ELMO Talent Management Software Hiring for Lead Software Engineer Job at Sydney Full Time

About the role
As a Lead PHP Software Engineer at ELMO, you will be part of a creative, cross-functional team that plays a key role in the development process. You will guide and help lead the design and development of our technical solutions.
As our Lead Software Engineer, we would like to see someone who can take charge in the technical direction and in actively reviewing code, as well as deliver well-designed technical solutions in clean and maintainable code.
What your day to day will look like:

• We are Agile advocates: you will be responsible for developing and deploying new features that deliver customer value in a cross-functional team, working closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Business Analysts, DevOps and Engineering Managers
• You will examine, review, design and deliver well-designed technical solutions in a clean and maintainable way
• Reporting to the Engineering Manager and the Head of Development, you will lead a development team that works primarily on PHP/Javascript
• You will be the technical lead of the Software Engineers, bringing your team’s skills to the next level
• You will contribute to our engineering culture engaging in technical discussion and following industry best practices

What we would like to see you bring to the team:

• Knowledge of PHP and MVC frameworks (Symfony, Laravel)
• Experience in Relational Database Management Systems (Preferably MySQL)
• Experience in modern Javascript frameworks is a bonus
• Experience in an Agile environment
• AWS: Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3
• Experience with automated testing and focus on industry best practices (CI/CD, design patterns, SOLID principles)
• Experience with planning technical initiatives and mentoring junior developers

More about benefits:

• Flexible, family-friendly environment
• Wellbeing initiatives: virtual yoga and meditation classes
• Focus on tech: Innovation Days, R&D Summit, Hackathons, Monthly Product Showcase, weekly tech workshops, BA Community of Practice, Agile coaching team
• Inhouse Learning and Development initiatives
• ELMO Social clubs (movies, books, Green team) and Communities of Interest (cooking, pets, gardening)
• Monthly Employee rewards
• Mental Health programs

More About Our Team
Our team is diverse, supportive, and open to share knowledge. We run internal workshops where team members can discuss technical concepts. We have a friendly and inclusive culture that focuses on constant improvement.
ELMO Software Limited is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to join our team. Key to this role is an awareness of data privacy and security as you will be dealing with sensitive employee data in accordance with ELMO’s ISO27001:2013 Certified security policies and practices.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent