Australia Post Hiring for Associate Software Engineer – Full stack Job at Melbourne Full Time

• Permanent opportunity available!
• Base salary between $99,000 – $103,000 + 12% superannuation
• Hybrid working arrangements – mostly work from home
• Located at Australia Post’s Melbourne office on Bourke St.

Help us deliver like never before

Australia Post is delivering like never before. From the vehicles that we drive, to the small businesses that make our communities thrive. We’re delivering for the environment, for our communities, for our customers and for our people. We’re moving forward and we want you to come along for the ride.

About the opportunity

Australia Post is going through immense growth. To meet the business demand, we are looking for an Associate Software Engineer to join our friendly and dynamic team.

With a proven track record for creating products that our customers love and trust, we are committed to delivering a sustainable future for Australia by creating market leading digital experiences which delight our customers & community.

To deliver on our long-term vision & strategy we are looking for an Associate Software Engineer with experience in Java, Angular/React and working in AWS environment. The person will be working in an agile team, following SAFe Agile framework for delivery.

You will be

• Undertaking development activities required to deliver technology solutions that meet the business needs.
• Contributing to the estimation, design, build and testing of software components.
• Applying critical thinking to solve problems across the development lifecycle.
• Working closely with senior developers and Technical Lead to implement solution aligned with solution architecture and consistent with industry and Australia Post enterprise standards
• Demonstrate understanding of enterprise s/w development practices
• Demonstrate understanding and application of current standards
• Producing high quality work

About you

You have Proven industry experience in software development and have a passion for learning new back-end, front-end and cloud practices. You will have experience working collaboratively in a team and understand current back-end development standards and enterprise software development practices.

Key Selection Criteria

To be considered for this position please ensure you address the following Key Selection Criteria in your application:

• Proven industry experience in software development
• Ability to clearly articulate ideas and problems
• Ability to work as a Team player

Experience, Skills, and Knowledge

• Understanding of best practices in software engineering and security
• Great communication and documentation skills
• Experience with React and Angular is a nice to have
• Experience in developing applications and microservices in Java
• Base level understanding of Angular or React application
• Competent user of all tools in the SDLC
• Proficient with common developer tools and libraries: IDEs (e.g.Eclipse / IDEA), Build agents (e.g. Maven, Gradle), Quality tools (e.g. Cobertura or SonarQube), etc
• Framework / library experience (Spring, jQuery, Angular/React)
• Experience in implementing design patterns (e.g. factory) and various data structures
• Exposure to AWS services such as EC2, Elastic Cache, Elastic Search, DynamoDB, S3
• Exposure of one or more CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket, Bamboo, AWS Codebuild, Code Pipeline, GitLab, etc
• Participation in Agile team stand-ups, iteration showcase and retrospective sessions, planning and estimation
• Participate actively in code reviews and walkthroughs
• Process methodology exposure (e.g. Agile, Scrum/XP, SAFe)
• Collaboration tools (e.g. JIRA, wiki, Sharepoint, Rally)
• Troubleshooting skills

How we’ll deliver for you

• Flexible work arrangements (hybrid model of working at home and in the office)
• Collaborative team environment
• Work for an iconic company!
• Career development

We will invest in you for the long-term, encouraging growth through delivering on our values of trust, inclusivity, empowerment, and safety. We’ll help you develop your skills and steer along a career path that works for you.

Be part of a culture where everybody feels they belong, are valued, and can bring their authentic self to work every day

We’re delivering together

Our diverse and inclusive workplaces bring out the best in our people. We’re all ages, genders and abilities, and we come from all walks of life. That’s how we deliver for Australia – together. We believe our business should reflect the diverse communities we operate in. See how we’re achieving that here.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, People with Disability and Ex Defence Force.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate, live and gather as employees, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. To find out more about our progress with reconciliation, watch this short video.

Australia Post is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free workplace and encourages the implementation of workplace adjustments for team members with disability at all stages of their career. If you have any questions, please contact our Diversity & Inclusion team on [email protected]

One last thing

If after reading this, you’re not sure you tick every single criteria box, but have the passion to get behind our purpose, the determination to face a challenge and a willingness to grow and learn, we think you should click that apply button anyway. We love hearing from people like you.