Job description
Our mission and where you fit in
At Employment Hero, we’re an ambitious bunch of people on a mission to make employment easier and more valuable for everyone.
Our world-class software is the easiest way for businesses to manage HR, payroll, employee engagement, and benefits.
Since our inception in 2014, we’ve had some pretty impressive growth (100% YoY), reached unicorn status in 2022, and now serve 400,000 businesses globally, with 3 million+ users on the platform. We have no plans to slow down.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join one of the fastest-growing SaaS unicorns, so let’s see if we could be a match!
In your role, you’ll be focused on…
As one of our Backend Engineers, you’ll be accountable for building and deploying the innovative features that change our customers’ lives every day. From our trailblazing AI hiring tool to our fully automated payroll solution, every component of our Employment Operating System is carefully designed to disrupt the employment industry for the better, improving the lives of business owners and entrepreneurs everywhere.
Our world-class Product and Engineering teams delivered almost 1,000 new features last year. As one of our Backend Engineers, you’ll play a vital role in the continued acceleration of our product strategy, by
- Driving your squad to develop critical features for our customers
- Collaborating closely with our global team of designers, product managers and UX specialists to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions
- Writing automated tests for your production codes
- Developing and maintaining key components of web applications
- Conducting testing and code reviews for both yourself and your colleagues
- Mentoring the Junior Engineers within your squad
Requirements
You’re the hero we’re looking for if
- Over 4 years of experience in Software Development, with a focus on Server-side and RESTful API Development and integration.
- Proficiency in OOP languages such as Python, Java, PHP, etc., is highly desirable, with the expectation that you are willing to learn Ruby upon joining our team.
- Demonstrated experience implementing, maintaining and deploying full-stack web technologies
- Strong skills in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
- 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
- You have experience in mentoring team mates, or even leading an Engineering squad
- English language abilities, both written and verbal - you’ll be working with people across the world, including from Australia
It’ll be great, but not essential, if you also have experience with
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science of Software Engineering or an equivalent
- You have experience in mentoring team mates, or even leading an Engineering squad
- Experience in translating design wireframes into functioning UI components
- Experience in developing highly modular mobile applications and mobile application performance tuning
- Experience in functional programming
- Familiarity with AWS tooling and environments, including EC2, Kubernetes, etc.
Experience is important, but for us the biggest measure of success is people who can live and breathe our values. Show us what you can bring to the table, and we’ll empower you to let your talents shine.
Benefits
The EH Way
The EH Way is how we describe our culture at Employment Hero and how we all operate. It is our DNA. You can read all about it on our careers page
In short, you’ll love working with us if
- Revolutionising employment gets your heart racing.
- You thrive on the flexibility (and responsibility) of a remote-first business.
- Our values align, and shape how you show up every day.
- You love the dynamic pace of a startup, are driven by innovation, and enjoy working with other smart people.
But don’t just take it from us, hear from your local heroes Thao Ta, Head of People and Culture & Hung Pham, Group Engineer Manager Life at Employment Hero | Vietnam
Plus, you’ll get to enjoy a number of great perks, including
- A generous budget for your home office.
- Cutting-edge tools and technology.
- 20 days Annual Leave, plus VN Public Holidays.
- $500 USD for your professional development plan.
- $500 USD for English learning courses.
- Premium Healthcare Insurance Program for you and your loved ones, plus full gross salary paid social insurance.
- Sports club funded by Employment Hero.
- Monthly get-together event in the office for team bonding and VND 80,000 budget for lunch for day-in-office.
- Reward and recognition programs - because great work should be recognised and rewarded.
- Employee Share Option Program - be an owner of Employment Hero.
- Annual Global Gathering - so far we’ve been to Thailand, Vietnam, Bali and are excited to meet in Dubai in 2025.
Are we a match?
Think we’re the right match for you? Fantastic! Click ‘Apply’ and our talent team will reach out with the next steps.
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Employment Hero celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences, we invite people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position.
