Software Engineer - AI-Driven Web Apps for Education (Hybrid)

Open Universities Australia; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Workation leave

Wellbeing leave

Discounted health insurance

Calm subscription

Job summary

Open Universities Australia (OUA) is modernising education access through software that powers student and university partner experiences. You will join cross-functional teams, own code from planning through delivery, and shape software using AI-assisted tooling, TypeScript, React, Node.js and AWS.

The role emphasizes collaboration, code quality, and continuous learning, with hybrid work options and opportunities to experiment and grow in a not-for-profit environment.

Qualifications

• Experience using AI coding tools in production environments.
• Ability to plan and break down complex problems.
• Strong code review skills and attention to detail.
• Familiarity with TypeScript, React, Node.js stack.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Knowledge of modern software development techniques, CI/CD, and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product development to understand requirements and plan development tasks.
• Work with AI coding agents as part of building and shipping code.
• Review code closely and ensure quality.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy web systems using TS, HTML, CSS, Node.js and React.
• Apply modern architectures: microservices, API design, contract testing, containers, serverless.
• Utilise test-driven development, deployment automation, and CI/CD.

Skills

AI coding tools

Code review

Planning

TypeScript

React

Node.js

AWS

CI/CD

Microservices

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

S3

DynamoDB

Job description

Open Universities Australia (OUA) is modernising education access through software that powers student and university partner experiences. You will join cross-functional teams, own code from planning through delivery, and shape software using AI-assisted tooling, TypeScript, React, Node.js and AWS.

The role emphasizes collaboration, code quality, and continuous learning, with hybrid work options and opportunities to experiment and grow in a not-for-profit environment.