Front-End Engineer - React/TypeScript for Mental Health Tech

Smiling Mind; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Birthday off

Planned development days

Salary sacrificing

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

A mental well-being organization is looking for a Front-End Engineer to join their product engineering team in Melbourne. In this hands-on role, you will build and maintain front-end applications, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. The ideal candidate has strong experience with React and TypeScript, cares about accessibility, and is motivated by the impact on mental health. Join a small, high-growth team focused on generational change in mental health through innovative tools and resources.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with React/React Native and TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Expo Application Services and Bitbucket deployment pipelines.
• Experience with AWS (S3, CloudFront, Amplify).
• Comfortable with CI/CD and app deployment.
• Cares about accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA).
• Understanding of UX principles and user-centred design.
• Experience integrating APIs and collaborating with back-end systems.
• Uses version control (Git) with ease.
• Writes clean, testable code with debugging skills.
• Comfortable with design tools like Figma.
• Motivated by impact in mental health.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain app deployment processes.
• Deliver accessible, scalable UI components.
• Translate designs and concepts into features.
• Write unit tests and e2e tests for new features.
• Collaborate on architecture and design systems.
• Review pull requests as needed.
• Troubleshoot bugs and performance issues.
• Work closely with design and backend for quality.

Skills

React/React Native

TypeScript

Expo Application Services

AWS (S3, CloudFront, Amplify)

UX principles

Version control (Git)

Debugging and optimisation

Education

Relevant qualification (e.g., Computer Science)

Tools

Bitbucket

Figma

Sentry

Crashlytics

Storybook

Amplitude

Job description

A mental well-being organization is looking for a Front-End Engineer to join their product engineering team in Melbourne. In this hands-on role, you will build and maintain front-end applications, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. The ideal candidate has strong experience with React and TypeScript, cares about accessibility, and is motivated by the impact on mental health. Join a small, high-growth team focused on generational change in mental health through innovative tools and resources.