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Form of workABOUT THE ABC
The ABC is the nation's most trusted and independent source of Australian conversations, culture, and stories. With over 4,000 employees from diverse backgrounds across over 50 locations around Australia and overseas, we are proud to create, curate and deliver high-quality content that informs, educates and entertains Australian communities.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a part of the Product & Technology team you will play a key role in guiding and providing technical development skills within ABC's Web Development team, to efficiently develop, maintain and support new and existing audience facing digital web-based products in line with ABC strategy and objectives. You will support the engineering leadership team by advocating best practice development to team members and ensuring continuous improvement.
This position is primarily utilising front end technologies with the chance to learn or brush up your Typescript skills. You will also get a chance to work with Node.js, if you’re more a full stack developer.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Provide advanced technical development skills within ABC Digital Product’s Engineering team, to develop high performance, secure and accessible digital products efficiently across desktop, mobile and potentially other device groups.
- Under the broad direction of the Technical Lead, contribute to the analysis, design and development of complex, re-usable components, and functionality for a broad range of uses.
- Maintain a high level of awareness of best practice in the industry for web development, particularly in areas such as performance, security, SEO, and accessibility; and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.
- Continually improve the quality of output and maintain the integrity of professional documentation.
ABOUT YOU
- Outstanding front-end (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) skills, with demonstrated experience developing very complex, accessible (WCAG 2.0), secure and high-performance user interfaces for a range of platforms and devices at scale.
- Demonstrated detailed knowledge and experience in using modern frameworks and build tools, implementing automated/unit testing, and version control branching, merging and versioning strategies.
- Experience with at least one server-side language (preferably Node) is an advantage.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to foster open and creative relationships within and across teams.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills with an ability to prioritise projects and tasks, and investigate, diagnose, and solve complex technical problems.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Come and join the vibrant Digital Product department in the ABC. Our mission is to enable ABC’s digital future, where ABC transitions from a traditional broadcaster to Australia’s most trusted and valued digital media organisation. Through harnessing our talents in digital, collaborating with our partners and delivering beyond expectations, we ensure the ABC not just remains relevant but thrives.
As a group of product and platform teams, we develop and maintain the ABC's audience facing digital products across mobile, connected TV, desktop, and smart speakers. Whether it is staying informed of the latest breaking news, bringing some great TV on ABC iview, streaming the Hottest 100 on the triple j app and website, or entertaining the kids with our ABC Kids app - the ABC's Digital Product offerings are some of Australia's most loved and most used platforms.
Your work will be appreciated by millions of audiences across Australia. We are an open and cohesive team where your voice will not get lost. You can get a sneak peek into our product engineering world through our blog: https://www.abc.net.au/digital-product
We are committed to career development and invest in our people to grow and become leaders in their fields. Everyone in the Digital Product department has a designated budget for training and development. We believe in flexible approaches to working and building self-organising and collaborative teams that offer friendly and supportive environments in which all team members can strive and grow.
For further information on this position please contact Brett Whyte, Digital Talent Acquisition Lead via email ***********@abc.net.au
We are unable to accept email applications, please ensure that you submit your application via the online portal. We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.
In line with our focus on diversity, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTIQA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.
For more information on inclusive employee networks within the ABC please refer to Life Page on ABC LinkedIn. For more information on working at the ABC visit abc.net.au/careers
