Position Number: 0064088
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Fixed-term until June 2026
Department: Australian Bio Commons
Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Salary: UOM 8 – $119,742 - $129,607 p.a. plus 17% super

• Develop and maintain web-based infrastructure supporting genomics data for conservation, agriculture, and biosecurity applications.
• Work with a collaborative team on a project with national-scale impact, contributing to significant, life-changing outcomes.
• Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment!

About the Role
Australian Bio Commons is seeking a Full Stack Developer to join the Australian Tree of Life (ATo L) project, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at building digital infrastructure to support conservation, agriculture, and biosecurity decisions through molecular data. In this role, you will design and maintain a web-based portal, integrating it with various data sources and workflow engines to streamline genomics data application. Working in a dynamic environment with direct collaboration across multiple teams, this role is perfect for someone passionate about leveraging technology for life-changing impacts.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and deploy secure web applications by implementing best practices, preventing vulnerabilities, managing dependencies, and ensuring secure access and communication protocols.
• Develop and manage data pipelines within and across existing systems, and build infrastructure to monitor and interrogate the status of data movement into and throughout the ATo L platform.
• Understand and apply UX best practices and a modern design language when developing front end systems.

Who we are looking for
The successful candidate will have strong communication skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to work effectively in collaborative, agile teams. They will demonstrate flexibility in working with unfamiliar environments and code bases, while also excelling in delivering and documenting software solutions for stakeholders and end users.
You will also have:

• A degree in a relevant discipline, such as software engineering, computer science, or bioinformatics, or extensive equivalent industry experience.
• At least two years of experience as a full stack developer or a similar role.
• Experience with CI / CD practices and principles – Ansible, Cloud Formation, Jenkins, Octopus, and so on.
• A broad understanding of backend and frontend languages and frameworks and experience in at least one frontend framework such as Angular.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires the successful candidate to undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your New Team – Australian Bio Commons
Australian Bio Commons is an NCRIS-funded research infrastructure entity designed to enhance life science research through the provision of national-scale digital infrastructure. Our missions are to:

• sustain strategic leadership in the provision and use of bioinformatics and bioscience data infrastructures at a national scale;
• actively support life science research communities with community scale digital infrastructure developed and maintained in concert with international peer infrastructures; and
• provide access to platforms and services that:

• provide enduring access to digital techniques, data and tools that are needed by world-class environmental, agricultural and biomedical research.
• provide training and support solutions that enable the rapid and broad-based adoption of the above.

What we offer you!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page!
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Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
• The responses against the Selection Criteria^ (found in the )

Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Brett Verity via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.
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Advertised: 29 Oct 2024 12:05 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 19 Nov 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time