Senior Frontend Engineer JavaScript/ReactJS

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 over 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!

About the Software Development Engineer Job:

As our Software Development Engineer focused on Security you will sit within our Security and Core Platform team, working closely with Infrastructure, engineering and product teams across the business.

As a core member of our Security Engineering function, this role will see you being a critical part of the team helping to design and develop our infrastructure and its security standards.

This is a hands-on role that requires experience and expertise in managing projects and processes related to the security of our networks, AWS cloud-based systems and applications.

To be a success in this role you'll relish the challenge of working in a business that has scaled rapidly over the last few years, and are ambitious to find elegant and simple solutions to complex security challenges at scale.

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our security engineering team who will:

• Develop, implement and maintain security protocols and practices in software applications
• Perform security audits and identify potential vulnerabilities in software products,
• Remedying and patching vulnerabilities
• Collaborate with other developers and engineers to evangelise security in building software
• Have a passion for and demonstrated experience in quality coding, through testing and test automation tools/frameworks
• Learn and collaborate with our highly respected and amazing Full-stack Developers

This position is ideally suited to someone who is passionate about complex frontend security challenges and is excited to join a high performing and supportive team as we move into our next period of major growth.

• You're a senior software engineer focused on security, specialised in frontend technologies - deep experience with ReactJS and JavaScript is essential
• Understanding and experience with AWS Cloud tools and technologies
• Experience in quality coding practices, including unit testing, automation testing, Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience in Object Orientated Programming (OOP)
• Fantastic communication - the ability to speak and write in English is essential
• Comfort and willingness to work from your home, working with teams across APAC

Nice to have/bonus:

• Familiarity with security governance frameworks such as NIST, ISO27001, and OWASP
• Degree qualified in Computer Science or Similar
• Experience working at a SaaS and/or Start-up, due to our fast paced environment

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