Senior Software Engineer

Company Overview

Founded in 2002, ELMO Software is a trusted HR technology provider supporting over 2,000 mid-sized organizations and more than one million users across Australia and New Zealand. Their comprehensive, ISO-certified HRIS solutions cover the entire employee lifecycle, designed to scale flexibly with organizations' growth. Leveraging automation, data, and analytics, ELMO empowers HR professionals in strategic decision-making.

Work Culture and Benefits

Joining ELMO means becoming part of a dynamic, supportive, and growth-oriented team. The company fosters an authentic and collaborative environment encouraging employees to thrive. Key benefits include hybrid work arrangements, generous paid parental leave (12 weeks primary, 6 weeks secondary), birthday and personal leave ("YOU day"), flexible remote working options, in-house training and development initiatives, social and diversity clubs, wellbeing programs, mental health/EAP support, and access to discount and salary sacrifice programs.

Company Values

• Innovate boldly while focusing on people-centered solutions.
• Prioritize customer impact in every initiative.
• Support colleagues, communities, and customers to flourish.
• Maintain an optimistic and solution-driven approach.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Technical Team Lead, the Senior Full-Stack Engineer in the HR Core team plays a vital role in delivering high-quality software specifically within the Learning domain. This position demands advanced proficiency in React, Node.js, PHP, and AWS cloud infrastructure. Collaboration with the Technical Team Lead includes architectural decision-making, translating business requirements into precise technical code, and using AI-assisted development processes to ensure code safety, security, and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Learning domain's technical architecture emphasizing efficient data flow, robust APIs, secure integrations, and scalable AWS setup.
• Assist in creating Architecture Decision Records and detailed API documentation.
• Assess technical feasibility and provide estimates during project planning.
• Work closely with stakeholders to convert business needs into clear, testable specifications fit for AI-directed development.
• Ensure local technical implementations align with architectural standards and governance.
• Identify and prioritize technical debt for roadmap inclusion.
• Execute development tasks guided by AI-assisted workflows, managing context and safety checks.
• Build and maintain a prompt library for team AI tools enhancing engineering productivity.
• Review and correct AI-generated code to prevent errors or deviations from architecture.
• Develop and maintain performant front-end interfaces using React and scalable backend services with Node.js and PHP.
• Enforce rigorous peer code reviews for both human-written and AI-generated components following strict coding, security, and architecture standards.
• Achieve code quality gates including linting, static and dynamic security scans, and unit testing coverage before merging code.
• Ensure implementations conform strictly to requirements and system design without introducing critical vulnerabilities.
• Create comprehensive test suites covering unit, integration, and end-to-end testing to guarantee full coverage.
• Validate non-functional criteria such as performance, error handling, logging, observability, and AWS readiness.
• Implement and manage feature flag strategies enabling dark launches and controlled rollouts.
• Monitor release health metrics promptly within 24 hours post-deployment and facilitate rapid rollback if needed.
• Provide accurate estimations, technical plans, and task breakdowns for quarterly planning and priorities.
• Collaborate effectively to meet objectives and deliver roadmap projects on schedule.
• Participate in on-call rotations, quickly addressing production issues.
• Promote team knowledge sharing and cross-training to avoid critical dependency risks.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Full-Stack Engineer delivering complex web applications in cloud environments.
• Expert in front-end development with React and modern state management techniques.
• Strong backend skills with Node.js and PHP using contemporary frameworks.
• Experience managing and optimizing AWS services including Lambda, ECS, RDS, and S3.
• Skilled in designing scalable systems, conducting design reviews, and applying best engineering practices.
• Ability to review, debug, and improve both human and AI-generated code while maintaining quality standards.
• Strong planning abilities including risk identification and mitigation during delivery.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.
• Sound judgment in responsibly applying AI tools aligned with security and architectural policies.
• Team-oriented approach fostering psychological safety and constructive feedback.
• Dependable and calm under pressure, with accountability for production incident management.

Performance Metrics

• Ensure all merged code passes automated quality checks.
• Maintain zero critical or high security vulnerabilities in production releases.
• Achieve zero production rollbacks due to preventable quality issues.
• Reach 95% daily usage of designated AI engineering tools within the team.
• Complete pull request reviews within agreed service levels to support timely delivery.
• Verify monitoring and conduct impact assessments promptly after releases.
• Maintain estimation variances within acceptable team thresholds.

Additional Information

ELMO Software is committed to diversity and equal opportunity employment, encouraging applications from all backgrounds aligned with its Reconciliation Action Plan. The company holds ISO certifications including ISO 42001:2023 for responsible AI and ISO 27001:2022 for security, emphasizing the importance of data privacy and protection, especially as this role involves handling sensitive employee information.