Open Universities Australia Hiring for Front End Engineer Job at Docklands, Australia Full Time

Company Description
It’s an exciting time to be part of Open Universities Australia (OUA) – Australia’s destination for online tertiary study. As a not-for-profit, we empower students from all walks of life by helping them achieve their goals and transforming their lives through access to education from universities across the country.

We are on an exciting journey to be the best online marketplace for higher education and currently have an opportunity multiple Front End Engineer opportunities to help us continue improving the experiences of our students and university partners.

Job Description
As a Front End Engineer, you will part of a cross functional product development team that is responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining OUA’s web based systems in a collaborative team environment.
We continiously strive to build a great engineering culture and believe in the following traits:

• You play well with others – collaborative, respectful, transparent and self-motivated. You take ownership in seeking and providing constructive feedback.
• You are biased towards action – focus on getting the right things done and choosing forgiveness over permission.
• You have a growth mindset – naturally curious about how our systems work, turn failures into learnings and strive for continuous improvement.
• You seek technical excellence – constantly levelling up your craft and having the opportunity to contribute to open-source projects.
• You exhibit leadership skills at all levels – coaching and mentoring others – regardless of your official title.
• You love sharing knowledge – constantly looking for opportunities to present on topics close to your heart and encouraging others to do the same.

Qualifications*
Here are some of the ways you will bring your best to this role*

• Experience in building web applications with at least one modern JS framework (eg: ReactJS, Angular, Vue)
• Experience creating beautiful, accessible and fast user interfaces
• Experience in modern software development techniques such as test-driven development, refactoring, deployment automation, DevOps and CI/CD.
• Familiar in software product development using at least one (preferable more) of the following languages – JavaScript (React.JS, Node.JS, TypeScript), Java (or other JVM languages), C#

Additional Information*
What do we offer?*

• Novated lease and salary packaging benefits
• Competitive market salary along with annual individual and company bonuses
• Learning and training opportunities including Free access to LinkedIn Learning, Leadership development program, Mentoring program and subsidising study through 25 OUA university partners, 2500+ subjects
• Discounted gym memberships and health insurance
• Flexible working – let’s chat to see how this works for you and your team
• Focus on wellbeing including partnering with one of the best well-being providers in addition to premium subscription to well being apps.

OUA is committed to building and fostering an inclusive, diverse workplace. Our marketplace is for everyone, so is our workplace. Come and share your personal experiences, your perspectives, and your background with us as we continue to help students transform their lives.

We strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to get in touch, even if you don’t meet all the requirements of the advertised position. It’s highly likely you’ll bring something to the workplace that we haven’t thought of yet, and we would love to hear from you.
We operate with principles of autonomy, alignment and agility. Our empowered cross functional teams follow strategy as a process to drive customer value. Our culture underpins how together, we achieve our goals. In every action we are guided by our values to:

• Act for customers
• Continuously Improve; and
• Care for each other

You will part of a cross functional product development team that is responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining OUA’s web based systems in a collaborative team environment. You will collaborate with members of your product development team to understand requirements and develop solutions that meet the needs of customers.

Location: Collins Street 700, Docklands VIC 3008

Job Type: Full-time