As one of our Backend Engineers (Intermediate and Senior level), you’ll be accountable for building and deploying the innovative features that change our customers’ lives every day. From our trailblazing AI hiring tool to our fully automated payroll solution, every component of our Employment Operating System is carefully designed to disrupt the employment industry for the better, improving the lives of business owners and entrepreneurs everywhere. Our world-class Product and Engineering teams delivered almost 1,000 new features last year. As one of our Software Engineers, you’ll play a vital role in the continued acceleration of our product strategy, by:

Driving your squad to develop critical features for our customers.
Collaborating closely with our global team of designers, product managers and UX specialists to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
Writing automated tests for your production codes.
Developing and maintaining key components of web applications.
Conducting testing and code reviews for both yourself and your colleagues.
Mentoring the Junior Engineers within your squad.

Minimum qualifications:

4+ years of experience building and developing backend applications.
Experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
Proficiency in any OOP language (e.g.,Python, Java, Kotlin, Ruby, Go, Scala, PHP, etc.).
You have a strong understanding of best practice software engineering processes, testing, and Agile methodology.
In previous roles, you’ve focused on Server-side and RESTful API Development and integration.
You have good verbal and written English skills.

About Employment Hero

Employment Hero is the world’s first Employment Operating System, the next generation of employment software. EmploymentOS encompasses HR, payroll, hiring, employee engagement and employee benefits - a single platform designed to service all employment management needs.

Since our inception in 2014, we’ve scaled to a $2 Billion valuation, servicing over 300,000 customers and more than 2 million active users. But our growth doesn’t stop here! We release up to 1,000 new features and upgrades every year, endlessly motivated by our Mission to make employment easier and more valuable for everyone.

The EH Way

The EH Way is how we describe our culture at Employment Hero and how we all operate. It is our DNA. You can read all about it on our careers page

In short, you’ll love working with us if:

Revolutionising employment gets your heart racing.
You thrive on the flexibility (and responsibility) of a remote-first business.
Our values align, and shape how you show up every day.
You love the dynamic pace of a startup, are driven by innovation, and enjoy working with other smart people.

But don’t just take it from us, hear from your local heroes: Thao Ta, Head of People and Culture & Hung Pham, Group Engineer Manager: Life at Employment Hero | Vietnam

Our perks & benefits

A generous budget for your home office.
Cutting-edge tools and technology.
20 days Annual Leave, plus VN Public Holidays.
$500 USD for your professional development plan.
$500 USD for English learning courses.
Premium Healthcare Insurance Program for you and your loved ones, plus full gross salary paid social insurance.
Sports club funded by Employment Hero.
Monthly get-together event in the office for team bonding and VND 80,000 budget for lunch for day-in-office.
Reward and recognition programs - because great work should be recognised and rewarded.
Employee Share Option Program: be an owner of Employment Hero.
Annual Global Gathering - so far we’ve been to Thailand, Vietnam, Bali and are excited to meet in Dubai in 2025.

Are we a match?

Think we're the right match for you? Fantastic! Click 'Apply' and our talent team will reach out with the next steps.

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