Lead Software Engineer

Posted: 30/09/2025

Closing Date: 24/10/2025

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Sydney

Job Category: IT

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.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you won't just be a developer - you'll be the Technical Leader for a high-performing Engineering team. This is a crucial, blended role where you combine deep technical expertise with direct team leadership and accountability.

You will be the engine driving technical excellence, quality delivery, and continuous growth.

The key roles and responsibilities of the role will include:

• Technical Strategy & Vision: Define and drive the team's technical roadmap, collaborating on cross-cutting architectural challenges and standardizing best practices.
• Engineering Quality & Ownership: Own the team's output, ensuring the highest standards for security, reliability, and observability. Guide the team through incident resolution and preventative measures.
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead hiring, foster a healthy and psychologically safe environment, and provide hands-on technical mentorship, including code reviews and one-on-one guidance.
• AI & Innovation Champion: Proactively identify and champion the practical use of AI-powered workflows to boost developer productivity and innovation across the team.
• Delivery Partnership: Partner with the Product Owner to translate complex business needs into clean, scalable, and maintainable solutions, managing technical debt and project dependencies.

We value a strong technical foundation and leadership presence.

• Demonstrated 5+ years' experience in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Proven experience in a Team Leadership role within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Strong knowledge of PHP (Symphony preferred), OR significant experience with other popular web application languages/frameworks (e.g., Node, React, Laravel).
• A natural knack for writing clean, readable, and maintainable code.
• Strong knowledge of OOP, design patterns, and architectural patterns (e.g., event-driven microservices).
• Experience creating and maintaining scalable applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud).
• The ability to mentor your team on the practical, value-driven use of AI in software development.

If you are ready for your next challenge and want to own tech initiatives in a high performing team - apply now

ELMO Software Pty Ltd 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.