Senior Developers
Senior Developers
Local Peoples is seeking enthusiastic and talented Senior Developers in the ACT, QLD, SA to join our team as embedded members with our prestigious Government client.
Development Experts engage in the design and the development of high-quality solutions in support of business and technical requirements. The role solves highly complex problems. Development Experts exercise a considerable degree of independence and undertake a technical leadership role, with work performed under the general guidance of senior staff.
Senior Developers realise design, prototypes and testing support, and are responsible for the development of software and technical design. The role is responsible for the definition of software/technical design and realisation.
Developers work under the limited direction of senior staff. They exercise both initiative and judgement in the interpretation of policy and in the application of practices and procedures. Decision-making is substantially dependent on judgement, skills and knowledge. Senior Developers manage and organise their own work in the context of competing priorities, including contributing to business planning, changes in workplace practices and business improvement strategies.
Roles & Responsibilities:
•Perform and manage analysis, design, development, prototyping, unit testing and maintenance activities
•Solve highly complex problems and deliver high quality solutions
•Perform high-level analysis of technical requirements to support project evaluation with proposed solutions
•Undertake technical design and development of highly complex custom solutions, and/or standard conversion and migration solutions
•Manage the release and ensure go-live production support and maintenance for the team’s developments
•Proactively share knowledge and expertise as the subject matter expert, and provide assistance and mentorship to less experienced staff
•Ensure compliance with endorsed software development methodologies
•Provide support to development teams to ensure high quality custom solution realisation
•Maintain and support existing system/technology to support day-to-day operations
•Report on the achievement of business outcomes, key performance indicators and quality assurance in the area of responsibility
•Develop staff capability through coaching and mentoring
•Resolve escalated issues and suggest alternative approaches
•Prepare and review a range of written material which may include technical and corporate documentation
•Provide detailed, specialist technical advice to the senior executive where appropriate
•Monitor and manage work output and quality against established performance standards
•Influence and contribute to ICT strategy, resolving conflicts as needed
•Support innovation and manage and lead change
•Encourage and support continuous improvement
Primary Knowledge/Skills/Systems/Tools required for role include:
•JAVA
•M204
•COBOL
•RESTFUL API
•TYPESCRIPT
Essential Skills & Experience:
• The Candidate’s employment history, prior experience in undertaking the same or similar role for an organisation of the same or similar size and complexity as Services Australia.
• The Candidate’s professional qualifications, relevant to the position being applied for
• The Candidate’s professional accreditations, if applicable to the position being applied for.
• The Candidate’s skills relevant to the position being applied for.
• The response describing how the Candidate’s skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications would contribute to the position being applied for.
Residency & Clearance:
- Must be an Australian citizen
- Must be open to work in ACT, QLD, SA
- Hold a current baseline or be able to obtain one
Who are Local Peoples?
Local Peoples is a strategic research and design studio based in Melbourne and Canberra.
Our mission is to design healthy, resilient and resourceful communities. We are proud to be a certified B-Corporation with a strong focus on our social, environmental and economic impact.
We work across brand and digital design, place and experience design,, content and community engagement. Our key partners include state and local government, social enterprises, universities and large commercial organisations. All are experiencing complex challenges right now and we believe that design research, thinking and delivery can help to solve these challenges and make positive change for people and the planet.
We produce www.mattersjournal.com, a publication and community of 100K+, which focuses on design-led social innovation and impact.
Benefits of working with Local Peoples:
- We are experts in team design and augmentation - supporting with the right skills and experience at the right time.
- We are leaders in the human centred design space with diverse design skills across brand design, service design, User interface (UI) and User experience (UX) design, design research, communications and place design.
- We are a certified B-Corporation and prioritise the social, environmental and economic impact of our work.
- Our people always have the full support of the studio to call upon for design thinking, tools and tips, so you are not just getting access to one bright mind, but a collective of many with diverse and deep experiences.
- We are top tier talent who are experienced and incredibly passionate about supporting the impact of your agency and the public sector
Local Peoples proudly supports the LGBTQ+ community, neurodiverse individuals, and First Nations people. We are committed to creating inclusive spaces where everyone, regardless of their identity, feels valued and respected. Together, we strive for equality and a positive future for all.
Local Peoples works, creates, and plays on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Bunurong, and Wathaurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, land which has never been ceded. We thank them for caring for this land for over 40,000 years and recognize and pay our deepest respect to Elders past, present, and emerging. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land
- Department
- Delivery
- Role
- Developers
- Locations
- Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
About Local Peoples
Local Peoples works, creates and plays on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Bunurong and Wathaurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, land which has never been ceded. We thank them them for caring for this land for over 40,000 years and recognise and pay our deepest respect to elders past, present and emerging. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
Senior Developers
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