Senior Frontend Software Engineer

About Megaport

Megaport has transformed the way IT gets connected. We're global leaders in Network as a Service (NaaS), changing the way businesses reach the cloud. We're also a leading partner to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle, NYSE, and many other leading technology companies. Megaport is a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange. We’re a lean, high-achieving team made up of over 300 members globally. While the company is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, employees are spread out across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Staff enjoy an environment that is collaborative, supportive, and fun.

Our Team Culture

Join a team of globally-positioned industry experts that lead by example. We do not compromise our values for commercial gain; we are all custodians of our culture, and the customer is at the centre of everything we do. Our employees are motivated, adaptable, persistent, hard-working, and dynamic. Our culture permeates everything we do and this, in turn with a global vision, forms a commitment to each other, our customers, and shareholders alike.

The Role

You’re a senior engineer who is well respected by your peers, and know how to lead effectively.  You find joy in making a product that users love. You love taking ownership over your work and can balance managing technical debt with improving the user’s experience / adding product features.  You are interested in the newest technology and you’d like an environment where you can share your skills with like minded people on a no ego team.  We’re a tech company and we have an interesting domain we work in.  And we want you to join us!

This role offers a hybrid work arrangement at our Brisbane HQ or a remote option in Sydney or Melbourne, with access to our WeWork spaces.

• Be a key contributor to a number of internal and customer-facing web projects.
• Lead the design, development, maintenance and optimisation of web applications (Vue 3, Typescript, Vite, Tailwind, Tanstack, NX Monorepo).
• Develop and implement front-end architecture optimised for performance and long-term maintainability.
• Mentor and support team members to enhance their skills and foster growth.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools to enhance our tech stack.
• Lead by example, creating software the whole team can be proud of.

• Proven track record of building high-quality software with experience in building applications with Vue, Angular, React, and similar. Full-Stack experience is highly regarded.

• Solid understanding of W3C standards and guidelines such as web accessibility, semantic web, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript Web APIs and internationalisation.
• Expertise in frontend testing strategies and techniques (Unit, Component, Integration, E2E). We use Playwright and Vitest currently.
• A user-centric and product first approach, aligning development, product and user experience goals
• Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A reliable member of the team who can be trusted to pitch in and help.  Someone who will foster collaboration and is looking for a solution to every problem.

What We Offer

·       Competitive Compensation Packages

·       Flexible working environments

·       Birthday Leave

·       Generous study and training program 5 days paid study leave

·       Additional Leave via Purchased Annual Leave Scheme

·       Health and Wellness Program

If you have any questions, please reach out to Megaport's Talent Acquisition Team at Careers@megaport.com

NOTE: All Megaport business correspondence is conducted via our business email accounts (@megaport.com). If you have any concerns, please reach out to Megaport's careers team careers@megaport.com directly and we will verify the legitimacy of any communication. Megaport will not ask you to create an account via Microsoft teams, and does not associate with any email accounts under "@megaportau.com".

All applications will be treated in confidence.

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