Front End Developer

Work in cutting edge technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of world’s most challenging technical problems in the Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing and Sensor Fusion fields, working with high profile customers across militaries, Government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and many others, in over 100 countries around the world. 

Be part of a well-funded and agile organisation, working as a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional world-class team. We have a flat organisational structure, and the best candidates will be both creative lateral thinkers and doers.

You are a lifelong learner. You are self-taught and continuously learning. You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise.

Push yourself and have fun in a well-supported team environment, with a high degree of autonomy, and competitive remuneration.

The company is seeking a Senior Front-end Software Developer with relevant experience to join the development team in Sydney. The role is primarily focused on the development of DroneShield C2 platform, DroneSentry-C2 (https://www.droneshield.com/sentry-c2). The C2 platform combines data from multi different deployed sensor types and displays this information to the user in a meaningful way. It represents an exceptional opportunity for a result-driven individual in a new niche but exploding market.

•    BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
•    Experience working with at least one modern JavaScript framework, React or Vue.js is ideal.
•    Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages.
•    Experience working with two or more from the following: web application development, Unix/Linux environments, distributed and parallel systems, developing large software systems, and/or security software development.
•    Demonstrable concise syntax with an appropriate, but not excessive level of documentation.
•    Creative lateral thinker.

Job Duties and Expectations
•    Design and develop the current Front-end systems to increase functionality and usability.
•    Build features and improvements from conceptualisation to realisation working closely with the software engineering team (Back-end, DevOps, and Management) 
•    Take operational responsibility for the services and code base that you will develop

Who you are
•    Solid understanding of HTML5 and CSS
•    Boundless passion for JavaScript (ideally React or Vue.js as a framework)
•    Familiar with Docker, Postman, GitLab, AWS is favourable.
•    You are a lifelong learner. You’re self-taught and continuously learning. You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise
•    You are experienced working with modern infrastructure and tools
•    You are comfortable running your software in Linux environments
•    You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming and automated testing
•    You’re familiar with designing and building distributed and scalable systems
•    An abundance of ambition and motivation to grow the company and compete with the big players in the industry.