Senior Full Stack Engineer

Description:

The Government agency we are working with is currently seeking a Full Stack Engineer on a contract basis.

This government agency is designing and developing whole of government platform solutions to assist the government in providing simple, fast and clear public services providing a better experience for all Australians. You will work on a number of these platforms and will be involved in the Beta phases of the development of these platforms. In Beta, they define a minimum viable product from the successful prototype in Alpha. For Beta they build this as an accessible and secure service. This allows the public to trial the beta alongside the existing service. We use their feedback to improve the service. You will take a user focus to understand the needs of the Government user and the Public user.

You will be an enthusiastic team player with personal drive who will work in a multidisciplinary team to build world class government digital services and experiences. You will work in an agile way using modern open source tools and frameworks. As well as developing software based on technical direction you will also be able to think for yourself and contribute to the creative process.

Essential criteria

• Must Have Baseline Clearance
• Strong proficiency HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React
• Strong proficiency in python, and python web frameworks such as flask or django
• Demonstrated all round experience in frontend and backend development including experience contributing to open source project and culture (contributions beyond code are highly valued)
• Enthusiastic about using modern technology to build APIs such as GraphQL
• Experience in building accessible products
• Experience in reviewing code and design of other developers and providing constructive feedback
• Experience with automated configuration management, deployment, and testing solutions

Desirable criteria

• Ability to work in a diverse multidisciplinary (MDT) team outside of your specialty with user researchers and designers.
• Work at pace as part of an agile multi-disciplined team