SOFTWARE ENGINEER

ABOUT GEOSCAPE AUSTRALIA

Geoscape Australia is a leader in location intelligence. We are committed to building a smarter, more productive Australia by delivering data products and services that have impact on the everyday lives of Australian’s, by powering enterprise and enabling good government. Geoscape Australia is widely recognised as delivering economic, social and environmental outcomes across the economy, through its customer and partner ecosystem.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a key role within a development team to design, collaborate and execute the technical vision of Geoscape's Continuous Data Platform.

This exciting role is responsible for delivering technical solutions, contributing to the vision, and designing and developing frameworks and components which make up the continuous data platform. You’ll work with the team to execute on technical solutions driving product goals, and break down product features into actionable, deliverable items of work.

Strong Technical and collaborative skills are essential to support both the success of the team and the company at large.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

A creative problem-solver with strong technical skills, and a desire to deliver the products our customers need.

You’ll bring:

• Strong technical design, engineering, and architecture skills
• 3+ years of software development experience, with a preference for Python.
• 2+ years of experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud platform, with a preference for AWS 
• Working knowledge of Docker, IaC and CI/CD tools 
• The ability to grasp a problem, assess solutions and take action to implement them
• The ability to communicate complex concepts in plain language.
• A willingness to own and operate the systems you’re building
• An understanding and commitment to working in short cycles, pair programming and delivering product iteratively.
• The desire to always learn new skills and techniques, and to share your knowledge with the team.
• The ability to manage work with innovation time

SKILLS

We look forward to you providing examples of your skills and experience in:

• Delivering solutions that meet customer needs
• Improving technical standards
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• The ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team. 

It would be advantageous but not essential if you have experience with:

• Both SQL and NoSQL
• Geospatial data 
• Web frontend implementation experience using ReactJS or similar
• Machine Learning

Tools We Use

Some of the tools we use in our day-to-day work include:

• Python
• PostgreSQL/PostGIS
• PyCharm
• Docker
• AWS: RDS, Lambda, Kinesis, S3, ECS, DynamoDB
• Git, GitHub, Jira
   

JOIN OUR TEAM OF INNOVATORS

Data was once an abstract idea. Today it’s woven through our lives, linking the physical and the digital, informing the choices we make in rapidly evolving social and geographical landscapes.

Geoscape Australia is a trusted source of spatial data, and an independent and self-funded company owned by the governments of Australia.

Promoting innovation is our cause. In the data-driven economy, our data powers new technologies, products and processes, improves productivity and stimulates economic growth.

With a history of collaboration and a culture of shared thinking, we push beyond what we know today to approach new challenges with a fresh perspective.

The result? For businesses and governments, the data required to make better decisions. For our people, the chance to build a meaningful career solving real-world problems.

OUR VALUES

We’re passionate about building a smarter, more productive Australia and we put our people first in the decisions we make. Our teams are passionate about our products and have a genuine desire for the growth of not only Geoscape’s products but each other.

We have a transparent team of experienced Senior Leaders who channel clear expectations and goals with regular performance feedback and recognition.

Most importantly we are a respectful, inclusive and friendly workplace and each of our team members proudly role model the company values; Trusted | Courageous | Inclusive

BENEFITS

• Flexible working arrangements to support you to thrive at work and at home
• A commitment to professional development, including an annual professional development allowance
• Regular one on one check-ins with clear conversations on OKRs and real time feedback
• Salary sacrifice arrangements
• Employee surveys and other feedback mechanisms
• Healthy workplace initiatives
• An annual doona day
• And…we have fun!
   

Geoscape Australia is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply using the apply here link in this job ad, please note only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Please no recruiters, we are happy to go this one alone.