Senior Engineer

Are you interested in joining the dream team at Wesfarmers OneDigital?

Good call. We’re an exciting new digital enterprise with big ideas, supporting some of Australia’s most trusted and iconic brands focussed on making lives better for people all around Australia. We’re well on our way towards bringing the best of digital and data possibilities together to create more personalised shopping experiences for customers across our retail brands.

We’re continuing to bring the best talent and skills under one roof, working together and across disciplines to build amazing experiences for our customers. We continuously feed off each other’s insights, talents and capabilities, because we are a business that thrives on open collaboration and a shared vision of positive, fun and rewarding experiences.

Your Chapter

The Engineering Chapter houses the capabilities and roles necessary to develop the OnePass platform which includes front-end, back-end and middle developer capabilities embedded throughout. The specific skillsets will vary based on the technology and the tech being used, as well as how it aligns to the cross-functional teams. Engineering is responsible for establishing engineering practices within OnePass.

What you’ll be doing

You will be responsible for developing OnePass website to support new features and incremental improvements. You will work closely with UX designers, product managers and delivery to ensure paramount customer experience.

Key duties and deliverables:

• Support customer-facing experiences by leveraging modern frontend/mobile technologies (react native) focusing on high-quality engineering and continuous delivery
• Use robust coding practices, solid unit/component and integration test coverage, and debugging of code
• Transform business requirements and UI/UX wireframes and designs into product features using the latest frontend and mobile technologies as part of an agile cross-functional team
• Ability to write tested, maintainable code for frontend stack (Typscript/React) with a focus on accessibility, reusability, and modern best practices
• Build and own integrations from the front end to the back end using GraphQL and Apollo
• Improve and refine existing product functionality and user experience elements
• Contribute to team standards, frameworks, ways of working and tools
• Demonstrate willingness to help others and work outside of core competencies when needed, such as back-end development or testing
• Improve and refine existing site functionality and user experience elements by participate in monitoring, support, and continuous improvement of the production environment

What you'll bring to the table

• Energetic and passionate for UX-UI design with an ability to clearly discuss and explain design options
• Strong drive for continuous improvement – creating efficiencies & processes, innovating, maximising growth, accelerating the rate of new customer engagement, and improving website profitability
• Skilful with unit testing frameworks like eg. Jest/Enzyme, React Testing Library and integration testing frameworks eg. Playwright
• Effective communicator and ability to work as part of a cross functional team
• Strong knowledge of TypeScript and React
• Experience with React Native and iOS or Android native environments and development
• Ability to effectively communicate concerns when things don’t feel “right”
• Demonstrated skills in integrating to web analytics
• Demonstrated success working with agile and Lean methodologies
• Customer focused with a solid understanding of customer needs and behaviours and the user experience journey

Nice to haves

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science
• 4-5+ years’ experience in modern engineering practices focused on frontend or mobile applications
• Experience working with GraphQL and Apollo or building node.js APIs
• Experience working with and contributing to a Design System

Why OneDigital?

Working in a community of industry-leading innovators with a diverse and deep set of skills and experience, you will learn, collaborate, and co-create to achieve great things.

• You’ll have ownership of your role, which will allow you to find the right balance between stretch and sustainability, work, and life.
• Culture of comradery and collaboration - OneTeam
• Plus, all the tools and learning you need, the tone is set for you to shine and succeed.  
• We know that diversity fosters greater innovation and better customer connection, so we strive to create a team where everyone feels like they belong. We support diversity, inclusion and we are a gender-neutral organisation. We celebrate individuals at their core, so they shine to their best.

Team Benefits – just to name a few!

To support you at work, what you value in life and in the community, our team member benefits include:

• Access to the latest technologies
• An annual budget for your learning and development (this includes learning of your choice, certifications and more)
• Extended parental leave (16 weeks for primary carers), and paid volunteer days
• Flexible working – we balance working together with working flexibly
• People-focussed culture that celebrates achievements big and small
• Oh, and did I mention paid subscriptions and discount cards.

Next steps

If this sounds like your next career move, then click on the ‘Apply’ button now! Please note that we may commence interviewing candidates prior to the application closing date.