About the role
Who we are Employment Hero is on a mission to make employment easier and more valuable for everyone. Our Employment Operating System brings hiring, HR, payroll and
benefits into an all-in-one solution. Since our inception in 2014, we’ve scaled to a $2 billion valuation and gained a presence in 6 countries globally - Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, the UK and Canada. We now service over 300,000 businesses and more than 2 million employees. The EH Way At Employment Hero, we’re proud of our unique DNA, which we call The EH Way. We are Mission First - everything we do (from what we work on, to how we allocate capital and where we focus) is driven by our Mission We are Remote First - we champion a remote environment with a preference for asynchronous communication and a high degree of autonomy We are AI First - we are committed to using AI to accelerate our mission; AI is not just a tool, it’s a fundamental part of how we operate, innovate, and scale We are Apolitical - we do not take a position on political or social topics, unless it relates to our Mission We Live by Our Values - we role model our values 100% of the time We Expect High Performance - we set a high standard and we’re not satisfied with being average This role As one of our Senior Full-Stack Engineers, you’ll be instrumental in building highly scalable, robust, and innovative features across our entire ecosystem. We primarily develop our backend applications using Ruby on Rails , paired with modern frontend frameworks like React.js . If you’re not deeply familiar with Ruby, no worries —we care much more about your core engineering patterns and full-stack architecture skills. We offer dedicated training and up-skilling to ensure you transition smoothly into our tech stack. Your day-to-day will include: End-to-End Ownership: Driving your squad to design, scope, implement, and deploy critical full-stack features for our customers. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering closely with a global team of designers, product managers, and UX specialists to translate abstract business needs into elegant technical solutions. Technical Leadership: Mentoring the junior and intermediate engineers within your squad, performing constructive code reviews, and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing. System Evolution: Navigating a complex SaaS product ecosystem, identifying application pain points, and proactively implementing mitigation strategies or process improvements. Quality & Security: Writing automated tests for your production code and taking absolute ownership of the reliability, security, and root-cause analysis of application health.
