Swimming is Australia’s most successful Olympic and Paralympic sport and there has never been a more exciting time to join our sport. Following a successful Paris campaign and with the green and gold runway to Brisbane 2032, we have created this new role to support the delivery of our digital and technology strategy for high performance and community swimming working on the Swim Central Platform.

Our purpose is to Inspire Australia Through Swimming. To achieve this purpose, our aim is to cultivate a high-performance culture across our business and engage a team who are excited by our audacious ambitions and aligned to our Values of Courage, Unity and Excellence.

We are seeking a Junior Developer who will play a key role working on the Swim Central platform and working with our Microsoft-based technology stack. The ideal candidate will have foundational programming knowledge, eagerness to learn, a passion for development, and ability to work collaboratively within our development environment. This exciting opportunity is a Full Time position working in a hybrid model between the office and home to support flexibility, ideally based out of our Brisbane office.

About the role:

Reporting to the Swim Central Project & Development Manager, the principal duties of this role will be:

• Assist in developing, testing, and maintaining relevant software applications

• Support the development team by troubleshooting, debugging & resolving software issues

• Collaborate with tech & non-tech stakeholders to gather requirements and clarify objectives

• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code under the guidance of senior developers

• Participate in code reviews & team discussions to improve code quality/share knowledge

• Contribute to technical documentation for new and existing software implementations

• Monitor and report on the technical performance of internal systems

• Take part in continuous improvement initiatives, including enhancements to our CI/CD processes and tools

About you:

What you will bring to the role:

• Preferred IT related degree or industry experience/training

• Awareness of / basic proficiency in HTML, TypeScript (or JavaScript), and C#

• Familiarity with query languages including SQL and/or FetchXML

• Exposure to / understanding of .NET Web API and Angular frameworks

• Interest in cloud technologies, specifically Microsoft Azure services

• Office 365 Administration & Azure experience preferred

• Experience and skilled in developing strong relationships; influencing and motivating staff and key stakeholders

• Ability to work well both within a team environment and autonomously.

To Apply

If you think you're up to the challenge, we'd love to hear from you! A copy of the position description can be provided by contacting recruitment@swimming.org.au.

Please submit your resume and an accompanying cover letter via Seek. Applications must include both documents and respond to the screening questions to be considered.

Applications will close at 10pm on Sunday 29th June. We will however be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore this role may close sooner if we find the right candidate so do not delay getting your application in.

At Swimming Australia, we are an equal opportunity employer that celebrates and supports an inclusive and diverse workforce that represents our vast swimming community. We embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation.

We are also committed to promoting and protecting the safety and wellbeing of children and young people through our safeguarding children practices. Candidates should be aware this includes a number of screening processes during the recruitment and selection process to ensure we uphold this commitment. All employees at Swimming Australia are required to hold a valid employee Working with Children and a satisfactory criminal history check.

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