Software Engineer (React & Javascript)

Nexigen Digital; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site meals and snacks

Fully stocked snack bar

Drinks fridge

On-site gym and training sessions

Wellness centre with gaming and VR/arc

On-site haircuts

Job summary

Nexigen Digital is seeking a Software Engineer to join a close, agile team to deliver new projects and improvements to internal and customer-facing systems. You will work with modern frontend tech like ReactJS and NextJS and contribute to core billing/CRM platforms.

The role emphasizes collaboration, learning, and a proactive approach, with opportunities to work across projects and teams and to contribute to high-quality handovers.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of building responsive web applications.
• Willingness to learn new technologies, methods and processes.
• Strong CSS skills and good UX sense.
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs and Git workflows.
• Attention to detail and thorough self-testing before handover.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and follow processes.

Responsibilities

• Build secure, reliable and scalable code across platforms.
• Work with ReactJS and NextJS on frontend development.
• Maintain and improve core billing and CRM systems and domain platforms.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to scope, build, test and deploy features.
• Tackle complex integrations with external providers and suppliers.

Skills

CSS

RESTful APIs

Git (GitHub)

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

ReactJS

NextJS

WordPress

Linux CLI

Job description

As a Software Engineer at Nexigen Digital, you will work with a close, agile team to deliver new projects and continuous improvements to our internal and customer facing systems. We're looking for someone who is passionate, proactive, goal oriented and posses excellent problem solving skills.

We know first hand that brilliant software engineers come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, in fact, some of our developers started out on our own customer service help desk. We pride ourselves on maintaining a team culture that provides provides opportunities through collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous learning and development, and as such are able to provide opportunities to a range of developers with different skillsets and experience.

An average day may include any or all of the following tasks:

• Building secure, reliable and scalable code that can be used across our platforms
• Working with the latest frontend web technologies such as ReactJS & NextJS
• Maintaining and improving our core billing and CRM systems, domain registrar platforms and our new projects in the pipeline, with opportunities to work across projects and teams
• Work with our product managers and fellow software engineers to scope, build, test and deploy new features and fixes across our projects and products
• Solve complex integration scenarios with external providers and suppliers
• Learn something new

The right person (is it you?)

• Has one to three years' experience in building responsive web applications (we'll take personal & self taught experience into consideration as well)
• Able to continuously learn new things and adapt to new technologies, methods and processes
• Really knows their way around CSS
• Has integrated and interfaced with RESTFUL APIs
• Understands what makes a for a good user experience
• Knows their way around Git (including GitHub) and has a good understanding of version control
• Is able to work collaboratively within a team environment and follow established standard processes
• Maintains a great attention to detail and able to throughly test their own work to ensure a high quality hand over

Handy things to have (or are able to learn)

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite tools
• Experience with the NextJS React framework
• Experience with using a CMS platform such as WordPress
• Knowledge of the Domain Name and Web Hosting (cPanel, WHM, Plesk, etc.) industry is valuable
• Experience working with Linux commands and environment
• A basic understanding of PHP development is very useful

The Benefits of Working With the Nexigen Digital Team

Aside from being awarded “Employer of Choice” in the Australian Business Awards, we are often referred to as the Google of south-east Melbourne thanks to our unique facilities and team culture, and a top-down mandate to take care of the people who take care of our customers.

Some of the office perks include:

• A weekly selection of delicious meals prepared in our on-site kitchen for breakfast and lunch.
• A fully-stocked snack bar featuring an assortment of chips, chocolates, nuts, protein bars and fresh fruit.
• A drink fridge loaded with an assortment of soft drinks, juices and water.
• A fully equipped private gym with weekly on-site personal training sessions.
• A team wellness centre with a sound-proof gaming stadium featuring an 85” 4K TV, racing car simulator, pinball machine, arcade machine, and air hockey table.
• An on-site salon where our resident barber and stylist provide free haircuts on a regular basis.

We actively encourage training and upskilling for personal development and will fund courses that have a beneficial impact on the business.

Please note that due to strict security requirements the successful applicant will be required to complete a National Police Check as a condition of employment.