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Job Description
- Do you enjoy working within a strong Christian environment
- Do you have proven experience in software development
- Based in any capital city in Australia
- 6 Month Fixed Term Contract
About Scripture Union Australia
Scripture Union Australia (SU) is an interdenominational Christian movement committed to providing Australian children young people and families with opportunities to experience the transforming love of Jesus and to pursue a lifelong journey of discipleship.
SU is part of the worldwide Scripture Union movement a movement of Christians working with churches to make Gods Good News known to children young people and families and to encourage people of all ages to meet God daily through Bible reading and prayer. ()
SU is a charitable limited by guarantee not-for-profit organisation comprising more than 900 staff and thousands of volunteers working with churches and serving in communities in all states and territories across Australia.
All SU staff and volunteers are empowered and equipped to champion a child safe culture and are committed to the highest standards of safety and care in our work with children young people and families.
About the position
Reporting to the Group Manager IT this role will see the successful applicant become a key member of the IT team. The Software Developer in collaboration with other software development team members is responsible for the ongoing maintenance and development of SU Australias internal Intranet. This role will facilitate the setup testing and deployment of releases code reviews dependency upgrades bug fixes and new feature development. You can expect to be working primarily with PHP TypeScript/JavaScript React MySQL Git Docker and Linux (Ubuntu).
What we offer
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Hybrid working environment
- Close knit team environment
- 2 devotion days a year and annual prayer retreat
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Worked on multi-developer software development projects
- PHP and JavaScript software development experience
- Used SQL in development ideally MySQL/MariaDB
- Experience developing in a Linux environment and writing robust production-grade Linux shell scripts
- Worked on a large complex codebase using Object-oriented design principles
- Used a modern VCS ideally git to share code in a team environment
The following technical skills are also highly desirable for this role:
- Web frontend design using HTML/CSS
- Experience with modern web frontend tools such as React Angular Sass Webpack
- Exposure to and understanding of unit testing (such as PHPUnit)
- Exposure to PHP frameworks (especially Symfony)
- Experience working with packaging and dependency management tools such as Composer or NPM.
- Use of Docker and/or Kubernetes for containerization and deployment
- Understanding of continuous integration release cycles and development processes
- Experience working with a full-featured language type system e.g. TypeScript or Mypy
- Experience creating / maintaining web APIs (RPC REST GraphQL)
- Proven skills in UI/UX Design
- Experience with jQuery or AngularJS
Applications
To be considered for this role please complete your application including the following:
- Cover Letter Clearly outlining how you meet the role requirements as listed above for our ideal candidate including your cultural fit within SU. No more than two pages in total.
- Current CV
Click here to be directed to our website for a copy of the Role Statement and to apply.
The closing date for this position is Monday 30 June 2025.
For all other general enquiries please contact People Services on (07).
(Recruitmentagencies need not enquire or apply. Only direct candidate applications will be considered.)
Employment Type
Contract
