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REA Group Developer in Fortitude Valley, 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 (https://www.rea-group.com/about-us/about-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
This Developer role sits in the Resi foundation squad that are changing the way people experience property. They do this by connecting real estate agents with the largest property seeking audience in Australia. The team is responsible for driving the core commercial proposition of residential property advertising on realestate.com.au.
What the role is all about
Working with a team of experienced full stack developers (Melbourne and Xi’An)
Working with Tech Leads and architect to ensure our solution is line with our technical vision
Informing delivery planning and technical design by providing a balanced view of options, effort, and quality considerations
Keeping abreast of the latest technology advancements to inform product and technical design
Proactively contributing to the continuous improvement of products, technology, process and team development
Actively developing skills and experience through continual learning and evaluation
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for a mid to senior Developer (depending on experience) who has a passion to learn new programming languages particularly functional programming (such as Scala). Below are some of the attributes we are looking for in a candidate:
Developed skills in building full-stack web products
Developed skills in designing and building systems with cloud technologies (e.g. AWS EC2, Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, basic networking etc..)
Developed skills in two or more programming languages - (e.g Scala/ TypeScript/React)
Developed skills in modern software development techniques (e.g. functional programming, object oriented programming, test-driven development and CI/CD)
Experienced in agile environment and systems development life cycle
Ability to effectively work in pair programming and also independently
Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other teams/tribes and stakeholders.
And some bonus points (and these are also things you can gain from this role):
Experience with functional programming
Work in a collaborative team environment and exercise pair programming on daily basis.
Able to provide business solutions with constrains/limits and adapt to changes
Work productively within tight deadlines in an agile environment
Experience working in a distributed team (in Xi’An) is desirable
Experience in designing and building micro-services and distributed systems, (e.g. REST API, GraphQL, queue-based, event driven architecture with Kafka or SQS) with good performance and adequate security
Experience in building data pipeline with Airflow Breeze, Google BigQuery, Relational Databases
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.
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