Senior Front-End Engineer for Digital Archiving Platforms

Australian Broadcasting Corporation; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking a Senior Front End Software Engineer to join the Product & Technology team and work on digital archiving platforms. Develop secure, high-performing content management and archiving solutions, focusing on reusable components and user-centric design.

You will work with Node.js, ES6+, TypeScript, React, CSS/SASS/PostCSS, and REST/GraphQL APIs to deliver scalable, accessible interfaces across the organisation.

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+ and TypeScript, along with React and React development frameworks.
• Experience with CSS, SASS and PostCSS and developing consistent, maintainable front end solutions.
• Experience integrating with REST and/or GraphQL APIs, with exposure to API management and API test automation considered an advantage.

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.
• 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

Front end development

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Accessibility

Performance

REST/GraphQL APIs

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Tools

SASS

PostCSS

REST APIs

GraphQL

Job description

Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking a Senior Front End Software Engineer to join the Product & Technology team and work on digital archiving platforms. Develop secure, high-performing content management and archiving solutions, focusing on reusable components and user-centric design.

You will work with Node.js, ES6+, TypeScript, React, CSS/SASS/PostCSS, and REST/GraphQL APIs to deliver scalable, accessible interfaces across the organisation.