Want a job where you innovate and improve technology as a vehicle for real-world change? GetUp is looking for a Front End Developer who is ready to help create progressive change in Australia. At GetUp, you get to work with passionate, motivated coworkers each and every day. As part of GetUp’s Tech Team you will work closely with other developers, IT professionals and data analysts to help create innovative digital campaigns.

SCHADS Classification Level 5-7 with a total salary package of $97,257.76 - $117,753.56 (Not including superannuation) – pay will be determined by relevant experience and qualifications.

At GetUp, formal education, qualifications and extensive experience matter less to us than experience, excellence, initiative and drive. So if this role speaks to you then please apply through our website.

This is a permanent position ideally based in Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne. However remote work will be considered for the right candidate.

At GetUp, we know our capacity to drive progressive change is increased when our team has a diversity of backgrounds and experience. We are always actively looking for applicants from a diverse range of genders, cultures, language groups, abilities, and experiences to apply.

We strongly encourage applications from women, non-binary people, transgender people and gender diverse people.

WHO IS GETUP

The GetUp movement is powered by the values and hopes of everyday people. We combine the power of over one million members, movement partners and a central team of expert strategists to make extraordinary impact.

We focus our campaigns on the areas our members care about most – in the fields of Environmental Justice, Human Rights, Economic Fairness, First Nations Justice and Democratic Integrity. From making sure hundreds of thousands of people are able to vote in elections, to successfully stopping major projects threatening the Great Barrier Reef, or securing billions of dollars in new funding for mental health – we have a decade-long history of taking on powerful interests, and winning.

WHO IS THE GETUP TECH TEAM

Technology is core to GetUp's ability to radically redefine what‘s politically possible in Australia. Our Tech Team is a small, tight-knit group of experienced, committed developers. We work closely with GetUp data analysts, campaigners and organisers to build innovative digital campaign strategies and tools that amplify our members' voice, time and money – so they can’t be ignored.

We have lots of exciting ideas about what the future of collective action and digital campaigning might look like but we need experienced technologists to help us turn these ideas into reality. This is an opportunity to join our team and work together to design, build, break and reinvent the tools that help make Australia fairer, protect our environment and enhance our democracy. Some current projects include developing the front-end apps for our suite of next-generation campaigning tools, and working with front-line staff on the upcoming Referendum campaign.

WHAT WORKING AT GETUP MEANS

• Being able to connect your best work to positive impact;
• A place where you'll have space to learn and experiment – GetUp stays relevant by embracing new technologies;
• Other entitlements to keep you happy and healthy, including generous leave provisions per year and activist leave; and
• Flexible working arrangements.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Front End Developer at GetUp you will be working within the Tech Team to build and maintain the web apps used to run GetUp campaigns, create compelling web sites that elevate our campaigns and give everyday people the opportunity to take action, craft and tune campaign email designs that connect with our members, and help set up and integrate third party web based applications and services with our own.

You will be collaborating with and working closely with GetUp staff across the organisation, including:

• The Creative Team - to produce front-end and email designs that reflects and compliments the “GetUp Look”;
• The Campaigns, Organising and Fundraising teams - to help them share out campaigns and messages and give everyday people the opportunity to get involved.
• The Analytics Team - to help improve the performance of our campaign web sites and email content;

RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

This role will suit someone with experience in front-end web application development or someone with a web design or user experience background who is looking to improve their development skills. There is also scope for learning and improving full-stack skills as part of the position.

Applicants should have some of the following experience and motivations

• Passionate about growing and strengthening a movement of everyday people to take action for change on a wide range of issues;
• Experience working with diverse teams to deliver digital projects;
• Experience in designing, building and maintaining usable web-based applications;
• Up to date with one or more current front-end software development languages and frameworks;
• The capacity and desire to learn new software development languages, frameworks and tools;
• Experience with and a desire to use best practice quality assurance tools and processes;
• Can work with, integrate and extend cloud-based APIs, services, and hosting;
• Keen to assist and mentor other developers, staff, and volunteers; and
• At least two years of relevant professional experience.

Bonus points for:

• Experience with React, Next.JS, and/or Ruby on Rails
• Experience in web design and/or UX
• Experience with cloud APIs and providers, devops and/or back-end development

If this role speaks to you we would be keen to talk to you. Additionally If you have a design portfolio, do send it through with your application. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Please via our website by clicking the "Apply Now" button.