Australia (4-months Fixed Term Contract, 4 or 5 days per week, starting immediately)
About us
XDI (Cross Dependency Initiative) is a specialist, mission-led physical climate risk analytics company, focused on changing how climate risk is understood, valued and acted on by the institutions that shape the global economy.
Established in 2007, XDI is the world’s longest-standing independent specialist in physical climate risk and adaptation analytics, and is recognised as a global leader in the Forrester Wave™: Climate Risk Analytics Software (2025) and the 2024 Verdantic Smart Innovator report. We translate climate risk into financially decision-useful intelligence, enabling decision-makers to plan for resilience and adaptation, and to redirect capital away from high-risk, high-emission activities toward a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. Our clients include major banks, investors, asset owners and governments around the world, and we increasingly partner with academic institutions and NGOs to help deliver our impact goals.
XDI is part of The Climate Risk Group. Across the group, we have around 50 team members based in Australia and Europe.
This is a fixed-term position for 4 months, located in Australia (hybrid or remote working), starting immediately.
The Role
Our Web Services product team owns the design and development of our self-service portal (XDI Hub) that enables our resellers and commercial customers to access human-readable results, to scale the volume of sales, and provide sector-relevant insights with reliable climate risk information, empowering users to make climate-forward decisions for the planet.
As a Developer, you will bring your extensive experience in web application and software development best practices, working closely with our Product Manager to implement product designs efficiently and effectively. You will be responsible for building scalable products capable of supporting future growth plans, not only developing software solutions but also managing the technical roadmap, ensuring product performance and security, and collaborating with various stakeholders (including Climate Scientists and Data Specialists) to deliver a seamless user experience.
Technical Capabilities
- Strong proficiency in modern web application development using TypeScript, Next.js/React, and Postgres/Supabase.
- Experience working with contemporary frontend tooling and frameworks, with familiarity in technologies such as RTK Query, Tailwind CSS, Playwright, Docker, and Python highly regarded.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams, facilitating productive, outcome-focused discussions and contributing to solution design and delivery in a cross-functional environment.
Commercial Report & PDF Development Expertise
As a key focus of this role involves the development of automated, client-facing PDF reports, candidates will bring strong commercial design and document-rendering experience, including:
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PDF Generation & Document Rendering
Experience generating high-quality PDFs from web applications using tools such as Puppeteer, jsPDF, React PDF, or similar technologies. Ability to translate UI designs into structured, print-ready documents, with a strong understanding of pagination, layout constraints, and responsive rendering for PDF outputs.
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Data Visualisation
Experience integrating charts and visualisations into reports using libraries such as Chart.js, Recharts, or D3. Ability to ensure data visualisations render accurately and consistently across both interactive and static export formats.
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UI/UX & Design Implementation
Strong eye for visual detail and polished presentation, with the ability to deliver high-quality, client-facing report experiences. Experience working within established design systems and collaborating closely with designers to implement intuitive and visually consistent interfaces.
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Styling & Layout Expertise
Advanced CSS capabilities, including Flexbox and Grid, with experience designing for both screen and print contexts. Familiarity with maintaining design consistency across digital and exported formats, particularly web-to-PDF workflows.
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Data Handling & Transformation
Ability to work effectively with structured data sources, including JSON and API responses, and transform complex datasets into report-ready outputs and visual narratives.
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Performance & Optimisation
Experience optimising frontend rendering performance for large or complex reports, including efficient handling of substantial datasets and export processes.
Come join us if you’re interested in helping us solve the following challenges:
- Communicate climate risk in a way that conveys the severity and cost of inaction
- Generate actionable insights and experiences for our customers, from complex data
- Scale our analysis to thousands of customers and billions of locations globally
- Help our customers define adaptation plans to reduce their overall risk
- Surpass even the most stringent security requirements by encrypting everything client-side
Why work with us?
Want to know more about us and our work? Visit our Newsroom and explore our latest 2025 Physical Climate Risk Reports: https://xdi.systems/news
We are a mission-led organisation powered by people who want to apply their professional skills to deliver meaningful, real-world outcomes on climate change. Our team is united by a strong alignment to our purpose and a culture where everyone is encouraged to contribute, challenge ideas, and be heard.
We take pride in maintaining an inclusive, supportive environment where we care deeply about wellbeing, teamwork is strong, and people feel connected to the bigger picture. You’ll find empowered, collaborative teams, clear alignment to organisational goals, and leadership that values clarity, trust and impact.
We also offer a range of generous employment conditions designed to support balance, autonomy and growth, including:
- Flexible working arrangements, including remote and hybrid working
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program
- Empowered, cross-functional ways of working
- A culture of continuous feedback and recognition
If this sounds like you, please apply now with your CV and a cover letter including why you’d like to work for XDI.
