Front End Software Developer

Contract start 10 Jan 2022 To 30 Jun 23, 2x12 months extensions. Eligible work visa, Canberra or offsite Send your responses to jobs@softtestpays.com Overview The Director of National Parks requires a software developer to work with the Biodiversity Informatics team to build websites for the Australian National Species List. We require a developer with demonstrated prior experience using frontend frameworks (e.g. React, Next.js, Vue.js, Rails etc) and sourcing data from the backend via API (GraphQL and REST) to build high-quality user interfaces. An initial 6/7-month contract (full/part time) is available for immediate start, with the possibility to extend for 12/24 months. About the Project Purpose The Australian National Species List Website project will deliver high-quality online user interfaces to taxonomic and descriptive information about Australias unique plants, animals, fungi and other living things. Context Background: The Australian National Species List (auNSL) provides an authoritative source of information about the naming and classification of Australias unique plants, animals, fungi and other living things. The auNSL is a key resource supporting the management and conservation of, and research on, Australias biodiversity. Data from the auNSL supports a range of national biodiversity data infrastructures including the Atlas of Living Australia, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, and the Biodiversity Data Repository. The auNSL runs on dedicated software infrastructure built and maintained by the Biodiversity Informatics team within the Biodiversity Conservation & Knowledge section of Parks Australia as part of the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) a joint agreement with CSIRO. Environment: The Australian National Species List infrastructure (NSLi) is delivered via an AWS cloud environment. The NSLi is built on a PostgreSQL database, has a data entry interface (Rails), and provides machine access through GraphQL and