Job Description
Some developers naturally notice the little things.
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The button that doesn't quite sit right. The sign-in flow that feels clunky. The interface that technically works... but could definitely work better.
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If that sounds like you, we might have a seriously valuable first dev gig on our hands.
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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.
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This isn't a pure frontend role. And it definitely isn't a UX Designer role.
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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.
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So, who are AAF?
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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.
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In simple terms? They build and operate some pretty significant technology.
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And because their products are used by real people every day, there's an opportunity to make those experiences even better.
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The GIG
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You'll join an experienced engineering team and start contributing to real software from early on.
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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:
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"Why does it work like that?"
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That's exactly the kind of curiosity they want.
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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.
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Because frontend might be part of what gets you excited about this role, but it certainly won't be where your learning stops.
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Depending on your interests, you could get exposure to full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, identity and security, automated testing and AI-assisted engineering.
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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.
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What might you actually get involved in?
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Building and improving frontend experiences across AAF's products
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Turning designs into clean, functional interfaces
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Working within established design systems and patterns
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Developing secure, production-ready application code
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Testing, reviewing and shipping your work alongside experienced engineers
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Getting exposure to AWS, infrastructure and the wider software lifecycle
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Spotting opportunities to improve UX rather than simply accepting what's already there
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And over time? Where you take it is largely going to depend on what you're good at and what grabs your interest.
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What are we looking for?
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This is a graduate role, so we're not expecting a finished product.
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You might be fresh out of uni, have completed an internship, or have up to roughly 1-1.5 years of commercial experience.
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What matters more is that you've got strong technical foundations and genuinely enjoy this stuff.
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Ideally, you'll bring:
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A relevant tertiary qualification
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Exposure to another programming language
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An understanding of modern web development, Git and testing
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A genuine interest in frontend development and UX
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Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
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Natural curiosity and the motivation to teach yourself new things
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The confidence to ask questions when you don't know the answer
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And personal projects absolutely count.
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Built your own website? Show us.
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Made something for your parents' business? Cool.
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Spent your weekends building something completely unnecessary because you wanted to see if you could? We want to hear about that too.
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We're much more interested in seeing evidence that you like building things than expecting a graduate CV packed with commercial experience.
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Why AAF?
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A proper engineering career starter - real production software, real users and experienced engineers around you.
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Make things better - bring some frontend flair and help improve how AAF's products actually feel to use.
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Go beyond the frontend - AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, DevSecOps, security, infrastructure and more.
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Contemporary engineering environment - including AI-assisted development as part of how the team works.
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Follow your curiosity - whether that eventually takes you deeper into frontend, full stack, infrastructure, security or somewhere else entirely.
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If you're at the beginning of your career, know your way around the frontend and find yourself naturally noticing how software could look, feel or work better...
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📌 Graduate Software Developer (Queensland)
🏢 Fynd
📍 Queensland