Open Position in the User Interface Domain

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is looking for a new team member working in its User Interface (UI) domain, to assist with W3C's work on XForms, the next generation of Web forms.

W3C Hosts are located at MIT in Boston, USA, at INRIA in Sophia-Antipolis and Grenoble in France, and at Keio University in Fujisawa, Japan. You will be based at Keio University. You will have to travel often, to working group meetings or conferences as well as to the other W3C hosts.

Requirements

As the recognized leader for the technical development of the World Wide Web, we seek an individual with both Web technology and project management experience, a good understanding of the Web industry, eagerness to make the Web an even better framework for building distributed applications, and enthusiasm for the mission and spirit of W3C.

• You have a background in computer science and software engineering, with experience in user interface design and a keen interest in usability
• You are familiar with up-to-date Web technology, in particular with respect to XHTML, XML and server-side processing
• You have a good sense of the Web industry, its market, practices and product development cycle
• You have good written and spoken competency in the working language of the W3C, English, and knowledge and practical experience of other languages and cultures
• You have good communication skills, both written and oral
• You are free to travel internationally on a monthly basis

To apply, please send a motivation letter and your résumé or CV in electronic form to Philipp Hoschka (hoschka@w3.org) and Tatsuya Hagino (hagino@w3.org).