Careers at Mercurytide

We are always on the lookout for talented people (including graduates) to join our team.  

Our team is built up of exceptional people and we often value great ability and outstanding aptitude more importantly than knowledge of a particular technology.

At Mercurytide we are committed to building great relationships and creating systems we can be proud of.  We believe in creating high quality solutions that provide great results for our clients.  We take a proactive approach on technology changes and keep abreast of all new technology platforms.

The wide variety of clients and projects means we get the opportunity to work on sites ranging from simple online brochures, to multi-million pound ecommerce outfits, and even right up to mission critical systems running on redundant high-availability clusters.

Mercurytide has a friendly and informal work environment with an emphasis on teamwork and communication.  By sharing knowledge with one another and making the best use of everyones individual skills we constantly produce exceptional results. 

Here are some of the roles we are recruiting:

Mercurytide is looking for "Awesome Developers"

We're looking for 2 outstanding developers to join our team.

You need to be an expert in preferably Python and Django (however if you have PHP, RoR or a similar programming language and have an eagerness to learn we would be delighted to talk to you). You need to have a good understanding and experience in developing for the web.

About you:

• You would be embarrassed to do a "half-hearted" job
• You're constantly looking for new and better ways to do things
• You're always learning new tools and technologies to improve yourself
• You're good at communicating
• You have a good understanding of browser capabilities and have shared our pain in supporting IE6 over the years
• You know your 403s from your 301s and your PUTs from your POSTs
• You take personal pride in your work

What you'll be doing:

• Writing well-designed, efficient and maintainable Python code
• Building user-friendly sites and systems that make use of modern web technologies (e.g. HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, AJAX)
• Designing technical solutions to fulfil client requirements in innovative yet practical ways
• Working with a smart, supportive team
• Working in an environment where your opinion matters and where your ideas and recommendations can make a difference

Other stuff:

• We like a laugh, but we're also very serious about getting our work done, and getting results.
• We'd like someone able to get to Edinburgh or willing to relocate.

What to do now:

If it sounds like this might be a good match, please send us an email with your CV, along with a description of your experience building online "stuff" to careers@mercurytide.co.uk. 

Salary is £20-£30K depending on experience and ability.

Software Tester

We are looking for a talented Software Tester to join our Edinburgh team.

You will be responsible for writing test documentation, carrying out tests and communicating your findings to management and the development team.You will be required to write automated tests as well as carry out manual testing. The applications you will be testing are all web-based.

Essential experience and skills:

• Writing test documentation
• Ability to pull information from business requirements and functional specifications
• Carrying out manual testing
• Writing automated test scripts, or other programming experience
• Working with bug tracking software
• Pro-active in recognising edge-cases and problematic data
• Excellent attention to detail
• Open to new ways of testing and documenting testing
• Ability to work on multiple projects
• Ability to sustain a high quality of work whilst delivering to tight timescales

Desirable experience and skills:

• Background in web applications
• Python
• Selenium
• Usability and/or an understanding of user interface design
• Experience of iOS (iPhone etc.)

This is a superb opportunity for any talented Tester as you will experience a wide variety of interesting project work. If you have undertaken a similar role or are looking to take that next step in your career, this could be the position for you. 

Interested? Please email your CV to careers@mercurytide.co.uk or give us a call at 0845 652 6506 when you have any questions.

Graduates

If you are currently studying and are interested in a career at Mercurytide then drop us a line and tell us about yourself, when you will be available, what you are interested in etc.

If you have the talent we are looking for then get in touch!