Senior Frontend Developer

About the Role

Haizea Analytics is inviting an experienced Senior Frontend Software Developer to join its team in Canberra, ACT. The primary focus is developing a geospatial web platform where interactive mapping drives the core product experience. The role demands hands-on responsibility for frontend development leveraging React, Next.js, and TypeScript, centered around advanced mapping and spatial geometry features.

The position also includes backend duties such as creating and maintaining .NET/C# API endpoints, managing Azure cloud infrastructure, building CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, developing automated testing frameworks, and troubleshooting production problems across the entire application stack.

This is a full-time, permanent opportunity offering 38 hours per week, with a salary range between $115,000 and $125,000 plus superannuation, located onsite in Acton, Australian Capital Territory.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and sustain responsive web application features using React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Convert Figma design prototypes into functional, responsive, and cross-browser compatible user interfaces.
• Build interactive mapping capabilities including tools for drawing, editing, layer management, spatial validations, and coordinate transformations.
• Develop and optimize complex geometry operations involving polygons and manage large spatial datasets efficiently.
• Enhance browser-based rendering and application responsiveness for handling extensive geospatial data.
• Create and maintain .NET/C# API endpoints supporting database interactions and application functionalities.
• Build and uphold automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing suites.
• Develop, maintain, and debug Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines covering builds, releases, service connections, secrets, and environments.
• Manage and monitor Azure infrastructure, including services like App Services, Key Vault, storage, networking, IAM, alerting, and cost controls.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues spanning frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure domains.
• Document all technical developments, production incidents, and changes for robust knowledge management.
• Suggest and implement improvements in application architecture, coding standards, and deployment workflows.

Candidate Requirements

• At least 3 years of professional frontend development experience, excluding internships, studies, or personal projects.
• Proven hands-on experience working with React, Next.js, and TypeScript in production environments.
• Demonstrable expertise in developing interactive geospatial and browser-based mapping applications.
• Experience with mapping frameworks such as Leaflet, MapLibre, Mapbox GL JS, or OpenLayers.
• Understanding of spatial data types and concepts including GeoJSON, WKT, coordinate projections, and EPSG codes.
• Capability in executing geometry operations like intersection, union, buffering, simplification, and topology validation using Turf.js, JSTS, or similar libraries.
• Proven ability to optimize performance for rendering and editing large spatial datasets in web browsers.
• Experience in building and troubleshooting Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Skill in configuring and monitoring Microsoft Azure cloud services including App Services, Key Vault, storage, and identity management.
• Background in developing and maintaining automated testing frameworks including unit and integration tests.
• Must be able to work onsite in Canberra, ACT, with full unrestricted Australian work rights.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• A tertiary degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related discipline is advantageous.
• Deep expertise in modern frontend technologies, responsive UI development, and translating design assets into web applications.
• Advanced capabilities in spatial geometry, coordinate system handling, and geospatial data processing.
• Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker, monorepo management tools like Nx, and infrastructure as code frameworks including Bicep, ARM templates or Terraform.
• Experience in .NET/C# backend development and API creation is highly esteemed.
• Knowledge of SQL Server, PostGIS, or working with environmental, planning, government, or scientific data platforms is a plus.