React Job: Mobile Engineer

Company Description

Life at Nine.

When it comes to connecting brands with the passions of Australians, there’s no other media company like Nine.

Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company with investments spanning Television, Video on Demand, Print, Digital, and Radio.

Nine lives at the intersection of Australia’s best content, conversation and culture.

The Nine Publishing Technology team build and maintain some of the most highly respected and visited websites and mobile apps in Australia, including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian Financial Review and 9Now, as well as their content management systems, services and middleware.

Job Description

In your role as Engineer you'll play a key role in building an exciting greenfield project to deliver our audacious digital audio strategy.

Working in a small autonomous Agile squad, you’ll be crafting world-class high performance mobile applications & interfaces while actively working to build your skills in React Native.

Our technology stack is predominantly web-based, particularly using React Native, but you should be willing to deep dive into other areas including Swift and Kotlin.

Qualifications

Who are you?

You’re confident using ReactJS and are excited by the thought of deep diving into React Native and mobile development.

You enjoy being challenged and take delight in overcoming technical obstacles. Your passion for quality engineering drives you to continually improve your craft and learn new and effective ways of doing things.

You take pride in working with others to build high quality high performance products that delight and are depended on by their audiences.

You genuinely care about those around you and your positive and open customer-centred approach makes you approachable and a pleasure to work with.

Agile work & planning practices are second nature to how you operate.

Must Have:

• 2 or more years commercial experience working with ReactJS
• Solid knowledge of Javascript (ES6) or TypeScript
• Experience with JavaScript testing frameworks and libraries such as React Testing Library, Jest & Mocha
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• A self-starting, inquisitive nature
• A continuous improvement mindset
• A strong focus on quality
• Excellent problem solving skills

Bonus points:

• Experience building high quality mobile applications using React Native
• Experience in native iOS and Android development using Swift or Kotlin
• Experience building and deploying solutions on AWS or other cloud platforms
• Experience building APIs using microservice architecture

Additional Information

What you'll get in return at Nine.

• Career development and quality training
• Up to 16 weeks paid primary carer’s parental leave
• Discounts on lifestyle, entertainment, and leisure memberships, including health insurance, dental and gym
• Access to Future Women – a movement to help women connect, learn and lead through unique content and events.
• Hybrid Working/Flexible working
• Discounts on products and services with corporate partners including Samsung, Apple, JB HI-FI, HP, Hertz Car Hire and TFE Hotels
• Nine Cares

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

Nine’s Workplace Condition of Entry

Nine is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace and doing what is reasonably practical to protect our people, including visitors to all Nine sites and events.

Nine has introduced a Workplace Condition of Entry - COVID 19 Policy that requires all workplace attendees and participants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering a Nine workplace (unless you have a valid medical exemption). You will be asked to declare your vaccination status as part of the application process and provide evidence of this. This information will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

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