Members of the Computer Laboratory Supporters Club
Please send any additions or corrections to this list to supporters-club-organiser@cl.cam.ac.uk.
Current number of supporters: 65
Altera Contact: eurojobs@altera.com
Altera Corporation is the world's pioneer in system-on-a-programmable-chip solutions. Altera develops the industry's most advanced programmable logic devices, configurable processors, DSP cores and software tools. Our customers use these technologies to innovate in many diverse areas including high capacity communications, digital entertainment and next generation in-car computing.
Altera aggressively invests in research and development efforts. Research is currently underway at the European Technology Centre on parallel hardware synthesis from high level languages, datapath optimisation algorithms and high speed structured ASIC design tools. Development projects include open source collaborations such as the Altera Nios IDE which is based on Eclipse and GCC, and also proprietary DDR memory controllers, FIR filters and video systems.
Full time and internship opportunities are currently available in several areas of research and development. To apply please email eurojobs@altera.com.
Aluminati Network Group Ltd Contact: Daniel Watts
Aluminati is a small internet company based just outside Cambridge. We specialise in building online membership services to enable graduates to maintain relationships with each other and their university. Our flagship product is the Email-for-Life service we run for Cambridge, available to alumni via www.cantab.net.
If you are interested in online development with a social focus, please get in touch as we occasionally provide internships or employment opportunities.
Contact email: jobs@aluminati.net
Argon Design Contact: Alan Scott
Argon Design is a small design services company based in St John's Innovation Centre. We specialise in electronics and software design in the areas of multimedia, multicore processors and networking. We employ only the best "Google quality" engineers and concentrate on doing hard designs, putting forward new ideas and creating innovative solutions for customers.
Recently we have developed a videoconferencing system, ported Android to our own hardware, developed a dynamic range correction image processing algorithm, written a 10Gbps network packet generator, created a demonstration of network video QoE monitoring and designed part of a GPU. Some of our team were previously responsible for the venture backed startup Alphamosaic, that developed the video solution for the Apple video iPod.
We are looking for recent graduates/PhDs looking for employment now or students who will graduate next summer looking for a job in 2012.
ARM Cambridge. Contact: Hannah Roman
Arista Networks Contact: James Lingard
Aveva Solutions Ltd Contact: Amy Budd
AVEVA software supports the world's marine, oil & gas, power and process industries with comprehensive solutions for the design, construction and lifetime support of all types of facilities.
Proven on many of the world's most complex projects, AVEVA's best-in-class solutions let you create, control and exploit engineering data to reduce costs, accelerate timescales and maximise performance.
Build around high-integrity, datacentric technology, AVEVA's product range allows rapid, error-free design, powerful project and material control, and highly efficient manufacture in a truly global, multi-site environment. But AVEVA goes beyond commissioning, with advanced support for plant maintenance, life extension and upgrade, right through to safe decommissioning.
Bloomberg LP Contact: David Rubin
Worldwide financial communication - This is more that what we offer. It is who we are, in 126 countries. We helped change the way that the world looks at financial news and information, and that drive still inspires us.
Our success is due to the innovation of our products, our dedication to customer service and our unique way of constantly adapting to an ever-changing market place. But above all, our employees are key to maintaining our position as a world leader in financial information. Our customer service is extraordinary - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in your language. People make Bloomberg.
Bloomberg has forged a unique position within the financial services industry with the Bloomberg Professional service. We provide instant access to real-time and historical financial data - and the ability to act on it. Our clients include the world's central banks, investment institutions, commercial banks, government offices and agencies, corporations and news organisations.
We have many areas in which you can shine. You can work for our core business, the Bloomberg Professional Service, or join the teams of any of our media products, from our television and radio networks to our magazines and books. We have a reputation for excellence worldwide and our employees are the key to maintaining our reputation.
Take a look at who we are. The challenges. The rewards. The opportunity. We know you'll like what you see.
blueAid Ltd Contact: Bill Munday
Blurtit Ltd Contact: Mark Harley
Blurtit is a Q&A website where people ask questions and a community of regular users provide answers based on their knowledge or opinions. Blurtit was founded in 2006, and is based in Norwich in Norfolk, UK.
Blurtit resembles a social media site as opposed to an information reference site. Contributors are encouraged to enter multi-user discussions and to voice opinions about the questions placed.
In 2009 Blurtit started working on the development phase of Qhub, a tool for both experts and novice users with a passion for a particular subject to help them set up their own dedicated Q&A forum. This development is part of the online movement where internet users are generating content.
In September 2010, Blurtit averaged 12.5 million visitors a month and over 2 million questions have been asked.
Broadcom Corporation Cambridge. Contact: jredford@broadcom.com
Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. We design, develop and supply complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions incorporating digital, analog and radio frequency (RF) technologies, as well as related hardware and software system-level applications.
Broadcom's World Headquarters are in Irvine California USA. It has offices in Cambridge UK as a result of acquiring Element 14 Inc. in November 2000 and Alphamosaic Ltd in September 2004, where work continues on semiconductors and software for DSL and mobile multimedia respectively.
More information can be found at http://www.broadcom.com
Bromium is an exciting new startup working on the intersection of Security and Virtualization. Bromium turns today's security model on its head, and exploits virtualization and the latest hardware features to shift the balance of power in favour of the good guys and enable more trustworthy computing on desktop, mobile and cloud.
The company was founded by a group of serial entrepreneurs with a long track record of delivering disruptive technology in innovative and successful new products, and has raised $9.2 million in first round funding from leading venture capital firms.
We're looking for talented engineers who enjoy working on challenging Systems software problems, on Windows and Linux, in kernel and userspace, on desktop and mobile. We have offices in Cambridge and Cupertino, and have both permanent and intern positions available.
Cambridge Healthcare Contact: Dawson King
Cambridge Healthcare is a Cambridge-based health informatics start-up, working in partnership with the NHS to create an eHealth portal for patients and healthcare professionals at NHS.info. The portal will integrate with the NHS IT infrastructure and support an unlimited number of healthcare applications - in the world's first ever healthcare applications store. The company has raised seed funding from investors in Cambridge and the US, and obtained a contract with the NHS to develop and pilot an eHealth portal in the East of England before implementing the portal throughout the UK.
Please visit http://about.nhs.info/ for more information.
Citi Contact: Melissa Chew
Citrix Systems Cambridge. Contact: Chris Prince.
Citrix Systems is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions and the most trusted name in enterprise access. 50 million people in more than 120,000 organisations around the world use Citrix every day. Our software gives people unlimited access to business information - on demand. It doesn't matter where you are, what access device you're using, what network you connect through, or what kind of business information you need. Citrix ensures that our customers can securely, easily and instantly access that information - anywhere, anytime.
For more information, please visit the Citrix Web site at www.citrix.com for further information on the company which has development sites in the UK at Chalfont (Gerrards Cross) and Cambourne (Cambridge), in the USA at Fort Lauderdale (Florida) and Redmond (Washington), and in Tokyo and Sydney, Australia.
Area of Business Established Number of Employees Software Development 1988 1800
Currently Recruiting Citrix can offer graduates permanent opportunities in software development, software testing and systems engineering. We will also employ undergraduates on a placement (intern) basis. Please see our web site for more details.Concentra Consulting Ltd Contact: Claire Ward
Concentra is one of the fastest growing consultancy and technical firms in the UK, based in the heart of the City close to London Bridge and Borough Market. With a client list which is the envy of its competitors, our recognition within the industry extends from GC Awards for Innovation to Computing Awards for Excellence. We pride ourselves in developing high quality products and solutions and deliver value for our clients by combining the latest technologies with the best ways of doing business and have recently experienced considerable client growth. Our primary technical skills include C#, ASP.NET, .NET Framework 3.5, SQL Server, Silverlight, XML, Object-orientated design, SOA, web technologies (HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, and JQuery) and we are a Microsoft Gold Partner.
Credit Suisse London. Contact: Jessica Williams
Credit Suisse is a leading global financial services organization headquartered in Zurich. Our business is focused on serving clients in investment banking, private banking and asset management. Celebrating our 150th anniversary this year, the bank draws on a longstanding tradition of excellence and experience in banking. Credit Suisse is renowned for providing expert advice, holistic solutions and innovative products to a wide range of corporate and institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. The investment bank operates in 57 locations in 26 countries across five continents.
In order to serve these markets effectively, Credit Suisse requires first class technology to help it operate as effectively as possible. This technology in turn relies upon thousands of the best IT people to support and carry it forward.
Credit Suisse employs IT professionals across almost every conceivable area of technology from complex programming and client relationship management to information architecture and business analysis.
Whichever area of IT you decide is right for you, it is the ability to get involved in what is going on around you and take responsibility that is key to long-term success.
Currently Recruiting: Computer Science, Mathmatics, Engineering, Physics or any degree followed by a conversion course in IT. Joint Honours degrees with technology also considered.
Starting Salary Range: Highly Competitive Salary + Relocation + banking benefits
Detica Limited Contact: Isabel Kingsmill
Detica is the only major IT consultancy to specialise in the delivery of intelligence systems. We help large commerical and government organisations turn complex data and information into relevant and u seful intelligence. We help clients in these areas: National Secuirty, Risk and Compliance Management, Security and Fraud, Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management
Our continued success and rapid growth depend fundamentally on the recruitment and development of highly skilled and motivated individuals who wish to progress within our fast-moving environment.
You will work on a number of different projects, often at the leading edge of technology and in areas that are business critical to our clients. There is no danger of getting stuck in a rut at Detica
Training and development is central to our ethos and our induction programme ensures that all new employees add real value to the company soon after they join. We give our staff early responsibility allowing you to progress to the highest levels within Detica based upon your performance.
ECM Selection Ltd Cambridge. Contact: info@ecmselection.co.uk
For over 25 years, Cambridge based high-tech recruitment specialists ECM have successfully matched exceptional candidates with leading companies. For cutting-edge software, electronics and other technical roles, from graduate to director level. Candidates and clients receive an intelligent, personal and non-pushy service.
ECM specialises in the recruitment of top calibre graduates, PhDs and experienced Software Engineers, Hardware Developers, Systems Architects and other specialists with a strong technical background. For small and medium sized, high-growth companies and technical consultancies throughout the UK - involved in the development of next generation technologies. Application areas include Advanced Operating Systems; Network Architectures; Telecommunications Systems; Speech and Image Processing; Digital Signal Processing; 3D Graphics; Digital Audio and Video; Financial Modelling Tools; Medical Devices; Advanced Instrumentation; and other emerging technologies.
For details of our service and an up to date listing of current opportunities visit http://www.ecmselection.co.uk
Currently RecruitingArea of Business Established Number of Employees Technical/Scientific Recruitment 10 Starting Salary Range £18,000 to £90,000 per annum
Ensoft Hertfordshire. Contact: Ensoft Recruitment
Ensoft is one of the UK's most successful small software companies, with a team of 50 engineers and over £7.5 million in annual turnover. We've grown by recruiting some of the very best Oxbridge graduates each year. We are a networking software company developing the systems and protocols that run the Internet. We have a long-term relationship with Cisco Systems and offer graduates the opportunity to work on leading edge networking technology. Jobs are based just outside London, in Hertfordshire, with opportunities to work in Silicon Valley.
The work environment is excellent. We offer flexible working hours and distractions like table football, pool and table tennis, together with a very active social life ranging from weekly breakfast, lunches and trips to the cinema and local bars to fell walking and weekends in places like Cape Town, Athens, Iceland and Valencia. We have an extensive induction course which can be tailored to each individual. Thereafter, there is an ongoing mentor scheme and comprehensive training and development.
Number of vacancies : At least 3 graduate software developers plus 2 summer internships. Salary: ££33,000 rising rapidly in line with performance and including substantial discretionary bonus, profit share, stock ownership schemes and pension.
For more information visit www.ensoft.co.uk
Excelian Contact: Amelia Blampied
Excelian is a dynamic, award winning IT consultancy providing market leading software and services to the global financial services and commodities sectors.
Headquartered in the City of London, with offices in Australia and South Africa and a satellite in New York, our work is truly international. We offer our clients a full suite of services to assist with strategic IT planning, business consulting, system selection, integration and performance management. Consistently ranked in the UK’s top 50 fastest growing privately owned technology companies, we already employ more than 180 people across three key divisions: Capital Markets (Murex); Commodities (Murex, OpenLink, Triple Point, Solarc, Brady) and Technical Consulting (Grid, HPC, Data Caching, Performance Tuning, Analytics, Enterprise Architecture). We are currently looking to recruit 10 – 12 graduates to join our September 2010 Graduate Programme: a 10 week scheme combining intensive training and mentoring with practical work on live projects.
We offer you the chance to grow with us, working with a tremendous variety of leading technologies, industries and geographical reach. You will also be part of a real team, made up of intelligent, capable colleagues. Your professional life with us will focus on our structured training programme alongside unrivalled senior mentoring, offering you great prospects and a chance to make a real impact on the company and our clients. We also offer a competitive benefits package. In terms of our requirements, we are looking for BSc/ BA graduates at 2:1 or above. Your degree may be in any discipline (although preferably in a maths/business/science based subject) and you must have a demonstrable aptitude for working in this sector.
FreeAgent Central Contact: Olly Headey
FreeAgent is the UK's leading online accounting app used by thousands of freelancers and small businesses worldwide. It lets you send invoices, track time and expenses, analyse bank statements and build real-time accounts, all done simply with no confusing accounting jargon. Our customers say it puts them back in control of their business finances, and even makes doing the books fun. No, really!
FreeAgent was voted Software Package of the Year in the 2011 Accountancy Age Awards and Vendor of the Year at the 2011 Software Satisfaction Awards. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/freeagent.
Frontier Developments Ltd Contact: Jenny-May Brennan
Frontier Developments Limited is a world leading, award-winning, independent games development company which has built on the work of its founder David Braben since 'Elite' in the early 1980's. We strive to fuse cutting-edge art and technology with a unique gaming heritage, focussed on entertainment, to give Frontier's games a compelling edge.
Located on Cambridge Science Park, we foster a friendly, open, professional working environment where all are encouraged to share their ideas and develop their skills and careers.
Currently employing over 150 people, we are recruiting now for major game projects with top publishers on new generation consoles; details of job opportunities are available at www.frontier.co.uk/jobs.html Contact: programmerjobs@frontier.co.uk
Google Contact: Vicky Greaves
Gloucester Research Contact: Vicky Austin
Gloucester Research Ltd produces investment research, software and IT systems for use in investment management.
Since inception, Gloucester Research has been focussed on achieving the best combinations of technology and trading ideas. Every day we invest in our people, systems, networking and software with the goal of producing integrated automated trading platforms for systematic trading strategies. Over the years since we started, we have developed a sophisticated research platform, to leverage investment knowledge in a systematic way.
Our systems software and trade settlement services are used for trading in markets around the globe and around the clock.
Gloucester Research has invested heavily in people and systems with a view to the longer term and growing the business. We have many talented financial and technical professionals who enjoy making the business succeed. Our employees are organised into small teams that work closely together, either on projects in their business area, or for the business as a whole. The organisation of these teams, along with our flat management structure, provides a highly motivating and stimulating environment in which to work. Good ideas are prized and encouraged from all employees.
Granta Design Contact Rebecca Faux
Granta is a Cambridge-based software company that is a world-leader in applying the latest information technologies to help manufacturing companies design better, greener, safer, more cost-effective products. Our software engineering team applies technologies including ASP.Net, JavaScript, AJAX, WPF, WCF, SOAP, and SQL to create specialist software and information resources that are applied by engineers, product designers, sustainability experts, and materials scientists.
Granta is a spin-out from Cambridge University Engineering Department and has grown steadily over the past 10-15 years. We are now the largest company operating within our niche sector of the engineering software market, with customers at world-leading engineering enterprises such as NASA, Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Renault F1, Philips, and GE. Yet we remain small enough, at around 90 people, for every employee to have a real impact on our business. We aim to maintain a friendly and open working environment, with flexible working hours and great facilities. And a central part of our company strategy is maintaining a leading edge through the efforts of a growing, high-quality team of expert software developers. Visit Granta's careers' page for the latest vacancies and consider joining a company that offers great career prospects at an exciting point in its development.
Infoactive Media Ltd ContactTeresha Aird
Infoactive Media is a cutting-edge online publishing firm specialising in the development of interactive websites and advanced business information services. Committed to the creation of useful and compelling destination sites that empower our users, Infoactive owns and operates some of the UK’s most heavily used online business directories.
To see our work in action please visit bizwiki.co.uk and Accessplace.com
Infosys Contact: Brianna Dieter
Infosys (INFY) was started in 1981, with 7 professionals pooling together 250 dollars. Today, Infosys defines, designs and delivers IT enabled business solutions for its clients to win in the flat world by providing them with strategic differentiation and operational superiority. Infosys brings together its expertise in consulting, IT services and BPO to create solutions for the Global 2,000. It went public in India in 1993 and in 1999 was listed on NASDAQ. The Reputation Institute has named it amongst the 200 most respected companies in the world. Business Week had listed it amongst the 40 most innovative companies in the world. In 2007, Fortune magazine named it amongst the 10 best companies in the world for grooming leaders. Today, Infosys is present in 68 major cities across 27 countries, with over 104,000 Infoscions.
IMC financial markets Contact: Margo Nederhand
IMC financial markets is a derivatives trading firm in the Netherlands. Globally we have about 500 employees. In our headquarters in Amsterdam we employ about 150 people. Also we have offices in Zug, Delft, Chicago, Sydney and Hong Kong. IMC's technology team is large and diverse. It has 150 people globally, and it is growing quickly. All our most important trading systems and software are developed in-house
Jane Street Europe Ltd Contact Stephanie Paddock
Jane Street is a proprietary trading firm of around 200 people that operates around the clock and around the globe. We bring a deep understanding of markets, a scientific approach, and sophisticated technology to bear on the problem of trading profitably in the world's highly-competitive financial markets.
For computer scientists fascinated by complex, real-world problems, Jane Street is no ordinary place to work. We believe in applying functional programming to the real world. Our primary programming language is OCaml, and we use it for everything from systems administration to high-performance trading systems. The work is both challenging and uncompromisingly practical. You get to see your projects in action with quick and dramatic results.
The atmosphere is informal (people mostly wear jeans and t-shirts), the discussions are lively, and the lunches are free. We have a wide range of developers: some wrote compilers in a previous life, others are experts in numerics, and many are proponents of open source software.
We are recruiting for both full time and internship positions in our offices in London, New York and Tokyo. There are also opportunities in trading, research, operations, accounting and legal. More details at www.janestreet.com.
Kynesim Contact: Richard Watts
Loho Ltd Cambridge. Contact: alex.brett@loho.co.uk
Loho is a new Cambridge company started by a lab graduate, supplying a variety of business internet services with a focus on internet telephony. We work with a large variety of different technologies, and have a very relaxed working environment.
For details of any current internship or graduate opportunities please visit the careers page on our website.
Lionhead Studios Contact: Kim Blake
Lionhead Studios is a company with 150 full time employees, located on the Surrey Research Park in Guildford, whose primary business is the development of computer games. We have created franchises on the PC include "Black and White", and "Fable" on the Xbox 360, both of which have won top industry awards including 3 BAFTAs. We are led by Peter Molyneux OBE, who is one of the founding figures of the indusstry. Details of job opportunities are available at Lionhead Studios.
Microsoft Research Laboratory Cambridge, UK. Contact: aherbert@microsoft.com
Metaswitch North London Contact: Elma Castillo
Data Connection is one of the world's leading communications technology companies, with a customer base that includes Cisco, Microsoft, IBM and British Telecom. We have been placed in the top ten of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for the past four years. Our growth is fuelled by recruiting exceptional graduates and postgraduates from any degree discipline, and training them to become world-class professionals in the global communications industry.
Graduate opportunities are on-going and open to all disciplines (£32k remuneration package with additional benefits)
Internships/Industrial placements no closing date for applications and ALL years (including 1st years) are welcome (£1,300 per month salary including an option to stay at the company house)
Morgan Stanley Technology Division, London. Contact: Sarah Barker
Partnering strategically with both the business units and industry-leading technolgoy companies across the globe, Morgan Stanley Information Technology continues to redefine the way the Firm conducts business worldwide. Utilizing innovations in technology to deliver critical information and improve productivity, the Firm invests some $1.5 billion a year in the development of IT infrastructure. State-of-the-art technical expertise has established the Firm as the industry leader in numerous areas, including e-commerce, object-oriented software engineering, sophisticated global trading systems, worldwide securities transactions processing, risk management systems and models to support derivates trading.
Morgan Stanley's IT Analyst Training Programme is renowned for the intensity of technical training and the breadth of career opportunities it provides. IT Analysts are recruited globally for a particular office (New York London, Hong Kong or Tokyo) and train together in New York for 18 weeks before returning to their home office.
Our ten-week IT Summer Analyst Programme is a challenging internship opportunity, solving complex problems through the appropriate use of technology. Summer Analysts are invited to interview for a full-time position on the IT Analyst Training Programme.
Visit www.morganstanley.com/recruiting for details of our Full-time and summer internship opportunities.
Netcraft Bath, UK. Contact: Mike Prettejohn
Netcraft provides research data on the Internet and Internet security services, including anti-fraud and anti-phishing services, application testing, code reviews, and automated penetration testing to clients worldwide.
Netcraft is currently looking to recruit software developers to its offices in Bath, England. We are keen to receive applications from high performing Computer Science graduates, and summer vacation interns.
Projects involve working on a range of commercial services extending Netcraft's network exploration and internet security services.
Ninja Theory Ltd Cambridge, UK. Contact: Elise Gusterson
Ninja Theory was formed in Cambridge England, in November 2004, by Nina Kristensen (Chief Development Ninja), Mike Ball (Chief Technology Ninja), Tameem Antoniades (Chief Design Ninja) and Non-Executive Ninja, Jez San OBE.
Ninja Theory was formerly known as Just Add Monsters Ltd and was the team behind Kung Fu Chaos. Ninja Theory believes in the potential of next-generation gaming to elevate games into a true artistic entertainment medium to rival film, theatre and literature. As such Ninja Theory were one of the first game development studios in the world to focus exclusively on next generation gaming and is currently developing Heavenly Sword for PLAYSTATON®3, under exclusive agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
More information can be found at www.ninjatheory.com
Novalia Cambridge, UK. Contact: Katheryn Owens
Novalia ltd is a Cambridge-based company that develops applications for printing electronics. The company works with printing companies, using their existing processes and infrastructure to add electronics to the printing and packaging process. Current applications include posters, greetings cards, books and packaging. Alongside this, the company is developing new technologies for use in future applications.
Ocado Cambridge, UK. Contact: Jane Davey
Ocado, the pioneering, award winning online retailer, is revolutionising the way people shop for groceries. With one of the largest automated warehouses (our “Customer Fulfilment Centre”) in the world, leading edge inventory management and routing systems, innovative smartphone apps and a critically acclaimed web shop, our unique business model has enabled us to grow into a publicly listed company with a £550million turnover in less than 10 years.
Almost all of the software that runs our business is developed by Ocado Technology, Ocado’s IT division, and we are continually looking to hire more top flight Computer Scientists (and graduates in related numerate disciplines) to build our next generation of software systems. From the combinatorial optimisation algorithms that fine tune our daily delivery routes to the machine learning techniques that drive our consumer demand forecasting, to the embedded control systems that operate our vast CFC, and designing the user interface experiences that form the public face of our company to our customers, we will offer you new challenges each and every day that will require you to apply all of your education and creativity to solve.
OpenMarket London. Contact: Neil Smith
We are a dynamic company with offices in London and New York, providing world class infrastructure and value-added services to a wide variety of clients. Through a continuing commitment to forging deep relationships with mobile operators and customers, developing and hosting all technical solutions in-house, and growing the company by recruiting the very best candidates who share our passion for excellence within a friendly and relaxed corporate culture, MX Telecom is well poised to continue its success story.
We are currently hiring for technical roles, see www.openmarket.com/jobs for further details.
Optrak Distribution Software Ltd Contact: Tim Pigden
We are a software technology company specialising in the development and customisation of large-scale vehicle routing systems. The system is written in Java and XML, backed by a SQL/Server database and includes:
- Street-level routing (map overlays)
- Realtime feedback with in-cab units
- Planning and schedule optimisation
- Complex visualisation of driver working times (Gantt charts) or vehicle packing
- Client-customisation using embedded JavaScript engine
The company has an informal and friendly working development team with high production standards and provides strong mentoring.
Progress Software Cambridge, UK. Contact: Mark Spiteri
Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS) provides application infrastructure software for the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications. Our goal is to maximize the benefits of information technology while minimizing its complexity and total cost of ownership. Progress is headquartered in Bedford, MA, USA, but has offices in over 50 countries.
Apama was founded in 2000 by two Computer Lab PhD graduates, Dr John Bates and Dr Giles Nelson, and was acquired by Progress Software in 2005. Both founders are still active within Progress, leading the development of the Apama product line, with dedicated Engineering teams in Cambridge, UK and Nashua, NH, USA.
The Progress(R) Apama(R) Event Processing Platform is a complete environment for creating applications that monitor event streams, detect event patterns, and take action. The Apama platform includes powerful Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) capabilities and the most sophisticated complex event processing (CEP) language available.
In Financial markets, the Progress(R) Apama(R) Algorithmic Trading Platform enables sell-side and buy-side firms to create unique strategies that transcend commoditized "black box" algorithms in any asset class. The Apama platform puts control in the hands of traders, who now can create, deploy, and monitor differentiated trading strategies.
Apama's Engineering office are Cambridge is staffed by world-class researchers and engineers, all at PhD/MSc/BSc& levels in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering and Physics, creating a stimulating and dynamic software development environment, coupled with a strong track record of successful commercial software release to some of the world's most discerning customers.
RealVNC Contact: careers@realvnc.com
Founded in 2002 by the original developers of VNC technology RealVNC is a highly successful software company with hundreds of millions of users worldwide, ranging from the non-technical home user to IT professionals from global organisations such as Intel, IBM, and Philips. Based in Cambridge (UK) City Centre our team are experts in their respective fields with specialisms covering both software and operations and we are always happy to receive applications from exceptional candidates looking to join our team and contribute to the future success of RealVNC. For more information about RealVNC, including our company, products and career opportunities please visit our website: www.realvnc.com.
Red Gate Contact: Careers@red-gate.com
Red Gate is a fast-growing and award winning software company based in Cambridge. We make ingeniously simple tools for over 500,000 Microsoft technology professionals working with SQL Server, .NET, and Exchange.
Red Gate is renowned as a great place to work and is very proud to be in the Sunday Times 'Best Small Companies to Work For' list for four years in a row. This means that we're officially the best small company to work for in Cambridge and the best small software development company to work for in the UK.
Each year we employ graduates for a range of roles including Software Development and Testing. For more information about careers for graduates and experienced professionals at Red Gate please visit www.red-gate.com/careers.
Ribose, Hong Kong Contact: HR Recruitng
Ribose is an exciting startup working on a next generation web application that will impact the future of internet experiences.
We are looking for talented engineers with a strong Computer Science background, who enjoy challenging problems and working with web technologies and distributed systems. Regardless where your passion lies - research or practice - Ribose is a great place for you to shine.
Our firm is based in Hong Kong, the Asian hub with the world's largest collection of skyscrapers and ranked #1 in Economic Freedom.
We are going through an exciting growth phase and we need talent like you: join us now!
Ricardo Contact: Wendy Hepburn
Ricardo is a leading global multi-industry engineering provider of technology, product innovation and strategic consulting. With almost a century of innovation and automotive heritage to its name, Ricardo has been responsible for many breakthrough technologies and products that have transformed the way we live today.
Our experts provide outstanding value in the form of high quality engineering solutions, low carbon, high fuel-efficiency technologies, class-leading product innovation and robust, well-informed strategic advice. Guided by our corporate values of respect, integrity, creativity & innovation and passion for everything we do, we aim to help our customers succeed commercially and in a sustainable manner.
Our greatest asset is our people and of our 1700 staff, more than half are highly qualified graduate engineers. Our graduates are the future of our business.
Solarflare Contact: Martin Porter
Solarflare is the pioneer in high-performance, low-latency 10GbE server I/O solutions. We're changing the way operating systems, applications and the hardware interact to allow computer networks to be faster, more responsive and more reliable. Our architectural approach combines hardware and software to deliver high-performance adapter products and application-acceleration middleware for superior performance in a wide range of applications, including financial services, high-performance computing (HPC), cloud computing, storage and virtualised data centres. Our products are used globally by many of the world's largest companies.
Solarflare's R&D site is based in Cambridge, UK and our headquarters is in Irvine, California. Solarflare is venture-capital backed and the remuneration package includes share options for all employees.
As Solarflare is the world's fastest growing 10 Gbps Ethernet supplier we often have vacancies for talented graduates and PhDs who are looking to work on some truly innovative network systems. We also have some summer internships available each year.
For more information see http://www.solarflare.co and http://www.openonload.org
Softwire Contact: recruit@softwire.co.uk
Softwire is an extremely successful London-based software house. We specialise in the development of software solutions - particularly web / database systems - spanning a wide range of markets and technologies. We obtain projects that are stimulating and challenging, whilst providing exceptionally high quality solutions to our customers. Our employees will tell you that Softwire is a truly great - and probably unique - place to work, combining a relaxed and friendly environment with a superb all-round package of benefits. We are currently seeking top class graduates to train and work as software developers - further details are available on our web site (www.softwire.co.uk).
Area of Business Established Number of Employees Software Development 2000 30 Currently Recruiting Software developers
Starting Salary Range £28,000 + significant bonus and benefitsStar Leaf Contact: Mark Richer
StarLeaf is a start-up developing a new kind of enterprise telecoms system which will fundamentally change the way people communicate within an enterprise.
The company was founded in September 2008 by an experienced team with a superb track record of technical achievement and business success with previous companies they have founded. These include Codian (sold for $270m), Calista (sold for $55m to Cisco), Madge Networks (NASDAQ IPO) and Alphamosaic (sold for $135m). The company is privately funded and is not dependent on venture capital or investor sentiment.
We have a culture of engineering excellence, fun and sharing the rewards of success through issuing about half of the company’s shares to staff as share options. Our offices are just south of Cambridge and in Rickmansworth.
Currently recruiting StarLeaf is looking for graduates to join us in software development, hardware development, testing and customer support. We also employ undergraduates during vacations.
Tandberg Contact: Gary Clark
TANDBERG is now part of Cisco and is a leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition videoconferencing and mobile video products and services. Our vision is to change the way people communicate. We are leaders in our industry not only because we have the most advanced video technology. Our success is also built on a strong corporate culture that is characterised by energy, fun and high ambitions for the future.
We would like to talk to you if you wish to begin your career during the next twelve months. We are looking for graduates in Computer Science, Engineering, Sciences and Mathematics to fill roles in Software and Hardware R&D as well as Test and Support Engineers. As part of total compensation, we also offer tuition assistance for your final university year. As well as excellent academic results, we expect candidates to demonstrate ability and experience with low level software or hardware engineering. New starters work with our experienced engineering team from day one on our existing or new products. We have a strong emphasis on individual ability and creativity as well as teamwork. Starting Salary is £32000
Taptu Contact: Celia Jones
The MathWorks Contact: Jon Fielder
The MathWorks is the leading global provider of high performance technical computing and Model-Based Design software for engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and researchers in hi-tech companies and research organisations worldwide. Our UK office in Cambridge has a reputation grounded in engineering excellence and technical innovation and employs a highly skilled technical staff, many graduates from the University of Cambridge in disciplines including Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Engineering. With headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, The MathWorks employs more than 1,600 people worldwide, a high proportion within software development including a rapidly expanding UK development team.
Our two core products are MATLAB, used for performing mathematical calculations, analysing and visualising data, and writing new software programs; and Simulink, used for modeling and simulating complex dynamic systems, such as a vehicle's automatic transmission system. We also produce more than 80 additional tools for specialised tasks such as automatically generating code from Simulink models, processing images and signals and analysing financial data.
TNG Contact: Fabian Kainzinger
TNG Technology Consulting is a value-based consulting partnership focused on high end information technology.
We support our customers with up-to-date tools and innovative ideas. Our mission is to analyze and solve the strategic or routine IT problems our customers have. By relying on teamwork and fast communications, each customer can access the expertise pool of the whole company.
We hire only the best experts. Our people have the freedom to grow and the responsibility to do so. We believe that a rational cooperation between ourselves and our customers is both achievable and mutually beneficial.
"If I want it to work, then I choose TNG" (VP Technology of a Munich corporation)
"Thales Cambridge, UK. Contact: Liz Harris
TIM Group Contact: Lewis Turner
We develop and operate secure, scalable browser-based applications that enable service providers and investors to improve their trading and investment returns – and enhance their relationships across the global financial landscape. Our teams in London, New York, Boston and Hong Kong work with over 500 institutions, from global investment banks to regional niche firms, and over 150 institutional investors, including major hedge funds, traditional money managers and funds of hedge funds.
Developers at TIM Group develop and operate web-based applications for financial markets – specifically top-tier brokers, investment managers and the alternative investment sector. Our applications are dynamic and mathematically complex, and use mostly open-source technology. This enables us to develop reliable, scalable, secure applications quickly. Our developers work closely with our customers and internal business analysts to ensure on-going improvement of our core technology and on-time delivery of releases. Passion for coding - We consider applicants with a wide range of skills and experience but one thing is essential: a passion for coding.
TranscenData Contact: Geoffrey Butlin
ITI TranscenData is the product interoperabiliyt business within International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI). ITI TranscenData provides solutions that enable companies to effectively exchange, reuse, and share engineering product data among diverse software applications used throughout a manufacturing enterprise and its supply chain. ITI TranscenData solutions are aimed directly at reducing and eliminating non-value-added time and costs associated with reusing product data.
ITI TranscenData solutions are distributed worldwide through a combination of direct sales, resellers, and strategic vendor/OEM partners. Customers include Ford, Siemens, Automotive, Kodak, Xerox, ABB, EADS, Loewe, BAE SYSTEMS and Cosworth Technology.
TranscenData Europe (formerly FEGS) is based in Swavesey, near Cambridge.
TTP Group is Europe's leading independent technology development and licensing company. TTP (The Technology Partnership) was established in 1987, its headquarters are based in Melbourn (near Cambridge, UK) and it employs 300 scientists and engineers.
TTP's primary activity is creating new business based on advances in technology. TTP's technology lies behind many products and processes in areas as diverse as digital printing, communications, instrumentation, consumer products, drug discovery, drug delivery and software. We also work in a traditional consultancy role to help companies manage their business and technology better. Our customers include some of the world's largest and most successful as well as some of the smallest and most ambitious. TTP incubates new companies and manages a Venture Capital fund which invests in early stage technology start-ups.
At the heart of everything that we do lies innovation and innovative thinking. We believe that innovation is of supreme importance to any company with ambition to survive and grow. It is the process that enables a company to respond to competitive pressure and a changing competitive environment and, most importantly, it is what enables a company to be more tomorrow than it was yesterday.
Ubisense Contact: Jane Collins
Ubisense Ltd is a fast-growing company headquartered in Cambridge with offices worldwide. They develop, sell and install real-time location tracking systems for finding people and objects to centimetre accuracy inside buildings – think ‘indoor GPS’. They’ve won numerous awards for their systems, including ‘Best of British’ at the 2009 iawards, and Ubisense ranked 8th in the 2009 Sunday Times Tech Track 100 list of companies to watch in the technology sector.
The company recruits software and hardware engineers into its Cambridge based Development team.
UltraSoC Contact: Klaus McDonald-Maier
UltraSoC Technologies Ltd is a pioneering company developing advanced debugging technology for the embedded electronic systems increasingly used in many everyday products from cars to mobile phones. The company is developing next generation, silicon Intellectual Property (IP) which addresses the burgeoning challenges of debugging application software that provides the functionality and performance in modern electronic products.
Velocix Contact: Matthew Holt
Velocix is at the heart of the digital media revolution - enabling content, as as TV or Music to be played on any connected device from tablets to the latest HDTVs. Velocix is focussed on leading the market in innovative solutions for digital content. Working at the leding edge of the consumer experience and providing our customers with a trusted technology solution, that is redefining the consumer media experience today. Driven by the convergence of the media business and communications, Velocix is a dynamic place to work, driven by the contribution of every member of the team. Acquired in 2009 by Alcatel-Lucent, one of the largest communication solution providers in the world, Velocix has continued to grow and is looking to add creative, enthusiastic new members to the team to continue our expansion.
Winton Capital Contact: George Calderbank
Winton Capital is one of the largest and most successful alternative investment managers in Europe. The company uses advanced mathematical, statistical and computational techniques to create and develop profitable trading strategies across global financial markets.
Winton was founded with an absolute commitment to scientific research, a belief which still remains at its very core. Its unique company culture has fostered a first-class environment where innovative ideas can flourish and robust research is highly rewarded. Since 1997 our business has expanded rapidly and we now have offices in London, Oxford, Cambridge and Hong Kong.
Winton's most prized assets are our people. We are always keen to hear from supremely talented individuals who are looking to apply their hard earned academic skills in a dynamic commercial setting.
Yearbook Machine Contact: Dan Barker
Your Golf Travel Contact: Stephen Lewis
Your Golf Travel and Spabreaks.com are fast-growing companies in the travel sector - Your Golf Travel has been listed in the Fast Track 100 for the last two years, most recently ranked 6th. We're always looking to do bigger and better things with technology, and in our industry there's lots of opportunity for innovation.
We're always keen to hire talented Computer Science graduates to join our tech team - if you're interested in working in a fast-paced commercial environment with a startup feel, please get in touch with tech-jobs@yourgolftravel.com
Zeus Technology Ltd Cambridge. Contact: Declan Conlon
Zeus Technology is the leader in the development of application traffic management solutions for the Internet. With ten years' experience in developing application-level software, Zeus understands the challenges faced by hosting providers, content providers and e-businesses in deploying business critical web-based applications.
Currently seeking top class graduates to expand an already strong software development team, Zeus can offer a challenging but extremely rewarding career in a rapidly expanding marketplace.
For more information visit www.zeus.com