Company Description

2023 is an exciting year to join the Drive team, a business wholly owned by Australia’s largest media organisation, Nine Entertainment with extensive reach across all media channels including TV, digital, social, print and radio.

The Drive vision is to create the future of Automotive in Australia. This is delivered via our simple, all-encompassing three C’s strategy – Commerce, Comparison and Commentary.

Commentary covers the deep knowledge, editorial authority and advice Drive provides for consumers. We are industry leaders in this space. Our team of motoring experts review and drive every car in the Australian market and understand the needs of consumers and brands more than anyone.

Comparison is a growth area where we bring together industry data and expert recommendations to further help consumers compare cars based on their preferences, spec v spec, side by side.

And lastly Commerce, our most exciting growth opportunity. Here is where we can help close the research loop and connect consumers directly to the cars they are able to buy now, via our Drive Dealer network.

Having full service automotive capability under one roof will differentiate Drive amongst its competitors in the future. We are a driven and forward-thinking team who love the automotive industry. Culturally, we strive to inject equal doses of creativity, smart knowledge, and fun into everything we touch.

Job Description

This role facilitates Drive’s product and platform development by planning, design, leading and executing technical solutions and improvements. Reporting to the Engineering Manager and working closely with a Technical Lead this is a hands-on, senior, individual contributor role. You set standards and lead from the front on all technical matters: Architecture, Development, Documentation, Quality and Application Performance. Your strong technical skills, thought leadership and collaborative approach brings out the best from your squad. 

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on development experience in a Full Stack environment with Typescript, Node and React  
• Experience developing API’s and stand-alone applications using a frameworks such as Serverless or SST.  
• Hands-on experience implementing solutions on top of SQL and NoSQL databases, comfortable using an ORM system such as Sequelize or Prisma.  
• Experience developing/maintaining applications with at least one cloud vendor such as AWS or GCP.  
• Experience measuring and improving front-end performance using Lighthouse, Web Vitals etc. will be highly regarded.  
• Experience measuring and improving API performance using tools such as Cloudwatch etc. will be a plus.  
• Understanding of Agile development process and practices such as backlog planning, grooming, retrospectives etc.  
• Understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, Microservices, Distributed Systems, ETL processes etc. 
• Practical understanding of key DevOps principles: Automation, CICD, Observability.   Experience building high traffic systems that are secure, available, scalable and cost-efficient.
• Practical understanding of a framework such as AWS’s Well Architected Framework

Additional Information

The Drive office is based in McMahons Point, Sydney, and the team are currently doing 2+ days a week in the office.