- 1-year contract, renewable
- Government project
- Hybrid work arrangement
This role is hands-on, with a significant focus on frontend product development using React, while also contributing to backend (Node.js) services and AWS-based infrastructure. You will participate in technical planning, drive implementation excellence, and occasionally lead feature development end-to-end.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and enhance web dashboards and user interfaces using TypeScript + React.js.
- Develop backend APIs, services and internal tools using TypeScript (Node.js).
- Collaborate closely with Tech Lead to execute plans and technical direction for the platform.
- Take ownership of features - design, build, test, deploy and maintain.
- Participate actively in code reviews, system discussions and engineering best practices.
- Ensure product performance, scalability and reliability at scale.
- Contribute to AWS deployment workflows, CI/CD and infrastructure improvements.
- Produce clear documentation for systems, features and operational procedures.
- Occasionally lead and drive feature development independently.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong experience with React + TypeScript, especially for production-scale dashboards.
- Solid backend development experience using Node.js (TypeScript).
- Hands-on experience with AWS deployments and cloud-native architecture.
- Familiar with CI/CD pipelines, environments, and infrastructure as code (Terraform experience is a plus).
- Understanding of scalable architecture, performance optimisation and secure coding practices.
- Able to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams (PM, QA, DevOps, Data).
- Comfortable working in both new and legacy codebases, and learning fast.
- Exhibits strong ownership, clarity in communication and good engineering hygiene.
Good-to-Have / Bonus
- Experience with Ruby or Golang backend.
- Knowledge of Terraform or other IaC tooling.
- Experience with large-scale monitoring, observability, or distributed systems.
- Familiarity with data streaming, analytics pipelines or Snowplow ecosystem.
Who You Are
- Hands-on engineer first - you enjoy building.
- Fast learner who adapts quickly to both legacy and modern systems.
- Strong collaborator, but capable of leading features when required.
- Values quality - readable code, documentation, tests, stability.
- Motivated to build meaningful government digital services used nationwide.
