Senior Web Developer / Web Architect
Location:
Melbourne
Employment Type:
Full-Time
Company Background
Ready Media Group is an end-to-end, full-service property, media, technology and data business. The foundations of Ready Media Group are twin purpose-built, market-leading classified platforms
DevelopmentReady
and
CommercialReady
* used by sophisticated real estate groups throughout Australia to reach high-intent developers and investors. Complementing these platforms is
InstaDocs
, Australia's first purpose-built data-room solution for the commercial property sector.
District Data,
Our fully integrated commercial property due-diligence platform and
Rooftop Studio
, Ready Media Group's award-winning creative and video agency.
Company Culture
As an independent business owned and led by its hands-on executive team, Ready Media Group offers an exceptional workplace environment built on stability, trust and long-term commitment. We pride ourselves on
long-term employee retention
, with an average
tenure of 5 years,
reflecting our culture of support, empowerment and strong career progression.
Our team enjoys:
* Birthday Leave
– an additional paid day off each year.
* Work-From-Home Flexibility
– 1 day per week, between
Tuesday and Thursday
.
* Free Lunch Fridays
– a weekly team lunch to connect and celebrate the week.
* Quarterly Social Events
– team experiences and activities each quarter.
* A high-performance environment with no unnecessary bureaucracy or politics.
* A culture of ownership, autonomy and accountability, everyone is trusted and supported to deliver at a high level.
* Regular national strategy days and workshops to maintain alignment across the business.
* On-going training and upskilling to meet the rapid changing technology landscape
We operate as a united team with shared goals, clear accountability, and a strong sense of purpose.
The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled
Senior Web Developer / Web Architect
to join our Melbourne team.
This is a
senior, high-impact technical role
responsible for the architecture, development, optimisation and evolution of all Ready Media Group digital platforms.
Our current core stack is
PHP
, and you will lead the ongoing refinement, modernisation and long-term replatforming of our systems. You will also oversee and coordinate the output of our on & offshore development team, ensuring a unified engineering standard across both local and offshore teams.
You will play a central role in executing Ready Media Group's transition into AI, enabling new AI-driven workflows, website features, and digital product experiences.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture
* Demonstrate an understanding of technical architecture of all RMG digital platforms (PHP-based).
* Design scalable backend systems, APIs, service layers and integration frameworks.
* Set engineering standards, coding patterns, documentation practices and workflows.
* Modernise and refactor legacy components for long-term maintainability.
* Lead key projects with decision-making across frameworks, dependencies, hosting and toolsets.
Platform Modernisation
* Define the future-state architecture for performance, scalability and rapid AI feature deployment.
* Lead migration strategy, codebase restructuring, documentation and implementation.
* Collaborate closely with relevant stakeholders including product design, product owners, various departments to deliver the next-generation platform.
Collaboration With on and offshore Development Team
* Lead day-to-day technical coordination with on and offshore engineers.
* Provide architecture direction, tasks, code reviews and quality oversight.
* Ensure offshore output meets RMG engineering standards and timelines.
* Maintain clear communication and alignment across distributed teams.
AI-Integrated Web Systems
* Work closely with our development partners to implement AI-powered features into backend and frontend workflows.
* Build frameworks enabling conversational UI, AI-driven insights and automation.
* Work with team to deliver prototypes, models and new digital tools.
Web Development & Delivery
* Write clean, scalable PHP code across backend and frontend layers.
* Deliver new features, modules, UX refinements and functional enhancements.
* Optimise site speed, SEO performance, caching, data flow and reliability.
* Resolve bugs and incidents quickly, maintaining high uptime and user experience.
Infrastructure & Integrations
* Manage hosting environments, deployments, CI/CD pipelines and versioning.
* Maintain secure servers and optimised cloud environments.
* Oversee integrations with CRM, authentication, analytics, search and internal systems.
* Lead continual improvements in devops, automation and development tools.
Documentation & Quality Assurance
* Maintain clear documentation of architecture, codebases, APIs and workflows.
* Experience with test automation and implementation
* Implement robust testing, QA processes and release practices.
* Foster engineering discipline across both local and offshore developers.
What we are looking for
TECHNOLOGIES
· LEMP stack (Linux, NGINX, MySQL, PHP)
· Atlassian JIRA/Confluence, Bitbucket, ServiceDesk
· Strong skillset with AWS Infrastructure environments (EC2, RDS, S3, Cache)
· Good understanding of Agile methodology
· Understand CI/CD - Test Automation, Test Driven Development
· Building APIs
Personal Qualities
* High level of ownership and accountability.
* Fast-paced, proactive and solutions-oriented.
* Strong communicator with the ability to lead and influence technical direction.
* Low ego, collaborative, and comfortable in a high-performance environment.
* Passionate about clean architecture, scalable systems and continuous improvement.