Job Title: 7 Senior Application Developers
Duration: 12 months with possible extension
Location: ACT, QLD, SA, TAS,WA
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
subject to negotiations with the line manager. Hybrid working arrangements in line with current client policy (3 days each week in the office by default, with flexible arrangements in place for the remaining 2 days) are expected by default. Working arrangements are subject to change according to agency or team requirements.
The position will exercise a considerable degree of independence to engage in complex problem solving and issues management within the functions. The position will exercise sound decision-making and judgement to produce senior level advice and support.
The EL1 Mobile App Developer is required to collaborate with key business stakeholders and our local technical team to enhance and support the development of projects within the client project teams.
The position is responsible for actively managing key internal stakeholder relationships.
Key duties and responsibilities
- Implementing new mobile applications, systems and integrations, adhering to industry best practices and architectural principles.
- Taking ownership of the design and implementation of software and CI/CD pipelines to solve complex problems.
- Play a pivotal role in our project team, using an agile development framework.
- Documenting all design and development work.
- Actively participate in code reviews – both as the reviewer and the reviewee to ensure coding quality and standards are maintained.
- Ensuring that any software produced meets the agency's security requirements and standards.
- Ensuring that any software produced meets accessibility expectations.
- Collaborating with Business Analysts, Project Leads, and other IT teams to resolve issues to ensure solutions are viable and fit for purpose.
- Collaborate closely with the Quality Assurance team to ensure effective test coverage early in the development cycle utilising a shift-left approach
- Ensuring that solutions are pragmatic, value for money, and deliver on their intended purpose.
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters.
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience developing and releasing mobile applications on both Android and iOS, using native tooling like Kotlin, Java, Swift and Objective-C as well as frameworks such as React Native
- Familiarity with accessibility standards for web and mobile, such as WCAG 2.1
- Expertise using DevOps practices, including creating CI/CD pipelines with GitHub/GitLab and tooling such as Artifactory and HashiCorp Vault
- Ability to write automated unit, component, integration and functional tests. Must be able to work closely with QA teams to facilitate integration and end-to-end testing of complex systems
- Familiarity converting UI designs into Mobile app components and working with UI/UX designers to achieve a unified vision
- Experience integrating with various back-end APIs and services. Including internal APIs, as well as services like Firebase and various CMS systems
- Experience in the early stages of developing a mobile app, including establishing the development environment framework and evaluation/choice of supporting tools and services
- Experience writing accessible web applications using React and TypeScript
- Ability to work across all stages of the SDLC, including creating technical designs, developing and deploying code, performing code reviews, and the long-term maintenance of code
- Some experience developing back-end systems, in a variety of languages like Golang and JavaScript/TypeScript. This includes experience with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes with Helm
If this role aligns with your skills and aspirations, apply now for immediate consideration. Contact Archna Singh at 02 6245 1708, quoting Job Reference: # 266019
The application deadline for this position is on 15th April 2025
Please note that only candidates meeting the specified criteria will be contacted. Your interest in the position is greatly appreciated.
