Developer
Today, Australia

We're looking for the next generation of digital craftspeople, designing solutions that benefit people and the planet.

We are seeking somebody with a passion for learning, building, craft and polish. You'll be delivering great work in the technology team, surrounded by great developers, a solutions architect and technology consultants.

We encourage applications from First Nations Australians, people with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTIQ+) people.

Today is an award-winning strategic design studio, working across health, education, giving and public service.

We use design and technology to make change happen, at pace and at scale. In the last 12 months, we’ve designed and built Australia’s first online family violence intervention order, established a new approach to co-design for the Victorian mental health sector, built a peer-to-peer product that helps people learn Auslan, and launched a campaign to shift mainstream perceptions of climate changeplus many more.

Our practice is built on strong foundations of human-centred design and digital making. There are 50 of us, based mostly in Melbourne, working across strategy, research, design, content, delivery and a wonderful support team.

You’ll experience a welcoming environment filled with smart, fun and caring people from a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines, who are passionate about creativity, and making change.

• We help our clients innovate within their organisation and services using technology
• We craft creative, meaningful and effective user experiences
• Architect and build digital solutions that serve broad contexts
• We integrate our solutions with a wide variety of other systems
• We help our clients to make long and short-term technology decisions

Requirements

• A keen appetite to learn and contribute, from participating in workshops to collaborating on solutions and helping map effort and costs as required
• Purpose and creativity - you're driven to serve our teams and our wonderful clients spread across the purpose sector
• A background in development with open source systems. We use Craft, SilverStripe, Wordpress and Drupal
• Appropriate experience with modern web frameworks, libraries and tools. You'll encounter VueJS, React, React Native, Typescript and nodeJS regularly
• You've got some experience in and around open source CMS platforms
• Great communications skills
• 2-5 years of experience in digital or creative agencies is a bonus
• You must be legally able to work in Australia

You should:

• Have an understanding of human-centred design
• Have an ability to thrive in a collaborative, creative team environment
• Want to treat others with kindness, empathy and respect
• Be optimistic and bring humour, lightness and play into your work
• Approach every moment thinking 'how can I help?'
• Be a keen problem-solver
• Have an eye for the detail
• Be interested in working on projects that address social/environmental issues

Benefits

• Work on projects with purpose. We work on big, complex challenges around people, communities and planet
• Our studio is set up to welcome clients in and develop close partnerships
• We operate in a hybrid model, work from home or the studio when it makes sense
• A creative, open workplace culture that asks for everyone's input and is constantly welcoming new ideas and ways of working
• You are actively empowered to help shape the business, the work we do and the impact we create
• We care about people's learning and career ambitions and have a compelling career framework to support this
• We offer an annual professional development allowance and time off for learning activities-we want you to grow
• A truly flexible workplace to make space for the other important parts of your life, including generous parental leave and your birthday off
• Bring your whole self to work. We love working with people who bring their personality, their experience and their uniqueness to the team
• An inclusive working environment that is warm and community inspired

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