Senior Software Engineer | React | Golang

1 month ago


Sydney, Australia abc Full time

About the Role

Develop and support the ABC’s digital platforms and services, particularly focused on delivering media management, streaming and digital archiving solutions that support digital media audience experiences and content creators, aligning with ABC strategy and objectives. Strengthen the engineering foundation of the platforms that play a key enabler role in underpinning the success of ABC digital products.

Key Accountabilities

Provide highly advanced technical development skills within the ABC's Digital Products department, to develop secure and high-performance platforms and services. Under broad direction, and as a senior member of a team, deliver high quality software development and produce best possible results on code quality, efficiency, system sustainability, scalability, and security within agreed time and budget requirements. Create and maintain accurate and detailed documentation, including technical designs, product specifications, architecture details, support & operation guides, testing instructions and thought processes. Maintain a high level of awareness of best engineering practices in the industry and share with other team members. Working with Engineering Managers and Technical Leads to drive the effort in implementation of best practices throughout Digital Product teams. As a senior member of the team, drive the effort in continuously strengthen the architectural foundation of the platform and drive the architectural improvements and best practices for the platform. Ensure separation of concerns and create layers of abstractions and re-usable components where appropriate. Adopt service-oriented architecture when designing particularly complex systems and apply industry best practices where appropriate. Proactively validate assumptions, properly rectify defects with due diligence and effectively minimise any band-aid solution or technical debt. Apply audience-centric mindset when solving product and engineering problems.

About You

Demonstrated significant experience in full-stack software development. Strong React skills with any experience in Go preferred; with ability to write clean, efficient and testable code, and ability to effectively refactor old code base and optimise legacy applications.  Significant experience in developing highly complex, secure and high-performance user interface and digital platform for a range of devices and platforms. Solid knowledge and experience in assessing, selecting and using modern frameworks and build tools, implementing automated/unit testing, and version control branching, merging and versioning strategies. Well versed in building media solutions with 3rd party tools. Experience in media streaming, transcoding, DRM, playout and archiving platforms is advantageous. Outstanding communication (verbal and written) skills with the ability to convey or translate highly complex technical information to a broad range of stakeholders is essential. Excellent planning and organisational skills with the proven ability to work effectively under pressure to meet tight deadlines. Highly proficient analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to solve the most complex problems with methodical approach and attention to details.

What’s In It For You?

Come and join the vibrant Digital Product department in the ABC. Our mission is to enable ABC’s digital future, where ABC transitions from a traditional broadcaster to Australia’s most trusted and valued digital media organisation. Through harnessing our talents in digital, collaborating with our partners and delivering beyond expectations, we ensure the ABC not just remains relevant but thrives.

As a group of product and platform teams, we develop and maintain the ABC's audience facing digital products across mobile, connected TV, desktop, and smart speakers. Whether it is staying informed of the latest breaking news, bringing some great TV on iview, streaming the Hottest 100 on the triple j app and website, or entertaining the kids with our ABC Kids app - the ABC's Digital Product offerings are some of Australia's most loved and most used platforms.

Your work will be appreciated by millions of audiences across Australia. We are an AWS shop; you will have the opportunity to work on the latest and greatest cloud technology. You will have the chance to contribute to the solution architecture of our systems. We are an open and cohesive team where your voice will not get lost. You can get a sneak peek into our engineering world through our developer blog: 

We are committed to career development and invest in our people to grow and become leaders in their fields. Everyone in the Digital Product department has a designated budget for training and development. We believe in flexible approaches to working and building self-organising and collaborative teams that offer friendly and supportive environments in which all team members can strive and grow.


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