Mid Weight Fullstack/Backend Software Engineer

Employment Hero is an Australian tech unicorn - valued at over $1.25 billion. Our world-class software is the easiest way for small and medium-sized businesses to manage HR, payroll, employee engagement, and benefits. We've grown 100% year-on-year since our inception in 2014, and now service over 200,000 businesses and 1 million + active users globally. We have exciting growth plans for 2023 and beyond, powered by our mission of making employment easier and more valuable for everyone.

We take a Remote First approach with our team. Employment Hero can hire across the world, so long as candidates have eligible working rights and are in a suitable timezone to their colleagues. If you've got the skills for the role and the passion for our mission then we want to hear from you!

Employment Hero celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences, we invite people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position.

About our Mid Weight Fullstack/Backend Software Engineer roles

Being the heartbeat of our engineering team, we are seeking a number of Fullstack and Backend Developers role who will be developing product features and collaborating with colleagues in design, product and engineering while taking ownership of writing automated tests for your production codes. You will be honing essentials tech stacks such as Ruby on Rails and ReactJS with our cutting-edge technologies and dabble in a wide array of products and features.

Responsibilities

As a growing team, we need innovative and passionate Fullstack and Backend Software Engineers to join the squad who will:

• Develop new product lines with new critical features, using our techstack which includes React Native, ReactJS, Ruby on Rails, NodeJS within an AWS Cloud environment using EC2 and Kubernetes
• Provide your input into our technical strategy with your squad, including participate in sprint planning
• Develop code for the frontend, mobile and backends environments as an end-to-end fullstack developer,
• Ensure both your colleagues and yourself are producing high quality code through testing and code reviews
• Share your knowledge with your squad and mentor junior developers
• Collaborate with highly respected Senior Fullstack & Backend Developers in a high performing and supportive squad
• Show your passion for working in highly complex and technically challenging development
• Enhance legacy features for our award-winning HR tech platform

Requirements

To be a success in this role you'll have:

• Frontend / Mobile Software Development experience with React Native and / or ReactJS or a similar Javascript/Typescript based framework
• It will be preferred if you have experience in Fullstack Software Development, Server-side and API Development (GraphQL), particularly with Ruby on Rails OR NodeJS (open to candidates who are willing to learn our technical stack)
• High-level Object Oriented Programming (OOP) skills
• Demonstrated experience implementing, maintaining and deploying full-stack web technologies
• Experience in translating design wireframes into functioning UI components
• Strong English communication skills (both verbal & written)
• Strong understanding of standard Software Engineering processes, Testing, and Agile methodology
• A team player that always puts colleagues ahead of yourself and has a highly adaptable and versatile approach to work
• You are passionate about learning and sharing your knowledge, and not afraid to challenge your peers, but also welcome being challenged

Nice to have skills/experiences (but not required to be considered):

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science of Software Engineering or an equivalent
• Experience in developing highly modular mobile applications and mobile application performance tuning
• Experience writing unit tests
• Experience in functional programming
• Experience with AWS tooling and environments, EC2, Kubernetes etc

Why you love working here?

• Remotely working and flexible working time
• 20 annual leave days
• 1 Leisure Rules day
• Top private healthcare package (Included your spouses and children)
• USD 500/ annual/ person for books/ tech conferences/courses
• USD 500/ annual/ person for English learning
• A generous budget to spend on setting up your home office (if you need a desk, chair, screen? You name it!)
• We set you up for success with the latest and greatest hardware, tools and tech
• Parking fee funded by company
• Lunch allowance for every working day
• Australian Trip for who are eligible
• Very attractive Referral Bonus
• Fully compliance with Vietnam Labor Code
• Social Security is based on full salary
• Employee Share Option Program: be an owner of Employment Hero!

Why join Employment Hero?

Oh, and we don't want to toot our own horn (actually yes, we do), but others think we're pretty cool too - we've received many awards for smashing some seriously ambitious goals including:

• The Australian's Top 100 Innovators List 2021
• LinkedIn Top 10 Startups 2020
• Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2019, ranked #20 in Australia
• GetApp Category Leader Q1 2019
• Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2018, ranked #12 in Australia
• HRD Gold Medalist - Human Capital Management Systems 2018
• HRD Gold Medalist - Rewards and Recognition Service Provider 2018
• HRD Rewards and Recognition Employer of Choice 2018
• LinkedIn Top 25 Startups 2018
• EY Entrepreneur of the Year National Finalist 2018
• Dynamic Business Top 10 Entrepreneurs, our CEO Ben Thompson ranked #2
• BRW Most Innovative Companies 2015
• Anthill Smart 100 List 2015
• Startup Daily Top 50 Emerging Leaders 2015
• HRD Employer of Choice Award 2015
• Aon Hewitt Best Employers 2013