Senior Front End Software Engineer

Introduction:

Who we are…

Founded in 2002, ELMO Software is the trusted provider of HR technology solutions to 2,000+ mid-sized organisations and more than one million end users across Australia and New Zealand.With a comprehensive suite of ISO-certified solutions that span the full employee lifecycle, ELMO Software is designed to scale as organisations grow. Flexible and configurable, ELMO's one-stop HRIS fits to your specific needs and workflows.Through powerful technology, automation, data and analytics, ELMO Software empowers HR professionals to play an integral role in company decision making.

Life & Culture...

At ELMO you will be joining an epic team with the opportunity to make a big impact. We foster an authentic, collaborative, fun working environment and being an ELMOnian means you're part of an amazing team that will push you to grow, support you with challenges and allow you to shine. Some of our benefits include:

• Hybrid work set up
• Paid Parental leave - 12 weeks primary, 6 weeks secondary
• Birthday leave, YOU day each year, as well as connecting people leave (up to 6 weeks working from anywhere)
• Inhouse Learning and Development initiatives
• ELMO Social and Diversity clubs
• Wellbeing initiatives such as boot camp, yoga etc.
• Mental Health/EAP programs
• Flare Benefits (great discounts, novated leasing, salary sacrifice)

Our values:

Reimagine What's Possible - We believe innovation is human at its core. By staying open, fearless, and adaptive, we continuously push boundaries - while keeping people at the heart of everything we do.

Obsess over Customers – Everything we do is designed to positively impact our customers.

Help Others Thrive - Be they colleagues, communities or customers, we champion ways to help others thrive.

Be Fearlessly Optimistic - We bring unwavering positivity to any challenge, as we know it will drive meaningful change.

Please note: Our internal Talent Acquisition team has got this covered, we're not open to using an agency for this role.

Description:

This Senior Front End Engineer position is a pivotal opportunity to drive a major initiative: revolutionising the design system and improve the user experience (UX) across our product suite.

You will hold a central position in shaping ELMO's frontend infrastructure by collaborating with key key product teams to build new web platform features for our 2,000+ customers.

Key Responsibilities:

The core responsibilities of the Senior Front End Engineer include but are not limited to:

Customer-centric, and considerate of the product and its intent for end users.

Primarily working directly with product squads to accelerate their frontend development.

Creating and improving components, foundations and patterns within ELMO's design system.

Contributing to the development and maintenance of ELMO's frontend framework.

Create champion code examples and serve as a mentor to other engineers.

Supporting and mentoring teammates to overcome obstacles, resolve blockers, and complete tasks.

Developing in compliance with accessibility (A11y) standards and ELMO's inclusivity, privacy and security policies and procedures.

Drafting and maintaining comprehensive documentation on technical patterns and guidelines to empower product squads.

Collaborating with the Design team to create user centric designs.

Ensure compliance with ELMO's information security privacy policies and procedures.

Actively increasing your direct team's effectiveness and work quality through mentoring.

Skills and Experiences:

Key Performance Indicators:

Delivery of agreed technical outcomes.

Development of high quality, secure, maintainable code.

Communication and team collaboration.

Adherence to ELMO policies, procedures and business standards.

Positional Qualifications, Attributes and Skills:

Strong understanding of JavaScript and React frameworks.

Solid understanding of frontend software development for the browser environment; User-Centric Design, Responsive Design, Accessibility, Performance Optimization, Scalability and Maintainability.

Advanced knowledge of Typescript and coding patterns.

Solid appreciation for shipping sleek, user friendly experiences.

Experience utilising or developing Design Systems is desirable.

Experience working in an Agile development environment.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment

Apply now and be part of the team shaping the future of work at ELMO

ELMO Software is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to join our team. We are also committed to advancing reconciliation at ELMO through our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

At ELMO, we are passionate about empowering HR with responsible, secure, and safe AI, aiming to be among the first in Australia and New Zealand to achieve ISO 42001:2023 certification. Handling sensitive employee data necessitates strict adherence to our ISO 27001:2022 Certified security policies, making data privacy and security paramount in every role.