53405 Full Stack Developer (Kiwifruit) - Fixed Term - Plant & Food Research
Plant & Food Research
- New Zealand
- $81,718-115,367 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
Vacancy number: 53405
Fixed Term 2 years
Science & Business Solutions
Finance, Information and Infrastructure
Te Puke or Kerikeri for the first year, flexible thereafter
Fixed Term 2 years: fulltime (38 hours per week)
Salary $81,718 to $115,367Are you looking for an exciting opportunity that will develop, deploy and maintain science informatics systems for Plant & Food Research's Kiwifruit Data Programme?Please note: in order to learn industry requirements and due to customer demands this role is based in either Te Puke, Motueka, Kerikeri for the first year.What you will be doing | Ngā whāinga matuaAs a key member of the Information Knowledge Services team your focus will be to develop, deploy and maintain science informatics systems for Plant & Food Research's Kiwifruit Data Programme (KDP) research programme for the capture and analysis of kiwifruit breeding and research data by the Kiwifruit Breeding Centre.Key tasks are:
- Analyse system functional requirements and identify appropriate solutions
- Where required, develop, maintain, document and enhance software, deployment processes/scripts and automated tests
- Manage source code, documentation, bug reports and enhancement requests using systems such as source code repositories and issue tracking systems
- Contribute to the development of Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to software development, and encourage staff engaged in software development across the institute to adopt these policies and SOPs.
- Technical analysis of user stories and assessment of complexity
- User story implementation using the most suitable technology and platforms
- Testing of implemented user stories
- Graduate level qualification in informatics
- Strong software development skills in Java (specifically in Spring Boot) and JavaScript (specifically in the Angular framework)
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in a similar role within a large-scale data analysis environment
- Familiarity with database technologies, and unit testing, and developing and consuming APIs.
- Knowledge of, or experience in, the horticulture industry is of benefit
- Experience with an interpreted language, such as Python or R in a data science context would be desirable.
A copy of the Position Description is available for you to view once you click on the 'apply' button.What you will get | Ngā hua o tēnei tūrangaThe opportunity to work within an environment that encourages and supports work-life balance, and to contribute to exciting projects with an organisation which has an excellent reputation for its science and for being a great place to work! At PFR, we offer excellent employee benefits and flexibility, such as;
- Additional 6 days' leave and generous paid parental leave
- Excellent benefit choices in retirement savings and wellbeing & health
- Focus on health and wellbeing with enhanced sick leave
- Ongoing career development opportunities
- Flexible work - work from home and flexible hours possibilities.
Reference # 53405
Posted on 26 Apr 2024
Closes on 10 May 2024 23:55
Location(s) Motueka, Kerikeri, Auckland, Te Puke
Expertise Knowledge & Information Systems & Technology
Job level(s) Experienced
Work type(s) Fixed term
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