Senior Software Developer

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Acknowledgement of Country

Acknowledgement of Country

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation

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The opportunity

• Join CSIRO - Australia's National Science and Innovation Agency
• Design and develop innovative software solutions that support real-world impact.
• Contribute to projects aligned with CSIRO's national science and innovation priorities.
  
  

Joining CSIRO as the Senior Software Developer you'll play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining innovative software products, whilst also supporting and enhancing existing systems.

Working closely with a diverse group of professionals including business analysts, developers, testers, infrastructure experts, and stakeholders you'll help deliver impactful solutions aligned with CSIRO's strategic and operational priorities. To set you up to succeed in this role, you'll need to be proactive, capable of working independently, and comfortable collaborating in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Your duties will include:

• Develop software to satisfy business requirements (Agile stories).
• Undertake unit testing of developed code and debug code.
• Co-ordinate and participate in code reviews and specification reviews.
• Contribute to our continuous delivery implementation
• Provide technical advice that is aligned with overall solution designs, architecture and frameworks.
• Lead a software development project team as required.
• Contribute positively to stimulate and promote a team approach and develop sound working relationships with application users and business owners.
  
  

Location: All Australian CSIRO Sites in Major Cities will be considered

Salary: AU$131,113 - AU$153,639 plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Indefinite

Reference: 100787

To be considered you will need:

• 8+ years experience in developing software applications coupled with relevant tertiary qualifications in IT or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Experience with one or more programming languages, preferably including one of Java, Python, Groovy or Javascript/Typescript
• Experience with both front-end and back-end component development for web-application systems, including REST API development.
• Experience with web development framework such as Angular, Vue, React, etc.
• Knowledge and experience working in an Agile-Scrum software development including the use of JIRA (tasks) and Confluence (Wiki).
• Demonstrated high-level SQL and data modelling skills.
• Demonstrated ability to assess, analyse and resolve issues and provide technical advice to team members, management and clients.
• Excellent communication skills, including an ability to work collaboratively across multi-disciplinary project teams and communicate with staff and clients at all levels.
• Demonstrated experience with containerised application development and deployment using Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Helm, including an understanding of secure DevOps practices and deployment pipelines.
• Proven track record as a formal technical lead on significant software development projects (12+ months), including responsibility for architectural decision-making, mentoring junior developers, and delivering outcomes within agile product teams.
  
  

Desirable:

• Experience developing systems with high throughput requirements for relational & file-based data processing.
• Experience with systems that deal with a significant data scale/magnitude (i.e. Terabytes, Petabytes).
  
  

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, the successful candidate will be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Negative Vetting 1 level. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible working arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

Diversity and inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today

How to apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications close

14 August 2025, 11:00pm AESTSeniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionInformation Technology and Engineering
• IndustriesResearch Services

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