Job Description

Fullstack Developer

• Work in a high-performing team building strategic technology for a growing business
• Opportunity to use contemporary software development tools and techniques
• Contribute meaningfully to the outcome of the customer
• Based in Singapore, global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

Our new Commercial Services & Digital team will streamline and guide how we invest in and harness technology for Commercial. This team will modernise and digitise our manual processes, addressing pain points for employees and focus on initiatives for improving customer experiences. We see Commercial Services as the engine room with their focus on post deal tasks such as invoicing, trade finance, shipping and laytime. Commercial Services & Digital is a unique opportunity to bring digital closer to the business, to create more synergies between teams and bring together business improvements to achieve business excellence.

We’re looking for an experienced Fullstack Developer that can independently develop and deploy the next generation of products at Rio Tinto and have the ability to contribute to a tight-knit team. You’ll work within a Commercial Product Team which is accountable for delivering value to business groups within Rio Tinto Commercial. The team does this by using modern techniques, tooling and behaviours to deliver software as quickly as possible. This role is a great opportunity for an accomplished full stack engineer who takes pride to solve problems, factor old codes, learn and pick up new technologies based on the needs of the organization, and level-up on existing expertise.
Reporting to the DevOps Manager, you will be:

• Come ready to do the best work of your life and influence your team to do the same
• Be responsible for the technical/solution designs, code development, and component test execution to demonstrate alignment to the product/functional specification of the solution.
• Own all operational aspects of your code (e.g. architecture documentation, bug fixes, design documents)
• Converse directly with the commercial business to translate domain-specific business logic to code
• Collaborate with development teams, product analysts and solution architect to create, implement and maintain the product/solution development roadmap.
• Set the standard for disciplined software engineering (e.g. automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, code reviews and writing high quality, well documented code)
• Communicate closely with users and the product manager to prioritize and implement new features of the product
• Champion good agile practices that provide a foundation for iterative product development
• Mentoring junior members of the team as well as within Commercial both in technical and functional aspect
• Highly responsible and self-motivated to thrive in an energetic, fast-paced growth environment. Exhibits ownership of projects and tasks assigned.

What you will need for the role

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Around 15 or more years professional experience writing high-quality code in an integrated environment with application spanning across multiple functions in deal life cycle and associated tests using a TDD methodology
• Professional experience working within agile teams to collectively build and deploy high quality code, using the tools of the trade (e.g. Git, Github, Azure DevOps, Docker)
• Domain experience in commodities trading, market risk or financial services
• Collaborating with other teams in the integrated environment to come up with solutions that fits best for all the applications and the business requirement
• Professional experience with cloud native architectures and design, specifically AWS & Azure services such as S3, Azure Blob Storage, Lambda, Azure Logic Apps, EC2, VM, RDS (Postgres), API Gateway, AWS RedShift, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
• Proficient in Frontend technology such as HTML5, CSS and its pre-processor such as SCSS, JavaScript (ES6), module bundlers such as webpack and preferably worked with frontend framework such as ReactJS before
• Experience with full-stack web app development and associated technologies including REST APIs, Web Socket, GraphQL, SPA and server-side rendering
• Experience building and deploying Docker containers in production
• Highly proficient in Python / Java / .Net / C#, Kotlin
• Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in areas such as data structures, database table design, algorithm design, system architecture (scalable & reliable), API design, security best practices.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Good understanding of UI/UX and design system
• Experience with advanced microservices technologies like, Azure, Azure API Management & VMs
• Ability to work independently
• Comfortable with devops and infrastructure technologies, SCM tools such as Azure Pipelines, KNative ISTIO, Docker and the Serverless Framework
• Scrum Master Certified
• Azure Cloud Certification

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Commercial puts the company’s value over volume approach into practice, with the goal of maximizing the value of our physical flows to improve both our business and that of our customers. Headquartered in Singapore, and integrated with Rio Tinto’s assets, hubs, and offices globally, our Commercial group works hand-in-hand with our product groups to ensure both the amount and types of products we produce meet our customer’s needs, and manage the trade-off between volumes, quality, cost and capital expenditure.

About us

As pioneers in mining and metals, we produce materials essential to human progress.
Aluminium for cars and smartphones. Copper for wind turbines, electric cars and the pipes that bring water to our home. Iron ore to shape our city skylines. Borates that help crops grow, titanium for paint – and diamonds that celebrate the best things in life.
Our long history is filled with firsts. We’ve developed some of the world’s largest and best quality mines and operations, and our people work in around 35 countries across six continents.

Creating an inclusive and diverse workforce

We are a diverse team of talented, enthusiastic individuals who foster a culture of inclusion. No matter how they may differ, our people share one thing in common. It’s a belief that work is more rewarding when we are accepted and valued for our differences, not judged by them. We all have something to contribute, and it’s this contribution that makes for a great organization and fulfilling career.
Please note, in order to be considered for a role you must complete all pre-screening questions. “Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy please submit your application as soon as possible.”