Intermediate Front-end Software Engineer

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Wenco International Mining Systems (www.wencomine.com), a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM), provides industry leading, innovative technologies to customers in the mining and material movement sectors, enabling sustainable and safe operations.

We are looking for an Intermediate Software Engineer in Brisbane, Australia.

Reporting to the Research & Development Manager, the Intermediate Software Engineer will work as a member of an agile software team. We are looking for someone who can partner with our UX design team and apply their software engineering skills to design and implement innovative experiences for applications that include IoT, asset health, mine operations and autonomous mining fleets.

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User Experience Technology at Wenco

Wenco’s product line is primarily focused on serving two categories of user experiences:‍

1. Devices attached to mobile equipment and mobile devices

This includes industrial touch screens attached to mobile equipment and mobile devices including Android and iOS handsets.

2. Mining Operations Centers

This includes large multi-screen displays that are used to control operations at a mine.

In Wenco’s existing product, a majority of the user interfaces are developed as native Microsoft Window’s applications using WinForms and WPF. Wenco is currently undertaking the re-engineering of the user interfaces across its entire product line using a modern web technology (React/TS/HTML5), to provide compelling user experiences that can be operated on any device with a compatible web browser.

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Key Responsibilities

Development

• Design and implement modern web applications
• Contribute to design and implementation across full stack
• Support technical services and operations teams with investigation and reproduction of customer issues.
• Analyze code and application execution for optimization and performance tuning

Teamwork

• Be relentless in pursuit of continuous improvement
• Help promote a culture of quality within the development team
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to keep the team on the right track

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Qualifications & Skills

• A minimum of 3 years work experience as a software engineer
• Extensive experience with modern web development technologies, including React & Typescript (ideally with experience across the full stack)
• Knowledge across the whole development lifecycle from partnership with UX design to development, unit testing, automated functional testing, deployment and monitoring
• Demonstrated experience working with Scrum practices
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including best practices related to coding standard, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and deployment

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Nice to Have

• 2+ years of experience with a commercial cloud-based Software as a Service business
• Experience with microservices using Node.js and/or Python
• Experience with Container driven development
• Experience and/or knowledge of the mining industry

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The Benefits

• A hybrid in-office and home-office work policy.
• Optional 9/80 work schedule to enjoy a long weekend every other week.
• Annual Bonus Scheme.
• Competitive salary based on your skills and experience.

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Education & Eligibility

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent
• Must be eligible to work in Australia

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Wenco advances the efficiency and safety of the world’s surface mining equipment through our fleet management systems.  We are committed to providing a stable yet exciting work place environment for individual employees to build and grow their career with the Company.

Wenco is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Disclaimer

The information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.   It is not intended as an employment contract.  Job descriptions are subject to change, which may not necessarily affect compensation.

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As our team experiences high volumes of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. To be considered, please ensure a resume is attached.