Early-Career Software Developer

Semaphore Consulting; Shire Of Plantagenet; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Semaphore Consulting, a Melbourne-based education software company with a small development team in Forest Hill, offers hands-on mentoring from experienced developers. You will gain practical experience by writing and testing C# and PHP, working with SQL/MySQL, and improving HTML/CSS interfaces on established software.

You'll join a small team where your contribution is visible, learn codebases, and gradually take on larger tasks while enjoying access to real commercial development experience

Qualifications

• Strong practical foundation in C#, PHP, SQL/MySQL, HTML, and CSS.
• Genuine programming ability demonstrated through previous employment, internship, university projects or substantial personal development work.
• Comfortable reading existing code, debugging problems and working out how different parts of an application fit together.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn unfamiliar technologies and codebases quickly.
• Willingness to ask questions and learn from experienced developers.
• Eligibility to work in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Writing and testing C# and PHP code
• Working with SQL and MySQL databases
• Developing and improving HTML/CSS interfaces
• Debugging and resolving software issues
• Enhancing existing applications
• Assisting with the modernisation of established software
• Learning existing codebases and gradually taking ownership of larger development tasks

Skills

C#

PHP

SQL/MySQL

HTML

CSS

Job description

You'll work alongside experienced developers across a range of established software products and technologies. Your work may include writing and testing C# and PHP code, working with SQL and MySQL databases, developing and improving HTML/CSS interfaces, debugging and resolving software issues, enhancing existing applications, assisting with the modernisation of established software, and learning existing codebases and gradually taking ownership of larger development tasks. You'll be working on software that is already in active commercial use, so you'll gain practical experience with real systems, real users and real development challenges.

Key responsibilities

Writing and testing C# and PHP code

Working with SQL and MySQL databases

Developing and improving HTML/CSS interfaces

Debugging and resolving software issues

Enhancing existing applications

Assisting with the modernisation of established software

Learning existing codebases and gradually taking ownership of larger development tasks

About you

Strong practical foundation in C#, PHP, SQL/MySQL, HTML, and CSS

Genuine programming ability demonstrated through previous employment, internship, university projects or substantial personal development work

Comfortable reading existing code, debugging problems and working out how different parts of an application fit together

Strong problem-solving skills

Ability to learn unfamiliar technologies and codebases quickly

Willingness to ask questions and learn from experienced developers

Eligibility to work in Australia

About us

We're a Melbourne-based education software company with a small development team in Forest Hill. We work on established software products that are already in active commercial use.

Hands-on mentoring from experienced developers

Exposure to multiple programming languages and technologies

Real commercial development experience from the outset

Opportunity to grow into larger and more complex development work

Stable, established software business

Small team where your contribution is visible

Convenient Forest Hill location next to The Chase Shopping Centre, with cafés, shops and easy parking nearby