Staff Developer

at  REA Group

• Permanent role – open to all locations across Australia
• Sustainability - We are certified carbon neutral and committed to reducing our impact on the environment.
• Charities – We have long-term partnerships with charities working to address homelessness.
  We’re REA
  REA Group
  is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.
  With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you’re at on your property journey, we’re here to help with every step - whether that’s finding or financing your next home.
  Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to be named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.
  Where the team fits in
  The Staff Developer sits in the Media Team, within the Advertising Portfolio.
  The Media squad helps consumers share, rent, buy, sell and enjoy property, by connecting them with all sorts of products and services to help them along their property journey. This includes finance products, utilities, home services, furnishings, automotive and many more innovative advertising and lead generation tools. The fast-growing Media business includes a cross-functional team from Product, IT, Sales, Marketing, PR and Communications, HR, Finance and Legal. We’re all about using digital solutions to make property and everything that supports consumers around property, simple, efficient and stress free
  What the role is all about

The Staff Developer supports the Media Team in the following ways:

• Writing, testing and documenting code according to REA Engineering standards and practices
• Leading or significantly contributing to initiatives with strategic focus and value
• Solving deep, complex technical problems in ways that enable other team members to learn and extend
• Supporting the Lead Developer/Tech Lead in setting the technical direction
• Providing technical mentoring and guidance to less experienced members of the team
• Supporting and driving continuous improvement of our production systems and being an advocate for the overall health of our systems
• Working with stakeholders to design high quality solutions that meet the needs of our users, including vendor platforms
• Becoming the subject matter expert for the Products and related systems owned by Media team

Who we’re looking for

• Advanced skills in designing solutions that scale and perform for millions of users.
• Advanced skills in developing long-term system architecture strategies.
• Expert skills in building full stack web products using open source and cloud technologies.
• Expert skills in one or more of our technical competencies - TypeScript/JavaScript
• Experience designing and using databases in RDBMS or MySQL
• Good data analysis skills (e.g. SQL/Tableau/Google BigQuery)
• Experience with modern software development techniques (e.g. functional programming, microservice architecture, test-driven development and CI/CD)
• Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with business stakeholders.
• Able to understand business, customer and consumer needs to provide appropriate data solutions.
• Able to mentor other engineers in a collaborative agile team environment.
• Someone passionate about data and the latest data technologies.
• Experience working in Media/AdTech industry is desired – Bidding solutions, DSPs, SSPs, Tag Management, CDPs, as well as knowledge of targeting and creative setup used in media campaigns

The REA experience
The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development – both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

We offer:

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working
• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
• Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
• Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life
• Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you’ve got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.
If you like the sound of us, then we think you should apply today. We’re proud to be Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to respond to every applicant. While we’re looking at your application, and preparing to come back to you with an update, why not get to know us a bit more through our various social channels?

Please refer the Job description for details