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Full-time Flex/Flash/AS3 Video Developer

at Perform in London near Heathrow

REPORTS TO: Rich Media Architect & Team Leader


Relevant Experience: If you have worked with one of the major world broadcasters in streaming Flash based media we want to talk to you.

Your role
As a Rich Media Development Team Member at Perform you will be developing in Flash/Flex for one of World’s leading streaming media providers. We are seeking experienced AS3/ Flex developers with a deep understanding of browser based enterprise scale video applications. We are looking for someone who understands how to implement solid and reliable video applications that will weather the software life cycle with grace and follow a developmental road map for feature deployment.

Passionate about the Flash platform and technology with the ability to translate that passion in to enterprise scale implementations.

A track record of working with major providers of streaming media content.

The candidate should be forward looking in terms of the Flash platform and be familiar with beta products listed on labs.adobe.com.

Ownership and responsibility of the projects that they are asked to deliver.

Location: London
Hours: Standard (37.5)

Company Information

Perform Group was created by the merger of Premium TV and Inform Group in 2007 and have since become leaders in their field. The team works on media and video projects, streamlining live video through a variety of media players for over 195 clients (in 2008 alone!). Most notably, Perform house the websites for many Football League and Premier League football clubs and have produced 427,500 live clips for their clients since Jan 2008.

Primary Responsibilities


Your role will be to extend the Adobe Strobe framework to meet the unique requirements of Perform. You will be responsible for code that needs to be extensible and resilient in an enterprise video streaming environment throughout the product’s life cycle.

Key Responsibilities


Implement Flex/AS3 solutions in the core Strobe framework in FlashBuilder 4

Code using pattern based development

Integrate products with back end systems via a range of protocols including HTTP, AMF, RTMP, and XML Sockets

Support client’s of Perform implement their own versions of the Perform customized Strobe framework.

Work with other divisions within Perform

Work to the architectural specifications

Deliver projects on time and to client’s expectations

Deliver documentation of relevance to 1st line support staff

Provide out of hours support on an ad hoc basis as required

Use unit testing and test plans

Experience with localization of flash and Flex

Carry out other tasks requested by Senior Management where these are agreed to be reasonable and achievable


Essential Skills


Have a track record of delivering solid OO AS3 code for a major streaming media provider

An excellent understanding of pattern based development in AS3

Demonstrable experience of problem solving within Flash/Flex/AS3

Use of custom components, SWC’s, libraries and modularisation techniques

Use of standard components, their underlying classes and the significant interfaces of Flex and AS3

Have worked in a high volume Internet environment

Experience generating ASDocs

Flash or Flex ACE certification are desirable but not essential


Soft Skills


A Passion for streaming media

Work in a team

An interest in a range of sports and related media

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Self motivated and pro-active

Detail oriented

Integrity & trust

Open mindedness to new directions

The primary office language is English


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