Senior Software Engineer (Node JS)

Who we are…

Founded in 2002, ELMO Software has established itself as a leading provider of innovative HR technology solutions, proudly serving over 2,000 mid-sized organizations and more than one million end users across Australia, New Zealand and UK. Our comprehensive suite of ISO-certified solutions covers the entire employee lifecycle, empowering HR professionals to effectively manage their workforce and contribute to strategic decision-making.

At ELMO, our purpose is to unleash the impact of HR. Designed with flexibility and scalability in mind, ELMO's one-stop HR Information System (HRIS) adapts to your unique needs and workflows, ensuring seamless integration into your existing processes. Leveraging powerful technology, automation, and data analytics, ELMO Software equips organisations with the tools they need to drive efficiency and enhance employee engagement.

Join us and be part of a dynamic team dedicated to transforming HR practices through cutting-edge technology!

Life & Culture...

At ELMO, you’ll join an extraordinary team dedicated to making a significant impact. We cultivate an authentic, collaborative, and vibrant work environment where creativity thrives.

As an ELMOnian, you become part of an exceptional community that encourages personal and professional growth. Here, you’ll be supported through challenges, inspired to push your boundaries, and celebrated for your contributions.

Join us to not only advance your career but also to enjoy a fulfilling and enjoyable workplace experience!

Some of our benefits include:

• Remote setup
• Annual paid vacation leaves (accrual)
• Annual paid sick leaves (accrual)
• 10 Filipino Public Holidays (accrual if you had to work you can use it later on!)
• HMO provided for you and 1 free dependent
• Group life insurance
• Quarterly meet ups
• Birthday leave and YOU day
• Mental Health/EAP programs
• Work peripheral

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.

About the Opportunity...

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join a dynamic new squad at ELMO and work on an exciting greenfield project building a cutting-edge solution from scratch. You’ll design, develop, and deploy features across a modern full-stack including Node.js, React.js, and AWS, with occasional PHP as needed. This is your opportunity to tackle complex technical challenges, deliver high-quality software, and collaborate closely with other experienced engineers while contributing your expertise to shape the project’s architecture and best practices.

What you’ll do...

Individually:

• Be a solid and trusted team member with a consistent record of independently shipping well-crafted, maintainable software to production.
• Have a solid domain knowledge of our business and its products.
• Consistently make conscious and pragmatic trade-offs to ship a product.
• Raise the quality of ELMO’s software by demonstrating cleaner ways of implementing features.
• Qualify and effectively reduce technical debt.

Team Member:

• Be a valued member, proactive supporter of the team and the leadership that consistently delivers high-quality outcomes.
• Be customer-centric, considerate of the product and its intent for end users.
• Be eager to improve the product, the team's environment, and internal processes.

Technical Mentor:

• Be known for their technical knowledge and are ready and willing to share their learning and experiences with others so they can be more effective in their roles.
• Actively increasing their direct team's knowledge by mentoring, running internal workshops and sharing useful videos/articles.

Software Development:

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions across complex projects.
• Identify & pragmatically apply better code standards, practices or tooling’s and improve overall application performance.
• Uses systematic debugging to diagnose cross-service issues.
• Drive monitoring work across the team.
• Qualify and effectively reduce technical debt.

Solution Design & Architecture:

• Consistently design code that is aligned with the overall service architecture.
• Design solutions to meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Solid domain knowledge of our business and products.

Security:

• Consistently approaches all engineering work with a security lens.
• Understand the security standards (e.g., OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK, etc.).
• Plan and address security vulnerabilities according to severity.
• Ensure compliance with ELMO’s information security privacy policies and procedures.

Teamwork:

• Support teammates to overcome obstacles, resolve blockers, and complete tasks.
• Effective peer-reviewer, looking to raise the quality of our software by demonstrating cleaner ways of implementing features in line with ELMO Values.

Delivery:

• A solid and trusted team member with a consistent record of independently shipping maintainable, well-crafted, automatically tested software to production.
• Consistently make conscious and pragmatic trade-offs to ship a product.
• A valued member, proactive supporter of the team and the leadership that consistently delivers high-quality outcomes with minimum fuss.
• Customer-centric, considerate of the product and its intent for end users.
• Eager to improve the product, the team's environment and internal processes.
• Is a technical and prioritisation leader within the team, including taking some ownership of other team members' technical growth and development.

What we would like to see you bring to the team...

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a concentration in Information Technology or Computer Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience in agile/scrum practice.
• 6+ years of software development experience with strong JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency
• Advanced knowledge of Node.js and related frameworks (Express, NestJS, Fastify etc).
• Comfortable working with different technologies as needed.
• Familiar with AWS, Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud.
• Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Well-developed communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.

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

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.