Senior Full Stack Engineer - Remote, UK

Who we are

Employment Hero is on a mission to make employment easier and more valuable for everyone. Our Employment Operating System integrates hiring, HR, payroll, and benefits into one comprehensive solution.

Since our founding in 2014, we have achieved a $2 billion valuation and established a global presence in 6 countries: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, the UK, and Canada. We currently serve over 300,000 businesses and more than 2 million employees.

The EH Way

At Employment Hero, we pride ourselves on our unique DNA, known as The EH Way.

• Mission First: Everything we do, from projects to capital allocation and focus areas, is driven by our Mission.
• Remote First: We champion a remote work environment, prioritizing asynchronous communication and high autonomy.
• AI First: We are committed to leveraging AI to accelerate our mission; AI is integral to how we operate, innovate, and scale.
• Apolitical: We do not take positions on political or social topics unless directly related to our Mission.
• We Live by Our Values: We consistently role model our values.
• We Expect High Performance: We set high standards and are not satisfied with average results.

This role

As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you will be instrumental in developing highly scalable, robust, and innovative features across our entire ecosystem. Our backend applications primarily utilize Ruby on Rails, complemented by modern frontend frameworks like React.js.

If you are not deeply familiar with Ruby, your core engineering patterns and full-stack architecture skills are more important. We provide dedicated training and up-skilling to ensure a smooth transition into our tech stack.

Your day-to-day will include:

• End-to-End Ownership: Leading your squad to design, scope, implement, and deploy critical full-stack features for our customers.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering closely with a global team of designers, product managers, and UX specialists to translate abstract business needs into elegant technical solutions.
• Technical Leadership: Mentoring junior and intermediate engineers within your squad, conducting constructive code reviews, and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing.
• System Evolution: Navigating a complex SaaS product ecosystem, identifying application pain points, and proactively implementing mitigation strategies or process improvements.
• Quality & Security: Writing automated tests for your production code and taking full ownership of the reliability, security, and root-cause analysis of application health.

Who you are

To thrive at Employment Hero, you will embody The EH Way, operating with focus, agility, and an obsession with impact. For this role, you will also bring:

• Senior Technical Expertise: You are a highly skilled, senior-level software engineer. We typically look for 6+ years of experience, but we evaluate based on technical capabilities and architectural depth over years on a resume.
• Language Agnostic Mastery: You are proficient in at least one major backend language/framework (e.g., Python, Java, PHP, Node.js). If you already know Ruby on Rails, that's a plus! If not, you possess the engineering fundamentals to learn it quickly with our support.
• Frontend Proficiency: Proven hands-on experience implementing web applications using modern frontend technologies (such as React.js, Angular, or Vue).
• SaaS & Cloud Delivery: Strong experience implementing, maintaining, and deploying complex, full-stack cloud web architectures using Agile methodologies.
• A Collaborative Mentor: A natural team player who values collective success, communicates fluidly in English across distributed timelines, and is passionate about elevating the engineers around them.

Note: This position is only open to candidates who are currently living in and legally eligible to work in the United Kingdom.

What we can offer

Joining Employment Hero means experiencing a better way to work, not just discussing it:

• True Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere in the UK with the autonomy to manage your time and maximize your impact.
• Cutting-Edge Tools: Access to top-tier AI and agent-assisted engineering tools to enhance your daily developer experience.
• Financial Upside: Own ESOP (employee share options) in one of the world's fastest-growing, $2B+ tech companies.
• World-Class Benefits: Generous parental leave policies, a dedicated work-from-home office expense budget, subsidized egg freezing, and outstanding learning and development opportunities to advance your career.

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Employment Hero celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences; we invite people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position.

Company Overview

Employment Hero is the world's first Employment Operating System: an end-to-end system built to simplify employment for everyone. From hiring to retirement, all employment aspects are managed in one place. Employment Hero helps over 300,000 businesses worldwide hire great people and manage everything from hiring, HR, and payroll, through to rewards, recognition, and offboarding — all automated behind the scenes. For the 2M+ employees and jobseekers using Employment Hero, Employment OS is their work passport to unlock great job opportunities, manage work administration, and grow their career.