Software Engineer, Identity

Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want – across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.

Nine’s assets include the 9Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, Drive, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investment in Domain Group.

Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.

We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.

Job Description

An excellent opportunity has arisen in our North Sydney office for a Fullstack Software Engineer with a stronger backend programming focus within on our 9Now Engineering team. This role will give you the opportunity to work across your stronger back-end focus, utilizing Nodejs as our primary platform including front-end & dev-ops skills working together as part of a dynamic tight-knit team.

You will be responsible for building and operating a highly available, performant device and user authentication system and responsibly managing the identity data of Australia’s largest BVOD 9Now, Radio and Nine.com.au publishing user-base. Our systems are in the critical path for Nine’s BVOD and Digital Radio services and we pride ourselves on building highly scalable and resilient solutions that are consumed across by millions of users. We expect you to love solving problems, enjoy working collaboratively with other engineers, like to ship and support solutions that you design and build, and of course be curious about technology and love to learn and grow as an enthusiastic software engineer.

You will be supported to cross skill and train in DevOps and other areas of our stack.

Our tech stack includes Node.js, Typescript, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, AWS, TeamCity CI/CD, Slack, Grafana, ElasticSearch, and more.

Qualifications

We invest heavily in the continuous development of our people, so you will need to be someone who is open to new ideas and is motivated by learning new things. You will also enjoy working collaboratively across the team and the organization, and be able to share creative ideas in a professional and constructive way.

In order to be successful for this role, you will ideally have:

• Previous experience as a Software Engineer, Senior Engineer or Lead Engineer position
• Hands-on experience with Typescript, JavaScript, NodeJS, React or equivalent framework
• Unit testing and Test Driven Development
• Experience designing APIs using microservice architecture
• Experience building and deploying solutions on AWS or other cloud platforms
• Demonstrated quality focused engineering skills
• A passion for mentoring and sharing ideas
• A self-starting and inquisitive approach

Don’t worry if you can’t tick every single one of these boxes, we would still like to hear from you. With a willingness to learn, a positive attitude and a growth mindset anything is possible at Nine!

Additional Information

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

We're committed to a safe, respectful and inclusive Nine. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, genders, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures as we recognise the importance and value of diverse perspectives. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please advise us when you apply.

Work rights: Please note to apply for this role you must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia.