Who We Are
Employment Hero is on a mission to make employment easier and more valuable for everyone. Our Employment Operating System brings hiring, HR, payroll and benefits into an all-in-one solution.
Since our inception in 2014, we&aposve scaled to a $2 billion valuation and gained a presence in 6 countries globally - Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, the UK and Canada. We now service over 300,000 businesses and more than 2 million employees.
The EH Way
At Employment Hero, we&aposre proud of our unique DNA, which we call The EH Way.
- We are Mission First - everything we do (from what we work on, to how we allocate capital and where we focus) is driven by our Mission
- We are Remote First - we champion a remote environment with a preference for asynchronous communication and a high degree of autonomy
- We are AI First - we are committed to using AI to accelerate our mission; AI is not just a tool, it&aposs a fundamental part of how we operate, innovate, and scale
- We are Apolitical - we do not take a position on political or social topics, unless it relates to our Mission
- We Live by Our Values - we role model our values 100% of the time
- We Expect High Performance - we set a high standard and we&aposre not satisfied with being average
This role
Our world-class Product and Engineering teams delivered almost 1,000 new features last year. As one of our Engineers, you&aposll play a vital role in the continued acceleration of our product strategy.
We&aposre looking for Intermediate Software Development Engineers to help us scale our products and features. This role will help us continue the development and modernising of our core platform (which serves over 300,000 customers) as we continue to expand. You&aposll be able to learn from our cross-functional, geographically distributed teams and accelerate your career in a fully remote, flexible environment where you&aposll work from home.
Your key focus areas will be
- End-to-end development for new and current cloud-based applications, including working on the technology roadmap with Product Owners, designing solutions with your squad, new feature development, through to production, improving/optimising and maintenance
- Debugging and performing root cause analysis for application issues
- Taking initiative in recommending improvements to the development process
- Proactively identify application pain points and suggest mitigation strategies
- Performing peer reviews of code changes
- Performing testing of new features/enhancements/bug fixes
- Maintaining documentation and help articles for new/updated features
- Providing training sessions for the support team for new features
- Working closely with business stakeholders within an agile environment
Who you are
To thrive at Employment Hero, you&aposll need to embody The EH Way - operating with focus, agility, and an obsession with impact. For this role, you&aposll have
- Proficiency in React and at least one backend programming language, such as Python, Java, PHP, etc. We&aposll upskill you in Ruby when you join
- Knowledge of correct design patterns for code and how to transform existing code to implement them
- Experience in developing software, using microservices or SOA architecture for deployment on public clouds - we use AWS
- Experience using Agile methodologies and working with Product teams
- Quality coding practices, including test-driven development, unit testing and secure coding awareness
- You&aposre a team player that always puts colleagues ahead of yourself and has a highly adaptable and versatile approach to work
- You have good verbal and written English skills
Experience is important, but for us the biggest measure of success is people who can live and breathe our EH Way of working. Show us what you can bring to the table, and we&aposll empower you to let your talents shine
What We Can Offer
At Employment Hero, we don&apost just talk about a better way to work - we live it. Joining Employment Hero means
- You will work remotely, with the flexibility to own your time and impact
- You will access cutting-edge tools to amplify your work, knowledge and outputs
- You&aposll surround yourself with ambitious, outcome-driven colleagues who challenge you to do the best work of your life
- You&aposll own ESOP (employee share options) in one of the world&aposs fastest-growing tech companies
- You&aposll also have access to a wide range of benefits that includes - a very generous paternity leave policy, subsidised egg freezing (so you can make the choice that&aposs right for you, on your terms), a WFH office expense budget, and outstanding learning & development opportunities
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Employment Hero celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences, we invite people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position.
