Ubuntu is hiring a User Interface Developer.
http://www.ubuntu.co
m/employment
If you know of anybody who might be suitable for this role,
please point
it out to them. We're not necessarily looking for someone
who's worked
with Linux in the past; but somebody who has excellent user
interface
design skills. Anybody from Linux experts to computer game
developers
would be suitable for this role.
Perhaps you yourself might want to give it a go?
Here's the full description:
Location: Your home with broadband. Some international
travel will be
required.
Summary: Realize new and exciting visual approaches to user
interaction
in Ubuntu.
Job Offered By: Canonical Ltd.
Key responsibilities:
* Take ownership of many aspects of the desktop user
experience
("look and feel") in Ubuntu
* Work with designers and other developers to
conceptualize new
user interface elements and ideas
* Implement some components of these designs
* Follow projects and trends in user interface design
in the open
source world, integrate the best technologies into
Ubuntu and
ensure their quality
* Oversee additional development work performed by
third-party
developers and teammates, ensuring that release
goals are met on
time
* Analyse, triage and respond to bug reports
Required skills
* A keen and insightful eye for user interaction
* A passion for intuitive, usable and visually
appealing
interfaces
* A strong desire to produce distinctive ideas that
stand Ubuntu
out from the crowd
* Experience with mainstream graphics technologies
such as OpenGL
and Cairo in the C programming language
* Ability to be productive in a globally distributed
team through
self-discipline and self-motivation, delivering
according to a
schedule
* Familiarity with open source development tools and
methodology,
especially those in common use for Ubuntu and Debian
package
maintenance
How to apply
Please send a cover letter and CV with references to
mailto:hr canonical.com. Please indicate in your submission the
role for
which you are applying. We prefer to receive applications
and
CVs/Resumes in either PDF or plain text format.
If user interface isn't their or your area of expertise, we
also have
jobs open for Ubuntu Server Developers, X Maintainer,
OpenOffice.org
Maintainer and Web Designer. See the employment page for
more details.
Scott
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Scott James Remnant
Ubuntu Development Manager
scottubuntu.com
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