Senior software engineer (backend)

We're on a mission to empower HR teams to tackle challenges as they arise, and create great workplaces that truly reflect their unique spirit.Worknice is a fast-growing, HR tech SaaS business founded by an experienced team. We offer competitive compensation and real work-life balance, with a remote-friendly environment (within Australia), minimal meetings, and a wide variety of work. We are proud to have built a team culture that people genuinely enjoy working in.About the RoleDetails:- Senior Engineer (Backend), reporting to the Head of Product.- Sydney-based, remote within Australia welcome.- Attractive salary, equity available for the right candidate.Requirements:Extensive experience working on web applications.Experience with Postgres.Experience with Node.js and TypeScript.Willingness to take on responsibility for the end-to-end design and development of features.Great communication and collaboration skills (especially important for remote candidates).Ability to work autonomously.Experience with GraphQL.Experience working at a startup.Experience in product management/ownership.About the ProductOverview"Notebook" is the internal codename for Worknice's flagship product. Notebook is a web-based SaaS product targeted at the following market:Core HR. Notebook focuses on solutions to problems experienced by HR teams.Mid-market. Notebook is optimised for organisations with 50-1000 employees that have a dedicated HR function.Australian. Notebook has first-class support for the Australian tax and superannuation systems.We don't work in silos. Individuals are responsible for seeing work through from start to finish instead of each person doing their part and throwing it over the wall. The flip-side of this is that each of us should lend our help to others as needed and balance our workload accordingly.Ship Early, Ship OftenWe always want to avoid analysis paralysis. Instead, we want to get changes in front of users as quickly as possible and, by default, we lean towards cutting down scope in favour of increasing budget/timeline or sacrificing quality.Provide backend engineering support to team members implementing product features that involve the database, API or other backend systems.Manage Core InfrastructureTake ownership of the core infrastructure to ensure it is suitable for our needs now and into the future.Work closely with the rest of the Product & Engineering team to spec, develop and maintain the critical infrastructure used throughout Worknice.Ensure deployment processes are efficient and flexible.Design and develop the core features that enable the Worknice platform including:Auth/SSO/MFAUser/Role/Permission ManagementAccount ManagementData Import/Export ToolsApp/Integration MarketplaceDevelop "Leave Management" FeaturesDesign and develop features that integrate with external leave management systems:Leave Requests and ApprovalsLeave BalancesShared Leave SchedulesEnsure the products we're delivering are responsive and cost effective through performance optimisation.Work with the rest of the Product & Engineering team to define performance targets.Work with the rest of the Product & Engineering team to set-up and maintain monitoring of performance targets.Implement changes to improve performance to meet our performance targets.Maintain SecurityEnsure strong security practices are followed throughout the organisation.Implement and maintain security features.Work with the rest of the Product & Engineering team to ensure secure development processes are being followed.Work with the Head of Product to develop and implement security policies and procedures throughout the organisation.Work with the Head of Product to acquire and maintain security and privacy accreditations.Advocate for "developer" UsersAdvocate internally for the needs of "developer" users. These may be the in-house developers of our customers, developers at agencies working with our customers or developers of third-party products who are integrating with Worknice.

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