Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Assistant Computer Officer (carrying the job title of ‘Senior Analyst Programmer/Java Developer’)

(Ref. 190002E1) (Closing date: December 7, 2019)

The KEEP (http://www.keep.edu.hk) and the VeriGuide (http://www.veriguide.org) are projects that provide online resources to support Faculty teaching and student learning needs.  The Department is looking for an applicant who has passion for education and communication to help share KEEP and VeriGuide’s vision and mission with Hong Kong and the world.  The appointee will be leading a technical team using the latest software development methodologies to develop the core products that make KEEP relevant, as well as be able to work on an innovative product called VeriGuide, a plagiarism detection system.  

The appointee will be responsible for (a) designing system architecture and development standards, nurturing less experienced staff members, and preparing project plans, requirements and progress reports; (b) directing the software development process using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies; (c) generating test cases off from design documentation and wireframes, understanding patterns, trends and edge cases, and using cases in software; and (d) achieving quality assurance and operational objectives by implementing production, productivity, quality and customer-service standards. 

Applicants should have (i) a Bachelor’s/Master’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related disciplines; (ii) at least 4 to 5 years’ software engineering experience; (iii) a strong background in web development using Java, Spring, Hibertnate, SQL, HTML, CSS frameworks, Shell Scripts, PHP or other programming languages; and (iv) good skills in various operating system environments, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, etc.  Front-end and server-side experience is important for improving the user experience and system scalability.  Possession of information technology-related professional accreditations, such as SCJP, OCP, MCP, etc., are preferred.  Knowledge of the following areas are preferred: (1) cloud computing; (2) search engine; (3) open-source software development; (4) web programming; and (5) text analysis and natural language processing.   

Appointment will initially be made on a 1-year contract, renewable subject to good performance and mutual agreement.  

[Those who have responded to the previous advertisement for the same post (Ref. 19000277 and 190001YJ) need not re-apply.]