Software Engineer

Company Description

Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want – across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.

Nine’s assets include the 9Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, Drive, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investment in Domain Group.

Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.

We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.

Job Description

The Nine Publishing Technology team continually delivers and maintains premium, market leading digital products, including: smh.com.au, theage.com.au and afr.com.au across multiple platforms and systems.

Software Engineers are responsible for the design, development, and delivery of products and services that delight our customers, and grow the business.

You will be responsible for developing high-quality, scalable and high performing solutions that align to business and technology goals. You will be working with technology leaders and other senior engineers to ensure consistency of our practices and processes across the Publishing Technology team. 

You will work in a busy and stimulating environment responding swiftly to resolve production incidents as required and be available to support your products and services as needed. You will continuously learn and improve on your skills in emerging technologies and new toolsets and share knowledge and learnings with other engineers.

This is a Full Stack role, though we are open to candidates who are either Frontend or Backend Focused and keen to learn. 

Qualifications

We are seeking great team players with passion for delivering great digital products. You will have excellent communication skills and a strong customer focus. You will thrive in working in a busy environment with competing priorities. You will have excellent analytical and problem solving skills and an understanding of modern development practices and processes is highly regarded.

What we would like to see on your resume:

• Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in React JS, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Previous experience in web/software design and development.
• Experience with Golang, or experience in OO Programming Language such as Java/C++ and a willingness to learn Go. 

Desired skills

• Previous experience with several general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Golang, Python, Ruby, Node.js, AngularJS is highly regarded.
• Experience in designing and architecting high availability solutions.
• Experience in building and integrating high performance REST APIs.
• Experience in development and maintenance of technical documentation.
• Experience in cloud platforms, containers and continuous delivery.
• Knowledge and experience of DevOps.
• Understand the value and importance of well tested code.

Additional Information

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.