In Brief:

This not for profit has an interesting history and are a great story. They’ve matured to an organisation that is not only established, but a key resource for young people who are battling anything from everyday issues to tough times. As digital leaders in youth mental health, they’ve pioneered a number of products to help those in need of practical support for thousands of Australians.

About the role:

This position is as a Junior Developer will be working in the digital team to build products that help young people. Day to day you’ll be working on new features and functionality for new tools and components that will be used on existing sites as well as sites to host upcoming web-apps. You’ll also play a key role in exploring new ideas and concepts that require a quick prototype to test their validity and scope.

Tech they’re working with:

• React.js, Nuxt.js, Node, Jest, Typescript
• Gulp, Sass, HTML, CSS, Sass, BEM
• Bitbucket, Pipelines (CI/CD), Jira, Trello, Confluence, Slack
• AWS

Your day might involve:

• Building APIs that are extensible and secure
• Developing solutions using Node, Typescript, React or .Net
• Collaborating with technical and non-technical colleagues/ clients on the different technical possibilities
• Prototyping new ideas and components working with the product team
• Resolving bugs and issues using the existing styles and front-end solution available to you
• Building new components on top of an existing front-end solutions
• Quality and cross browser testing

About you:

Passionate about JavaScript and with an eye for web solutions you’ll have worked in small teams before and enjoy the variety that this entails. Attentive to detail, you’ll be pragmatic about where short cuts can be taken versus where to invest the time for a better outcome.

Up to date with best practices surrounding JavaScript (Node/React), HTML and CSS, you’ll have a good handle on programming concepts such as data structures (ie arrays and linked lists) and have a good handle on testing with tools like Jest etc.

Requirements:

• Strong JS/ES6 experience ideally using a modern JS framework (React ideally)
• Experience building secure and extensible APIs
• An ability to write maintainable well tested solutions
• Excellent communication skills

This is a great opportunity to join a small digital team in a role with enormous variety and a socially good cause.

For further information please contact Reece at [email protected], using the subject line: Junior Developer enquiry via EthicalJobs.