Senior Developer in Richmond, 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

In this team, we are on a mission to help consumers manage their shortlist, evaluate properties and successfully transact. We’re focusing on bringing to life new, personalised experiences that drive engagement, particularly around helping consumers plan and attend inspections, enquire about a property, and make an offer. We think that solving consumer problems in these areas will allow us to step change our user experience, maintain the largest audience (more than half of Australian adults use us!) and provide better leads to real estate agents.

This year will be a challenging one: we work on high-visibility products and our decisions can fundamentally change how seekers attend inspections and communicate with agents. Because of this, we’ll want someone who can balance making strides against large initiatives while also getting small, cheap experiments out the door to help validate our next step.

What the role is all about

• Designing, coding, testing, deploying, and maintaining applications.

• Keeping our production applications stable and healthy.

• Leading the implementation of major features.

• Inform delivery planning and technical design by providing a balanced view of options, effort and quality considerations.

• Keep abreast of the latest technology advancements to inform product and technical design.

• Proactively contribute to the continuous improvement of products, technology, process and team development.

• Actively develop skills and experience through continual learning and evaluation.

• Providing technical mentoring and guidance to less experienced members of the team

Who we’re looking for

• Advanced skills in a backend language such as Java or Scala + API development.

• Experience in core web development technologies such as JavaScript, Typescript, HTML, CSS & modern web applications frameworks (e.g. React).

• Experience in modern software development techniques such as test-driven development and continuous delivery.

• Able to be effective in a collaborative team environment.

• Able to adapt and thrive in an evolving environment.

• Excellent relationship building, negotiation and influencing skills.

• Strong learning agility.

• Someone who looks at challenging situations through a solutions-focused lens.

• Ability to work productively in a fast paced and agile environment

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.

Join our Talent Neighbourhood

Keen to be part of REA but didn’t find a perfect match with this opportunity? Perhaps the timing isn’t right? You should join our Talent Neighbourhood!

By joining, you will receive information about our working culture and life at REA, industry updates from various areas of our business, invites to our events or materials to help you succeed in interviews at REA. In addition, our recruiters will reach out to you if there’s a role that matches your interests, skills and aspirations.

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