Associate Software Engineer (Python/Django) - #34756

Our client is an Australian-based company that has built workflow and automation software for mortgage brokers and is majority-owned by Australian Finance Group, a public company. It was developed by a top-producing mortgage broker, for mortgage brokers who want to write more business in less time and with less stress.

As a Software Engineer, you will be collaborating closely with the team in order to successfully develop, maintain, and enhance platforms while ensuring accurate documentation, effective communication and efficient workflow.

Duties and Responsibilities:

·  Participate in Lean / Agile / Scrum events.

·  Attend daily standup meetings

·  Monitor Agile board for assigned tasks

·  Collaborate closely with key team members

·  Utilize Github for version control and collaboration

·  Initiate work on assigned cards/tasks

·  Complete software developments according to requirements

·  Create and manage pull requests for code review and actively participate in code reviews

·  Address and fix bugs identified during development

·  Develop and maintain backend platform on a daily basis

·  Implement software solutions on cloud platforms such as AWS

·  Document architecture and codebase for future reference

·  Work on projects involving multiple services and technologies

·  Develop new features from concept to implementation

Foster collaboration and good communication within the team for efficient workflow

Requirements

Skills / Qualifications:

·  Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related

·  Associate Level: At least 1 to 2 years of experience in software engineering

·  Critical thinking mindset with a desire to learn and evolve in a continually growing market

·  Experience utilizing ORMs such as Django and Ruby on Rails etc

·  Knowledgeable in any cloud environment with a good understanding of cloud principles

·  Knowledgeable with building scalable web apps, Microservices, and building and maintaining RESTful APIs

·  Ability to work on an Agile / Scrum environment

·  Strong documentation skills and experience with any of the following: Confluence, Jira, GitHub, and VSCode

·  Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal in order to effectively collaborate and communicate with the team

Can effectively collaborate and communicate with the team

Advantageous Skills / Technologies:

·       Experience with Typescript, React

·       Infrastructure as Code: Terraform

·       CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps

·       Design patterns

·       Automation testing and unit testing