Senior Developer

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Detail information about job Senior Developer. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Join an ASX top 100 company and change the way the world experiences property
• Experience a people first culture where YOU are our competitive advantage
• We support a range of flexible working arrangements

We're rebuilding our product and finance systems using Ruby and we'd love you to come help us.

About the role...
The Money tribe is looking for a Senior Developer to join us and help build the systems and applications that will help drive REA forward on its mission to 'change the way the world experiences property'. We're using Ruby, Rails, microservices, Docker, and AWS to create a platform that the rest of the business can innovate on top of. You'll be deeply involved in the design and creation of the systems that let REA create new products, bundle them together, provision them to customers and collect money.
What you will learn:

• Ruby - most of our systems are written in Ruby which might sound weird for issuing invoices, but it's been working great so far! If Ruby is new to you that's fine provided you've got experience in another OO language and have the desire to learn Ruby.
• AWS - all our developers create, support, and monitor infrastructure using Amazon Web Services. There's loads of internal support so don't be afraid if this is new.
• Docker - all our apps are tested and deployed using Docker. Just like with AWS there's heaps of support for this and also internal training.
• Domain Driven Design - we're half-way through smashing our legacy monolith and replacing it with Ruby microservices. You might read about microservices on Hackernews, but here is where you get hands-on experience.
• Agile - REA is renowned for its agile approach. Teams are given the autonomy to come up with solutions independently in cross-functional teams.

What we expect:

• Approximately 5+ years experience in software development.
• Experience developing and deploying software.
• A desire to mentor and guide less experienced members of the team.
• Ideally some experience with Ruby, but at least 4 years experience with at least one object-oriented language such as Java, Python, or C#.
• Experience with Test Driven Design.

What is it like to work with us?
Each team has around 10 people who collectively represent technology, business, and product and work together to maintain existing products while building new capabilities for the business. Each day we get together, talk about what we've just done, what we're about to do then work together during the day. We believe strongly in pairing, testing, continuous delivery. Each week we participate in guilds across the company to keep our skills sharp and increase our impact, and in team retrospectives where we keep track of how our team is going. Your manager acts as a mentor to help guide you and your career, instead of being someone who monitors your day to day.
We're committed to creating inclusive, safe environments where anyone, no matter their background, can contribute and succeed.

What do you get beyond a great remuneration package?

• Birthday leave. A day off for your birthday.
• Flexible working arrangements. We've got people who work 4 days a week, and people who work from home.
• 3 days every 3 months in our regular hackathon - See: http://hackday.realestate.com.au
• Industry-leading parental leave system.
• Onsite health and wellbeing programs, including yoga and meditation classes along with showers and clean towels for when you work up a sweat.

About REA Group
Our leading brand is Australia’s biggest property resource, realestate.com.au. We also operate the number one commercial property site, realcommercial.com.au, and have businesses that help property developers and other brands advertise with us. Whilst we live in Australia, we’ve also got ventures in Asia and North America, and have the vision of expanding our footprint further. Everything we do is driven by our purpose to ‘change the way the world experiences property’ - from product innovation to our international investments.