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Employment Hero is seeking an Intermediate Full-Stack Software Engineer to join the Website & Organic Growth team within the Marketing organisation. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, design, SEO, and conversion optimization, building and operating Employment Hero's multi-region web platform.
You will own features end-to-end, from understanding requirements through implementation, testing, deployment, and production validation. The role spans both established systems and newer products, including Laravel applications, WordPress functionality, React frontends, APIs, third-party integrations, and AI-enabled features.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building backend functionality using PHP and Laravel
- Developing frontend experiences using React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Developing APIs, integrations, and WordPress functionality as needed
- Contributing to new AI-enabled products and services
- Writing automated tests and validating both human-written and AI-generated code
- Investigating production issues using logs, monitoring, and debugging tools
- Participating in code reviews, technical discussions, and documentation
- Communicating progress, risks, and blockers proactively
- Identifying unclear requirements, edge cases, technical risks, and scope changes early
The technology landscape includes PHP, Laravel, WordPress, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, APIs, and AWS. You'll be a well-rounded engineer comfortable working across different parts of the stack and learning unfamiliar systems when needed.
Employment Hero operates in a remote-first environment with an international team. The company offers ESOP (Employee Share Options), comprehensive benefits including generous parental leave, subsidized egg freezing, home office allowance, and learning & development opportunities. Annual global gatherings bring the team together.
REQUIREMENTS:
Essential:
- Strong full-stack web development experience
- Solid commercial experience with PHP
- Production experience with React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript
- Strong HTML, CSS, HTTP, and web fundamentals
- Experience with APIs, databases, and third-party integrations
- Comfortable with Git, code review, automated testing, debugging, and CI/CD
- Ability to take a medium-complexity feature from requirement to production without detailed step-by-step direction
- Ability to investigate ambiguity, make sound decisions, and ask specific questions when needed
- Good understanding of maintainability, performance, security, and common web application risks
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools with judgment to review and validate output
- Clear written and spoken English for working with an international remote team
Highly Regarded:
- Laravel or another modern PHP framework
- AI or LLM application development
- WordPress, Gutenberg, or WordPress multisite
- AWS or containerized applications
- Observability and performance tooling
- Technical SEO, Core Web Vitals, or accessibility
- Experience working with marketing or growth teams
- Experience working from Figma designs
