Mumsnet Junior Java Developer

Mumsnet was conceived in early 2000 by Justine Roberts a sports journalist, after a disastrous 'family-friendly' holiday with her one-year-old twins.

Justine found herself wishing along with all the other disgruntled poolside parents that she'd known about how un-child friendly this resort was prior to shelling out any dosh. She thought the internet would be a perfect place to swap this kind of info and roped in Carrie Longton a TV producer and friend from antenatal class, to help set up a website where parents and parents-to-be could share their know-how on the net.

Mumsnet Towers moved out of Justine's back bedroom into modern offices in London's Kentish Town in 2008.

The site has grown rapidly with more than 1.6 million unique visitors each month, mainly from the UK, clocking up 33 million monthly page impressions or hits (Google Analytics May 2011). Mumsnet Talk, our discussion boards, attract around 25,000 posts every day.

his is an exciting opportunity for a talented graduate developer to join our expanding tech team and be involved in growing the site using great technologies and good teamwork.

We're looking for a bright and enthusiastic individual who communicates well within a team. You'll be using a variety of web development tools and learning from other experienced and successful developers.

Essential criteria:

Excellent level of Java programming ability and ability to write concise, efficient, maintainable web applications.
Detailed knowledge of SQL, HTML and CSS.

Desirable criteria:

Familiarity with Apache Velocity
Familiarity with Ruby