Product Engineer

Social Traders Ltd; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Professional development support

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Social Traders Ltd in Melbourne is seeking a hands-on Product Engineer to build and support our web platforms. You will work across the full stack, from database to user interface, and see your work being used by members and staff.

The role focuses on Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL and integrations, with a small team and hybrid working. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to turn requirements into reliable software and contribute to improving our development practices.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience building web applications using Next.js and Supabase, or similar frameworks and technologies.
• Strong TypeScript and a modern React framework such as Next.js.
• Comfortable with a relational database (PostgreSQL) and building or using APIs.
• Able to work independently on well-defined features while collaborating closely in a small team.
• A clear communicator who can work directly with people who aren't developers.
• An interest in product, not just code, and in the social change our work supports.

Responsibilities

• Build features across the stack, front end, back end and data, for our member portal and the new tracking platform.
• Maintain the integrations our products rely on, including payments, search, authentication and reporting.
• Test, debug and support what you release, keeping it reliable for members and for our internal teams.
• Work with the team and stakeholders to turn requirements into working software.
• Help improve how we build, from testing and tooling to documentation.

Skills

Next.js

Supabase

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

APIs

React

Communication

Product mindset

Independent work

Team collaboration

Tools

Playwright

GitHub Actions

Sentry

PowerBI

Salesforce

Supabase

Job description

• Build digital products that help grow Australia's social enterprise sector.
• Work hands-on across a modern TypeScript stack in a small, collaborative team.
• Hybrid working, in a role where you get to see what you build being used.

Social Traders is the leading industry body for social enterprise and social performance, established since 2008. We certify social enterprises, connect them with business and government members, and work with government on social procurement policy. We manage Australia's largest social enterprise dataset and the sector's impact measurement system.

Our member portal already connects buyers and social enterprises, and we are now building a new platform to track social procurement and deliverables for our members. We are looking for a Product Engineer to help build and support these products as they grow.

This is a hands-on, full-stack role in our Impact, Data and Digital team, working alongside our Digital Systems Lead and Digital Enablement Specialist. In a small team you work across the whole product, from the database to the interface, and you see what you build put to use quickly.

What you'll do

• Build features across the stack, front end, back end and data, for our member portal and the new tracking platform.
• Maintain the integrations our products rely on, including payments, search, authentication and reporting.
• Test, debug and support what you release, keeping it reliable for members and for our internal teams.
• Work with the team and stakeholders to turn requirements into working software.
• Help improve how we build, from testing and tooling to documentation.

Our technology

We build on a modern, fully TypeScript stack: Next.js on the front end, tRPC and serverless AWS on the back end, and PostgreSQL through Supabase for data. We test with Playwright, deploy through GitHub Actions, and monitor with Sentry. You won't need every one of these on day one, but you should be comfortable working in this kind of environment and keen to pick up the rest.

What we're looking for

Essential

• Demonstrated experience building web applications using Next.js and Supabase, or similar frameworks and technologies.
• Strong TypeScript and a modern React framework such as Next.js.
• Comfortable with a relational database (PostgreSQL) and building or using APIs.
• Able to work independently on well-defined features while collaborating closely in a small team.
• A clear communicator who can work directly with people who aren't developers.
• An interest in product, not just code, and in the social change our work supports.

Nice to have, or keen to learn

• Any part of our stack: Supabase, serverless AWS, next.js
• Automated testing (Playwright) and continuous delivery (GitHub Actions).
• Integrating third-party services such as payments, search or authentication.
• Reporting tools (PowerBI) or CRM data (Salesforce).

About us

Social Traders is the certifier of social enterprises in Australia, a sector advocate, and the national leader in social enterprise procurement. We aspire to a culture that is diverse, optimistic and collaborative, and we work as an intermediary to connect business and government members with certified social enterprises. We actively support reconciliation and stronger relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.

We champion diversity and inclusion in our team. We encourage people from all backgrounds and life experiences to apply, including First Nations people, people living with disability, people experiencing mental health conditions, parents, carers, and people across a range of ethnicities, religious beliefs, and gender and sexual orientations.

We offer flexible working, ongoing support for professional development, and an employer-funded Employee Assistance Program for you and your immediate family.