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. We empower HR professionals to play an integral role in company decision making through powerful technology, automation, data, and analytics.

About the opportunity:

ELMO has embarked on an ambitious UI Modernisation journey, establishing a dedicated Frontend Platform Team to empower product squads across the organization. As a Senior Front-end Software Engineer on the Platform Team, you will be instrumental in building the robust, scalable frontend infrastructure that enables consistent, high-quality user experiences across ELMO's applications.

This is a unique opportunity to work on foundational systems. You'll contribute to our microfrontend architecture using Module Federation, develop shared libraries and capabilities, shape frontend standards, and enable product teams to build efficiently while maintaining enterprise-grade quality, performance, and consistency.

Desired Skills and Experience:

We value a strong technical foundation and focus on exceptional user experiences.

• 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.

Key Responsibilities:

The core responsibilities of the Senior Front End Engineer include:

• Contributing to the ownership and maintenance of our module federation parent/shell application
• Developing and supporting shared libraries and packages (authentication, state management, utilities)
• Providing guidance on architecture patterns and technical decisions to product teams
• Supporting and occasionally working directly with product squads to accelerate their frontend development
• Championing continued AI tooling assessment and integration into our product development workflow.
• Customer-centric, and considerate of the product and its intent for end users.
• Creating and improving components, foundations and patterns within ELMO’s design system.
• 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.

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 (Sydney or Melbourne)
• 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.

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.