Senior Front-End Engineer, Digital Archiving

Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking a Front End Engineer to join the Product & Technology team and work on digital archiving solutions. You will help develop secure, high-performing, accessible front ends used to manage content and enable audience experiences.

Focus on reusable components, API integration with REST/GraphQL, and maintaining documentation. A cross-functional team environment will support you to deliver quality software for ABC platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience developing secure, high-performance and accessible websites at scale.
• Ability to write clean, efficient, testable and high-quality code.
• Strong experience with Node.js, ES6+, TypeScript, React and related front-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, high-performing and accessible solutions for the ABC's content management and digital archiving platforms.
• Design and develop reusable front end components, including UI elements, layout patterns and form controls, with focus on consistency, accessibility and maintainability.
• Deliver high-quality code with a strong focus on efficiency, scalability, security and system sustainability while minimising technical debt.
• Work collaboratively within a cross functional team to solve complex product and engineering challenges with a user-centric approach.
• Keep across industry engineering best practice and share knowledge with colleagues to strengthen development practices across digital product teams.
• Create and maintain accurate technical documentation covering designs, architecture, product specifications, testing, support and operational requirements.

Skills

Node.js

ES6+

TypeScript

React

CSS

SASS

PostCSS

REST

GraphQL

API test automation

Accessibility

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Tools

REST

GraphQL

Job description

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking a Front End Engineer to join the Product & Technology team and work on digital archiving solutions. You will help develop secure, high-performing, accessible front ends used to manage content and enable audience experiences.

Focus on reusable components, API integration with REST/GraphQL, and maintaining documentation. A cross-functional team environment will support you to deliver quality software for ABC platforms.