Junior Full Stack Developer (Java / React)

About the position

Griddle is a catalyst in education, enabling schools to offer a more personalised, engaging, and effective learning journey for every student. At Griddle, we want to revolutionise the educational experience by providing advanced timetabling solutions for our schools. Our school management ecosystem is now used in more than 3,000 schools across Australia and beyond and we’re joined by over 200 members of the Compass team, delivering smart school management solutions around the world. We’re looking for a passionate individual to join our Griddle (Timetabling) team as a Junior Software Engineer. Reporting to the Griddle Engineering Manager, this role will be working on our new timetabling product, Griddle, where you'll focus on features including: Course Selection, Class List Management, Timetable Generation and much more.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain secure, scalable software that’s used by thousands of students, parents and teachers throughout the world, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and maintainability.
• Inspire quality and best practices by championing software craftsmanship, clean code and pair programming.
• Establish strong connections with your team by sharing your ideas and feedback generously, while also being receptive to their input.
• Grow, learn and thrive in a team who are committed to supporting you and helping you succeed.
• Work together with Product Owners and Designers to understand our customers' needs and develop products that effectively address their challenges.
• Contribute to our diverse and inclusive culture and take pride in doing work that makes a real difference for school communities.

Requirements

• A keen interest in developing a high-quality product while meeting company objectives with other talented developers.
• A passion for software development and an interest in actively keeping up to date with new tech.
• Experience troubleshooting software systems and identify when a problem is worth solving for the customer and the business.
• Pride and ownership over the software you build.
• Understanding of modern product and engineering principles and practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• The ability to work independently and within a team environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Proven experience (1+ years) in object-oriented programming languages (Java).
• Proven experience (1+ years) in frontend javascript libraries and frameworks (React.js, Node.js and Typescript).
• Exposure to working with SQL/NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and designing and implementing database solutions.
• Exposure to testing practices eg. TDD or automation.
• Bonus points for knowledge of Spring Framework, RabbitMQ and/or AWS.

Benefits

• A flexible working culture.
• Learning & Development opportunities - we want you to grow and get the most out of your role!
• Parental Leave Program for both primary and secondary carers.
• 24/7 access to our Employment Assistance Program (EAP) through the means of face-to-face, livechat and phone support.
• Year round team building & social event opportunities.