Senior Developer - Brisbane, Australia

Senior Developer – Brisbane – Australia

Within our Pacific Operations Aluminium function, we are a team that develops and sustains operational technology and manufacturing execution systems that empower Rio Tinto Aluminium’s smelters. We have a culture that is value driven, diverse and inclusive, innovative and fun with challenging problems and opportunities to solve.  

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Developer who will have the opportunity to accelerate the innovation and delivery of the different processes and products within Technical Services & Assurance – Production Systems. Someone eager to have a high impact on the digital transformation journey we are currently on.

You will have opportunities to work on multiple products and be part of an inclusive environment. We are looking for a team player, passionate about programming and oriented towards providing the best experience to the end user. Someone with excellent communication and time management skills, a fast learner with a growth mindset.

Our Senior Developer will work within an agile team to design, code, test and deploy large and/or complex programs to achieve a well-engineered result for our users.

As our preferred applicant, you demonstrate the ability to understand complex problems and focus on the best solutions according to the business needs. You will be exposed to a variety of challenges, from technical solutions and design to improving service delivery from an end-to-end perspective.

Responsibilities

The Senior Developer will be an integral part of a Scrum team, responsible for the analysis of requirements, system design, production development and operational support of the Aluminium Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and migrate new features for products.
• Actively participate in Scrum ceremonies.
• Take part in all application development lifecycle phases.
• Actively participate in peer code reviews and contribute to improving the codebase.
• Collaborate with the broader Production Systems team and other relevant business stakeholders.
• Actively participate in architectural, design and product/process discussions.
• Mentor Junior Developers and contribute to the inclusive and high performing culture of the team.

About you

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree level or holds a relevant professional qualification: Bachelor of IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering.
• Minimum of five years of relevant experience.
• .NET Framework/CORE development.
• Database integration and development (Oracle PL/SQL, MSSQL, SQL).
• Advanced knowledge in: C#, LINQ, Entity Framework, WCF, automated unit testing, WinForms basic and Asp.net.
• Strong knowledge in MVC, Ado.Net, SOAP, REST, XML, Log4Net, Azure DevOps.
• Advanced understanding of RESTful principles.
• Good knowledge of Entity Framework.
• .NET Core experience with test-driven development (unit testing).
• Threading/Async patterns.
• Distributed systems, Microservice experience, Messaging patterns experience.
• Version control system experience (TFS/GitHub/GitLab).
• Unit/integration/system testing.
• Strong knowledge of principles and patterns (SOLID, dependency injection), quality standards.
• Knowledge of the IT infrastructure (hardware, databases, operating systems, local area networks, cloud services etc.) and the IT applications and service processes used within the organisation.
• Demonstrable excellent communication skills.
• Experience in an Agile processes, including estimation and planning.

Desirable

• Full stack profile: backend and frontend skills.
• Experience in migrating legacy code bases to new technologies.
• Windows Service Development.
• CI/CD Pipeline experience.

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
• An excellent base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program.
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family.
• Attractive share ownership plan.
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options.
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more).
• Domestic relocation if required.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

Please note, to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please submit your application as soon as possible.

Come and join us in this exciting journey as a member of the Production Systems team, where you will be integral in establishing and executing on our strategy, building our team, implementing best practices and technology to meet our plans for sustaining and refreshing our manufacturing execution systems.