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About us 

You may have heard of us, but did you know? Seven West Media (SWM) is not only the top news, sports and entertainment brand in WA, we are a group of diverse, creative and inclusive team members that love what we do. We get to connect with millions of Western Australians every day, and we aim to give our audience, clients and team the best experience. We comprise of brands including Channel Seven, The West Australian, The Sunday Times, thewest.com.au, PerthNow, 7plus, and thegame.com.au.  

We are looking for a talented Associate Developer to join our development team to create and maintain the codebases for several products and associated internal tools and products.   

About the role 

You’ll be working in a DERN tech stack and a team which ships to production multiple times a day on serverless cloud infrastructure. This requires great infrastructure and software, it’s not easy, but the skills we’ve gained are invaluable and transferrable. Not to mention the people on our team come from many different industries and all contribute something unique.  

Some of the kinds of work you’ll get to do include: 

• Develop code with the backing of a mature CI/CD platform that has branch deploys 

• Write infrastructure code alongside the actual code that runs the services/products  

• An Agile focused work culture using SCRUM 

• Using a wide range of AWS services in production, including Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, ECS, all deployed using infrastructure as code (using Pulumi).  

• TypeScript throughout all Node.js and React.js projects  

• GitHub for source control / collaboration with GitHub actions for CI 

• Merge to master deploys to production automatically  

About You 

As an Associate Developer you will have the ability and background to learn new technologies quickly.  You will have an affinity for large and often complex solutions and building quality products.  

Our team offers opportunities to learn, experiment and grow and are eager to hire developers who are excited to work with React. Prior experience or knowledge of React, React Native and TypeScript are beneficial, but all candidates with a grasp of programming principles or experience with JavaScript are encouraged to apply.  

We welcome diverse perspectives and are looking for people who value learning, collaboration, experimentation, and continuous improvement. In this position you will have the opportunity to expand and improve your skill sets while contributing to the delivery of public facing and internal news products.  

We are looking for someone who has the following:  

• Independent, but also can play in a team environment working towards a common goal 

• Excellent written and verbal communication & collaboration skills 

• Has a strong appetite to learn with relentless curiosity and dedication to personal growth 

• Knowledge in React and NodeJS 

• Experience or understanding in cloud services and/or mobile development (desirable) 

About the Benefits 

• Salary sacrifice packaging and a paid parental leave policy 

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements 

• Hack days  

• Lunch and learns, and technical training 

• An Osborne Park location with an onsite café, free gym and parking 

• An employee Perks program, health and wellbeing support program and more 

Apply now! 

Join us at Seven West Media and be a part of our success story. To apply simply click the ‘Apply Now’ button and follow the prompts to submit your resume and any supporting documents. Please note, only applicants who have current and valid Australian work rights can apply.