About Us
We're an Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) provider and creator of the award-winning STREAMS platform, helping traffic management centres across Australia move millions of commuters and freight every day.
We're reimagining STREAMS to deliver the next generation of modern, accessible, and sustainable ITS solutions that make roads safer and communities more connected.
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Role Overview
We're seeking a Senior Front-End Developer with expertise in React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern state management patterns to join our Product Design & Research Group on a maximum term contract.
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Your Key Responsibilities
1. Build intuitive, performant, and accessible web interfaces for our ITS suite.
2. Owning and evolving reusable component libraries, driving their maturity, scalability, and adoption across product areas.
3. Collaborate with the Design Systems Lead in a product trio/duo model to translate concepts into user-ready, market-focused solutions.
4. Champion usability, inclusive design, and accessibility standards.
5. Communicate technical solutions effectively, using clear documentation and storytelling to embed practices across the organisation.
6. Provide mentorship and technical leadership through code reviews, pairing, and workshops, uplifting capability and confidence across teams.
7. Drive innovation and continuous improvement, embedding best practices in accessibility, security, and performance.
8. Take proactive ownership of opportunities to enhance design system maturity and influence adoption.
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What We're Looking For
* Tertiary qualification in Software Engineering, Information Technology, or Computer Science.
* Strong track record delivering complex, scalable front-end solutions, with deep expertise in React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern state management patterns.
* Proven experience designing and extending reusable component libraries, with strong skills in design system tooling such as Storybook, Figma, and Zeroheight.
* An eye for design and strong appreciation of user experience principles.
* Strong knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA and ARIA standards, with a commitment to accessibility-first development.
* Ability to design and maintain robust testing strategies including unit, visual regression, and accessibility tests.
* Experience working in cross-functional Agile teams, with proficiency in Git and CI/CD pipelines for automated build and deployment.
* Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to bridge design, product, and engineering.
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Desirable Extras
* Exposure to back-end languages (.NET, Python, C#).
* Experience with cloud and containerised environments (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker).
* Understanding of secure networking and APIs (REST, gRPC, JSON, Protobuf).