Senior Analyst Programmer

Summary

Join Portable, a leading organization dedicated to social change through research, design, and technology, as a Senior Developer. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team tackling complex technical challenges to create meaningful impact. This role requires deep expertise in Azure or AWS, adaptability across diverse tech stacks, and a commitment to collaborative development. You will write clean, thoughtful code, mentor junior developers, and contribute to integrated solutions. Portable offers a flexible work environment, enhanced leave benefits, professional development opportunities, wellbeing support, and financial incentives. The salary range is $115,000 to $140,000 plus superannuation.

Requirements

• Be passionate about solving difficult problems
• Be comfortable in the Azure or AWS ecosystem
• Bring deep expertise in one or more technologies, and be adaptable across a diverse technology stack spanning either open source or Microsoft environments
• Be able to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams of designers, developers and producers
• Seek out opportunities to learn, and help others by providing feedback
• Be able to communicate clearly to a broad range of stakeholders, both in person and in writing
• Be a senior developer who has had significant experience and worked on a number of different applications during their career

Responsibilities

• Spend time writing code - implementing new APIs for a transport project and adding new elements to the UI components for a geospatial project
• Pair and mentor on a feature with a mid-level or junior developer to provide directed advice and guidance that will help them grow professionally as a developer
• Review a few pull requests to help individuals and the team grow with their ability to commit good code to projects
• Run one of our fortnightly Deep Dive sessions, helping other developers at Portable increase their skill in a technology you're interested in
• Collaborate with producers to plan new features and assist with the execution of the overall project architecture
• Work with the team to do some sprint planning, writing up some tickets in Jira and thinking about how you could break up the tasks to give some learning opportunities to junior developers. And plan to have some of your time to be available to mentor them while they pair

Benefits

• The salary range for this role is $115,000 to $140,000 plus superannuation
• Joining Portable means becoming part of an organisation with an award-winning workplace culture, where your contributions are valued and you’re supported by a multidisciplinary team
• Meaningful work with impact: We take on projects that aim to make a positive difference in areas like mental health, social justice, and accessibility
• Flexible work arrangements: We support a flexible working environment—whether it’s from home, the office, or a café—with remote and hybrid options (up to 4 days per week), flexible hours, and personalised start/finish times
• Enhanced leave benefits: Enjoy bonus annual leave based on tenure, the option to purchase additional leave, paid volunteering leave, and paid mental health days as personal leave with no explanation or medical certificate required
• Growth and career development: We offer structured career pathways, an annual professional development allowance of $1,000 and two working days, access to our Emerging Leaders program, twice-yearly salary reviews, and ongoing leadership coaching for those ready to step up
• Wellbeing support: Through our Employee Assistance Program with The Mindroom , our team can access up to 4 counselling sessions per year, with support for general wellbeing, career planning, and managing life’s challenges
• Financial incentives: Team members are eligible for a profit-sharing bonus and can explore employee share plan options, as well as salary sacrificing
• Family-friendly policies: We offer enhanced parental leave and support part-time arrangements that work around family commitments, such as school drop-offs and caring for sick loved ones