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 !

The Role of a Principal Engineer

We are excited to be searching for a Principal Engineer to join our team at Employment Hero. As we have grown our customer base and product, so too have we grown our engineering team and the infrastructure that they support.

As our Principal Software Engineer, you'll find the role has a lot of variety. At times you will be hands on with the implementation of the critical services and infrastructure that powers the Employment Hero products. At other times you will be coaching and mentoring engineers across the company. You will find yourself reviewing technical designs put forward by your peer engineering teams and bringing your years of wisdom to help guide them towards effective architectures. You will need to balance the immediacy of delivery against long term technical vision.

To be a success in this role you will have years of experience working in the cloud and know how to best leverage the myriad services available within AWS. You will be involved in helping teams setup operational tooling and practices to ensure they can take ownership of the stability of their features and the platform as a whole. You will maintain awareness of technological trends and help guide the technical vision of Employment Hero. You will demonstrate a passion for the art of software engineering, and spread that passion throughout the engineering team.

This role brings in an individual with many years of experience building and operating world class cloud software solutions, and reports directly to the Head of Architecture.

Requirements

Proven experience across the years in architecting and delivering complex software systems as a Principal Engineer.
Backend development experience in API Development, within Ruby on Rails (essential).
Frontend software development experience with React and/or React Native or a similar Javascript/Typescript based framework like AngularJS.
Solid understanding of distributed systems and service-to-service communication.
Strong understanding of standard Software Engineering processes, Testing, and Agile methodologies.
Strong English communication skills (verbal and written), with demonstrated experience creating technical documentation including proposals, design documents, and system documentation.
Experience collaborating with large teams, with proven negotiation skills, including the ability to clearly articulate benefits and be a champion for change.
Knowledge of and advocate for Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Software Engineering best practices.
Experience with AWS tooling and environments, EC2, Kubernetes etc.

Nice to have/bonus experience/qualifications:

Degree or higher qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.
Experience working in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
AWS Certifications.

Benefits

We are remote-first, where you can work from the comfort of your home, and enjoy flexible working time
Work your local hours! 40 hour work week, Monday to Friday
Generous vacation leave allowance
Paid Parental Leave subject to eligibility
A generous budget to spend on setting up your home office
We set you up for success with the latest and greatest hardware, tools and tech
Budgets towards continuing your learning
International annual company conference (Last conference we went to Phuket, Thailand!)
Refer friends to open jobs and receive a cash bonus for every successful referral you make
Participate in our Employee Share Options Program - you’ll be a part owner of Employment Hero.

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

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:

* Raised $181M achieving unicorn status in 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

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