Graduate Software Developer | Build. Test. Ship. Learn. | Frontend, UX, Ruby, Java & Kotlin | Brisbane
Some developers naturally notice the little things.
The button that doesn’t quite sit right. The signin flow that feels clunky. The interface that technically works… but could definitely work better.
If that sounds like you, we might have a seriously good first dev gig on our hands.
We’re teaming up again with our good friends at the Australian Access Federation (AAF), and they’re looking for a Graduate Software Developer to join their engineering team in Brisbane.
This isn’t a pure frontend role. And it definitely isn’t a UX Designer role.
It’s a genuine software engineering position with exposure across the stack — but AAF would love to find someone who brings that extra bit of frontend curiosity and an eye for how people actually experience the things they build.
So, who are the AAF?
AAF sits at the heart of Australia’s research and education ecosystem, providing secure identity and authentication services to more than 1.5 million users across universities, research organisations and government.
In simple terms? They build and operate some pretty important technology.
And because their products are used by real people every day, there’s an opportunity to make those experiences even better.
The GIG
You’ll join an experienced engineering team and start contributing to real software from early on.
There are authentication and sign-in experiences to improve. Client-facing portals that could use some UX love. New products being developed. Existing interfaces where someone with a fresh perspective might look at them and think:
“Why does it work like that?”
That’s exactly the kind of curiosity they want.
You’ll work closely with AAF’s design capability to help turn ideas into working software- while learning from experienced engineers and gradually spreading your wings across the broader platform.
Because frontend might be part of what gets you excited about this role, but it certainly won’t be where your learning stops.
Depending on your interests, you could get exposure to full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, identity and security, automated testing and AI-assisted engineering.
The wider environment includes Ruby on Rails, Java, Kotlin, AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform, so there’s plenty here to sink your teeth into as you grow.
What might you actually get involved in?