Summary
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A volunteer software development opportunity within a small development team maintaining a production platform. Contributors can work across frontend, backend, DevOps/cloud, or QA, using professional workflows such as tickets, pull requests, code review, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern web technologies.
Highlights
Volunteer opportunity to contribute to a real production software platform using professional engineering workflows, with openings spanning frontend, backend, DevOps/cloud, and QA.
Description
Volunteer Software Developers
Marra Community Hub, an ACNC-registered charity supported by Glen Eira City Council, is recruiting four volunteers to form development team.
You'll build and maintain our production volunteer management platform, hub.marrahub.com.au — tickets, pull requests, and code review, the same workflow you'd find in any professional team.
We're recruiting across four roles — tell us which one you're applying for:
FRONTEND DEVELOPER
Build user-facing features for the volunteer portal: workshop sign-ups, dashboards, application forms.
Improve accessibility and polish, fix bugs from real user reports.
Tech: React 18, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS 4, React Router
BACKEND DEVELOPER
Design and build REST endpoints in our .NET Azure Functions API.
Work with Entity Framework Core and PostgreSQL — queries, migrations, multi-tenant data isolation.
Tech: C#/.NET, Azure Functions, EF Core, PostgreSQL, xUnit
DEVOPS / CLOUD ENGINEER
Maintain GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines deploying to production.
Work with our Azure estate (Static Web Apps, Functions, PostgreSQL Flexible Server) defined in Bicep.
Help harden security: managed identities, Key Vault, access policies.
Tech: Azure, GitHub Actions, Bicep, Docker
QA & TEST ENGINEER
Write test plans, run exploratory testing before releases, extend our automated suites (xUnit for the API, Node-based frontend tests), and help introduce end-to-end testing — a greenfield project you can own.
Tech: xUnit, Node test runner, GitHub Issues
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
— You hold, or are studying towards, an IT certificate or bachelor's degree in Melbourne
— You're seeking referenceable project experience with an Australian organisation
— You can commit approximately 15 hours per fortnight, flexible around study and work
WHAT YOU'LL GAIN
Production portfolio work, mentoring and structured code review, a written reference, and a volunteer certificate on completion.
DETAILS
Remote-friendly | Melbourne | 3–6 months | Volunteer (unpaid) role
In your application, please mention which of the four roles you're applying for.
Questions? hello@marrahub.com.au
https://marrahub.com.au/programs
