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.

Responsibilities

As a growing team, we need innovative and passionate Junior Frontend Software Development Engineers to join the squad who will:

Develop new product lines with new critical features, using our techstack which includes ReactJS, React Native 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 enviornments 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
Learn and collaborate with highly respected Senior Fullstack 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:

Experience in Frontend Software Development, API Development (GraphQL), particularly with ReactJs
Frontend software development experience with ReactJS and/or React Native or a similar Javascript/Typescript based framework like AngularJS
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
We have a number of positions open which would suit many skills and experiences, including being open to candidates who are willing to learn our technical stack

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

Benefits

We also have a great range of perks:

Self, health, wealth and happiness programs
Remote first and flexible working arrangements
A generous budget to spend on setting up your home office (if you need a desk, chair, or screen? We’ve got you covered!)
We set you up for success with the latest and greatest hardware, tools and tech
Learning development (including an external study policy, live monthly professional development classrooms, and premium online learning content!)
Social events to get to know your new colleagues
Employee Share Option Program: be an owner of Employment Hero !

Why join Employment Hero?

Raised $181M achieving unicorn status February 2022
LinkedIn Top 25 Startups 2021, ranked #2 in Australia
The Australian Top 100 Innovators List 2021
Raised $140M Series E round led by Insight Partners July 2021
Raised $45M Series D round led by Seek 2021
Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2020, ranked #42 in Australia
LinkedIn Top 10 Startups 2020
Raised $22M Series C Round led by Seek July 2019
Raised $8 mill series B round led by Seek and OneVentures
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

Junior Frontend Software Engineer (ReactJs) - Pre-Payroll