl Template Toolkit
    •  Proven experience of developing rich, web-based user interfaces
       using HTML/CSS and JavaScript
    •  Proven experience in translating user requirements into technical
       specifications
    Requirements gathering and problem specification
    •  Perl/Mod_Perl application development
    •  SQL development (primarily PostgreSQL)
    •  Front end HTML/CSS/JavaScript user interface development

Ongoing Development Work

A large component of this role will be to integrate closely with the
Operations team to ensure that the Warehouse Management System is
tightly aligned with their process flows and requirements

Essential Skills & Requirements
    •  Proven experience with Perl/Mod_Perl development in a process-driven
       environment
    •  Familiarity with the Perl Template Toolkit
    •  Proven experience of developing rich, web-based user interfaces using
       HTML/CSS and JavaScript
    •  Proven experience in translating user requirements into technical
       specifications
    •  Able to display a good understanding of SQL

Secondary Skills
    •  Knowledge of procedural SQL would be an advantage
    •  Proven experience of Perl based web services
    •  Familiarity with Apache/Mod_Perl in a Red Hat Linux environment
    •  Articulate with good writing skills
    •  Healthy dose of common sense and initiative a plus.
    •  Great sense of humour and attitude

Location

Your primary location will be at our head office in Bayswater, W2, but
you will be required to spend some time at our Distribution Centre in
Greenwich

To Apply

Please email us an updated CV and a cover letter explaining why you feel
you are suited to the role to jobs at net-a-porter.com You will be expected
to provide at least two recent work references.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE
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