ISSUE 20 September 2013
Hi Everybody,
I hope you had amazing week and that you are ready for some hacking and fun during this weekend!
Our #TMUhack is starting tonight at Rainmaking Loft and we’re looking forward to some amazing apps being built over the weekend. Huge thanks to our sponsors and partners for making this event possible: Philips Hue, Amazon Kindle Fire, Amazon Web Services, Rightmove, Bizzabo and Rainmaking Loft.
Hope to see you all tonight!
Warm Rgds,
OUR EVENTS
20 Sep: TechMeetups London Hackathon – Mobile Apps! #TMUhack [ RSVP HERE ]
24 Sep: Guru Program: Incorporation, Legal, and Patents #TMUguru [ RSVP HERE ]
24 Oct: TechStartupJobs Fair London Autumn 2013 [ RSVP HERE ]
Check out all London events here
IN THE NEWS
Why outsourcing innovation is going to be big for the tech industry and beyond
Paul Jozefak, co-founder and managing director of innovation laboratory Liquid Labs, argues that outsourcing innovation will become a mainstream business practice and a key driver of growth, specifically in the tech sector. While he clearly has a business interest in companies outsourcing their innovation, we feel it’s an argument worth noting.
JOBS
MUCH PUBLICISED INTERNET START-UP LOOKING FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL TECH LEAD (LONDON) @ RMI
Mid to senior .NET Developer @ ZoneFutures Ltd
ZoneFutures is a digital products incubator, backed by and co-located with leading digital agency Zone in central London.
CTO – Big Data Startup @ DataBarta Ltd
Our technical development to date has been with a contracted team in Bulgaria. We are now keen to appoint a CTO who would work full-time in London.
Data Architect / Growth Hacker @ Seed Jobs
At Seed our goal is simple – make recruitment better. We believe that discovering the job you love and hiring great talent should be easy.
Tech Lead @ Liquid Healthcare
We aim to give everyone on the planet a lifelong health record, and to leverage the data we collect to help make healthcare cheaper and better, for everyone. We are near launch.
Client Support Manager @ CMO International ApS
We make software so that big companies can manage compliance stuff like audits, inspections, action management, risk, incidents and safety.
CTO Co-founder @ Honeywell
The current situation is that a minimum viable product is ready for development and market testing for expected reiteration.
Junior Developer @ TechHub
You’ll be working with Hope (our Product Manager), Dan (our Head of IT) and designers to build the front end of all our tech products.
London Based iOS Developer (for an exceptional startup) @ lowdownapp Ltd
We’re going to make meetings more successful for everyone by creating a service that people love to use.
Technical Support Engineer @ Axomic
OpenAsset, created by Axomic, is the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) profession’s favourite digital asset management system.
IT Support Intern @ Instant Access Technologies
The Help Desk\LAN Support Intern will have the responsibility of assisting users and team members on various hardware\software related issues.
IT Support Intern @ Instant Access Technologies
The Help Desk\LAN Support Intern will have the responsibility of assisting users and team members on various hardware\software related issues.
Senior Java Rockstar!! @ Bright North
Your role is fundamental to the growth of our company because our clients buy solutions to their needs and these solutions are delivered through talent and passion, not just technology.
MySQL DBA and Operations Engineer @ mendeley
Currently our databases are in the hands of our capable system admins, but they require the tender loving care of a seasoned DBA
Education Program Manager @ mendeley
Mendeley are now looking for an Education Program Manager
Data Analytics Engineer @ mendeley
To support data enquiries by utilising different technologies to provide data sets, graphs and visualization.
Web Developer @ mendeley
We are looking for a web developer to take ownership of the corporate web site.
E-commerce and Data Intern @ Instant Access Technologies Limited
Are you interested in e-commerce and data?
Middleweight Developer (front & back end) @ Shed
Our creative digital design and development startup based in Shoreditch, London are on the lookout for a talented middleweight all-round developer to join the team.
Accountmanager Sales @ Coosto
Coosto is looking for an Account manager sales with a strong track record in the online industry (top 500) to join our London based office.
Lead Developer @ Tonguesten
Our ideal candidate is an expert in back-end (Rails/Testing/Databases) and front-end (HTML5, CSS/SASS/HAML, Javascript/JQuery) development with a portfolio of web / mobile applications that you are proud of,with at least one of them having a decent amount of users.
Sr. Software Engineer – Search @ NumberFour AG
NumberFour is looking for an experienced, energetic and self-driven developer
Sr. Java / Scala Software Engineer – Cloud Business Platform (m/f) @ NumberFour AG
Want to be part of a revolutionary project? We are now looking for software engineers with a strong passion to work on our revolutionary new platform.
PHP Web developers Internships @ theorderbox.com
This is a internship position with travel expenses paid with many benefits attached.
Field Sales Agent/Rep – Tower Hamlets @ theorderbox.com
We are currently seeking highly ambitious and money-driven sales representatives to sell our website & marketing packages to all businesses at affordable prices.
Junior iOS Mobile Developer @ Ve Interactive
We are flexible in our structure, and people will always have the chance to learn other skills as time progresses, as we actively encourage it.
Junior Android Mobile Developer @ Ve Interactrive
Implement basic app functionalities and infrastructure specification described in the technical documentation.
Lead JavaScript Developer @ Ve Interactive
To qualify for this fantastic career opportunity you must have experience of OOP JavaScript, Single Page Application development, xHTML and CSS, HTML5 and CSS3. As a key member of the front-end development team you will be able to influence and guide the development of user interfaces.
PHP Developer @ Ve Interactive
A candidate should expect to work in a team of roughly 5 developers creating market ready products including ecommerce, CMS, and bespoke websites as well as contributing to the maintenance of existing systems.
Digital Sales Consultant @ Ve Interactive
Present and sell company software products and data-driven services to current and potential clients.
Digital Marketing Account Executive @ Ve Interactive
Maintain and manage client relationships.
Local Tech Jobs @ Sooqini
small list of building construction type items, small web site to start with but to increase in size an business develops, would not need ecommerce at this stage
An equipment database, to log equipment details to include location i.e. hire, sold or store. To summarise provide frontend and reports in Microsoft Access or VB
If you have a job you would like to promote post it at TechStartupJobs
READING & VIEWING
Berlin start-ups: Cool and commerce coming together? – BBC
IDEAS TO BE BROUGHT TO LIFE
Develop cool apps using the Philips Hue (@tweethue)
Hack together amazing Apps for Amazon Kindle and the Amazon web services
If you have an idea please submit at TechIdeaHub
OUR PARTNERS
Rightmove is the great British web success story. We launched in 2000 and rapidly became the number one destination for UK property search. The company floated in 2006 and is a firmly established member of the FTSE 250. Rightmove is now the biggest home-grown web brand in the UK – in January 2013 our traffic levels were only surpassed by the global brands Facebook, Google, YouTube, eBay and Amazon.
Card payments for mobile apps. We make it easy to add the building block of payments to your iOS and Android apps. Our RESTful APIs and SDKs let you quickly and easily integrate card payments, sign up third parties to accept cards directly and control funds flow (beta) all from one simple API. Whether you’re looking to increase m-commerce conversion or build your own mobile payments business, judo is your one stop solution.
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Paymill offers an innovative payment solution which enables online businesses and services to accept payments on their websites. The company is currently active in 34 countries across Europe and other regions. The developer-friendly API, the fast onboarding process (within 48 hours), its transparent pricing as well as the top-notch customer support make all the difference! Check it out
Kingsley Napley LLP is a London based and internationally recognised law firm with a specialist team advising technology companies on a range of legal issues
Based in the heart of Silicon Roundabout, Jeffreys Henry specialise in working with entrepreneurial technology and digital companies to startup, develop and grow.
For a limited time, Jeffreys Henry is offering free company formation and initial finance/accounting/tax advice to local technology/digital startups. Click here
Radford has provided compensation market intelligence to the technology and life sciences industries.
Founded in 2008 to assist Financial Services organisations plan, manage and execute change; Broadgate Consultant’s reputation for pragmatic, experience led quality has helped us grow dramatically in a volatile economic environment.
Broadgate’s aim is to develop long-term, mutually rewarding relationships with our clients. We have consistently delivered for our existing clients and are looking to broaden this solid foundation.
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