ABOUT NOVA:

NOVA Entertainment is Australia’s fastest growing audio entertainment business, creating experiences loved and shared by audiences. NOVA Entertainment owns and operates the Nova Network, the most listened to metro network in Australia, which includes Nova 96.9 Sydney, Nova 100 Melbourne, Nova 106.9 Brisbane, Nova 919 Adelaide and Nova 93.7 Perth, in addition to Australia’s premium intimate live music brand, Nova’s Red Room.

NOVA Entertainment also owns and operates Australia’s feel-good station, Smooth FM in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, the talk station FIVEAA in Adelaide, Star 104.5 on the NSW Central Coast and the DAB+ stations - Smooth Relax, Smooth 80s, Smooth Vintage, Nova Throwbacks, Nova 90s, Nova Nation, and Coles Radio.

Our values are integral to who we are. We believe in creating and working in an environment that supports Unwavering Unity, Relentless Curiosity and Radical Empathy.

THE ROLE:

Reporting to the Head of Engineering this role provides the right candidate with the opportunity to build engaging product experiences & the platforms necessary to support them. The focus for this role is to work on our mobile applications; improving our core audio playback capabilities and implementing new features.

Nova is in an exciting period of digital transformation. As part of this transformation, we’re bringing all our software development in-house. We have an exciting product suite which ranges from mobile, websites, smart speaker applications and APIs all which scale to meet the high traffic demands of our audience.

Our entire stack is mostly TypeScript. We use React Native for our mobile apps, Next.js for our websites and Node.js for our API services. We’re also heavily invested in the serverless ecosystem and run a variety of serverless services and microservices.

You’ll be joining a small but talented team of engineers, each of whom work across a variety of disciplines. We value self-motivation, accountability, and innovation; and provide a flexible environment to work, which reflects and reinforces these values.

What you will be doing and what skills you may have:

In summary:

• Work to improve our core audio playback features in our mobile apps
• Work with CarPlay and Android Auto ensuring feature parity with our mobile app
• Integrate native OS features with our React Native apps (Widgets, SiriKit, MusicKit)
• Integrate new internal APIs with our React Native apps to enable new functionality
• Regularly keep up to date with React Native’s evolution, alongside iOS and Android ecosystem changes, keeping our app in line with modern practices
• Improve stability and performance across our app ecosystem overall
• Partner closely with product owners and designers to deeply understand project requirements and provide input on trade-offs or technical constraints
• Collaborate with and mentor junior developers

To be successful in this role you will have:

• You're motivated by solving problems
• You're passionate about building high quality digital solutions
• Feedback is important to you
• Outstanding all-round communication skills and ability to work collaboratively
• Eager to delve deep into a range of projects with a long-term vision
• 4+ years experience with React Native
• Experience with Swift / Swift UI
• Experience with TurboModules and the Fabric renderer
• Experience with Java / Kotlin
• Experience with Redux (we use Redux Toolkit)
• Familiarity with Firebase and Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines and app distribution
• Familiarity with C++/JSI desirable
• Understanding of React testing best practices
• Familiarity with developing for Apple tvOS, Android TV SDK and Samsung TV SDK desirable
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with Fastlane for iOS and Android app distribution.
• Understanding of React testing best practices

To support & reward your success in this role we will offer the successful candidate:

• A high-performance culture where you will work amongst a team that prides itself on being engaged, dynamic and able to leap over any obstacle put before it
• Exclusive early bird access to the biggest events & concerts across Australia
• Additional leave days: Anniversary & Loyalty leave, Give back Leave, Mental Wellbeing days
• Access to Learning and Development programs & internal opportunities
• Access to health and wellbeing initiatives (Nova’s Life+ & Employee Assistance Program, mental health training programs)
• Amazing employee benefits from a huge variety of partners nationally (we don’t want to boast, but it is a lot)
• Frequent staff lunches & survey celebrations (2025 is already shaping up to be a BIG year with some BIG wins)

This is a full-time, on-site position located in our Sydney studios. Our teams are dynamic, engaged and highly collaborative and being on-site will ensure your personal and professional career development. Depending on the needs of the business we welcome the opportunity to explore flexible work options where appropriate.

Nova Entertainment Diversity & Inclusion Commitment:

The Aim:

Promote a diverse workforce that invites people of all backgrounds to work and grow with us in their own unique way.

How we do it:

• Providing a work environment that embraces and values Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - we have an active and ACRA Award-Winning D&I Committee that is passionate about ensuring Nova Entertainment supports and welcomes people from all abilities and all walks of life. This extends to our community work and sustainable charity initiatives.
• Supporting candidates that may have diverse needs by providing reasonable adjustments ensuring each candidate can put their best efforts into their application.
• By being allies of the LGBTIQA+ community and members of the Welcome Here initiative
• Best utilising our membership and guidance of the Diversity Council of Australia

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What’s next?

• PLEASE ATTACH YOUR RESUME AND A COVER LETTER STATING WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS OPPORTUNITY
• Successful applicants will be contacted within 5-10 working days.
• Our interview process will involve a telephone interview initially followed by up to 2 face-to-face interviews that may involve a panel and a prepared presentation
• Police Checks may be required.
• Please reach out during the application process if you think you may require any considerations for the recruitment process.

Respectfully, No Agencies