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16th September, 2026/n Some developers naturally notice the little things.
/n /n The button that doesn’t quite sit right. The signin flow that feels clunky. The interface that technically works… but could definitely work better.
/n /n If that sounds like you, we might have a seriously good first dev gig on our hands.
/n /n 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. /n This isn’t a pure frontend role. And it definitely isn’t a UX Designer role.
/n /n 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.
/n So, who are the AAF?
/n /n 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.
/n /n In simple terms? They build and operate some pretty important technology.
/n /n And because their products are used by real people every day, there’s an opportunity to make those experiences even better.
/n The GIG
/n /n You’ll join an experienced engineering team and start contributing to real software from early on. /n 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:
/n “Why does it work like that?” /n /n That’s exactly the kind of curiosity they want.
/n /n 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.
/n /n Because frontend might be part of what gets you excited about this role, but it certainly won’t be where your learning stops.
/n /n Depending on your interests, you could get exposure to full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, identity and security, automated testing and AI-assisted engineering.
/n /n 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. /n /n What might you actually get involved in? /n /n
- 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
/n And over time? Where you take it is largely going to depend on what you’re good at and what grabs your interest./n
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/n What are we looking for?/n
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/n This is a graduate role, so we're not expecting a finished product./n
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/n You might be fresh out of uni, have completed an internship, or have up to roughly 1-1.5 years of commercial experience./n
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/n What matters more is that you’ve got strong technical foundations and genuinely enjoy this stuff./n
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/n Ideally,
you’ll bring:/n
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- A relevant tertiary qualification
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- Good foundations across HTML, CSS and JavaScript
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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
/n And personal projects absolutely count./n
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/n Built your own website? Show us./n
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/n Made something for your parents’ business? Cool./n
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/n Spent your weekends building something completely unnecessary because you wanted to see if you could? We want to hear about that too./n
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/n We're much more interested in seeing evidence that you like building things than expecting a graduate CV packed with commercial experience./n
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Why AAF?/n
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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. /n
- Follow your curiosity - whether that eventually takes you deeper into frontend, full stack, infrastructure, security or somewhere else entirely.
/n 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.../n
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/n This could have your name all over it./n
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📌 Graduate Software Developer (Brisbane)
🏢 Fynd Consulting
📍 Brisbane