Front-End Software Engineer

At carsales, we're all about making buying and selling a great experience. Since 1997, we've been evolving with the new economy to help people choose how they move - today and tomorrow.

When it comes to your career, we want to offer meaningful opportunities that empower you to make a lasting impact. But for that to happen, we strive to feel small - small enough to stay agile, learn across teams and connect authentically with each other.

With a vision to be the global leader in online vehicle marketplaces, we're transforming how people buy and sell across the world. We discover new ideas and bring them to life. We continue to grow and evolve, and we're not afraid to take bold steps to get there.

This position sits within our Consumer Tribe, which focuses on the buying and selling journey for our customers through our retail applications.

We embrace hybrid working, combining the flexibility of remote work with the energy and connection of in-person collaboration. We champion flexibility and offer a range of policies and leave options to support your wellbeing.

About the Retail team

In the Retail team, we build the services and experiences behind the buying and selling journey on one of Australia’s largest automotive marketplaces. We’re a team of product engineers who own features end to end, from the interface through to the services behind it.

This is a product engineering role with a front-end focus. You’ll spend most of your time building features in React or Angular with TypeScript and Node.js, and you’ll work regularly with our .NET services. It isn’t a design-system or UI-specialist role.

What you'll do

• Build product features end to end, from React or Angular interfaces in TypeScript to the Node.js services behind them
• Work with our .NET APIs and services, and take on more of the back end as you grow
• Take work from a ticket to production, thinking through the approach before you write the code
• Write tests as you build, and help keep our code easy to change
• Be involved in all aspects of software engineering practice, including breaking down work, code review, testing, source control and build processes
• Work with product and design to understand the customer problem behind the work
• Create and enhance team culture by sharing your knowledge and ideas, and by giving and receiving constructive feedback

What we're looking for

• 3+ years of commercial experience building product features in React or Angular with TypeScript
• Hands-on experience building and consuming APIs with Node.js
• Experience with back-end services in C#/.NET or Java, and the appetite to work in our .NET services
• A clear problem-solving approach and good testing habits, using tools such as Jest, Vitest or Playwright
• Inclusive and interpersonal attributes that connect you to our behaviours: we change the game, we own it, we step in, we are curious, and we don’t take ourselves too seriously

Nice to have

• Experience at an e-commerce or online marketplace business
• Deploying and running services on AWS
• CI/CD and infrastructure as code

A few other things we want to let you know about:

• carsales is an equal opportunity employer that prides itself on fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage people of all ages, genders and backgrounds to apply. If you're a candidate with a disability, or you need adjustments to be at your best, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.
• We know how important work/life balance is, and we have a range of flexible working options on offer, including part-time. We're open to this conversation during our recruitment process - if you want to know more, just ask!
• We are a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer, which means we are committed to responding to every job applicant.
• Successful candidates joining the carsales family are required to undergo a National Police Record Check and must have full working rights in Australia on an ongoing basis.

So come and join our team — because every role is a big role in our plans to go big.