Intermediate Backend Software Engineer (.NET)
Employment Hero, a leading remote-first HR tech company revolutionizing the way businesses manage employment, is seeking an Intermediate Software Development Engineer to join its growing Partnerships and Payroll team. This is a fully remote, full-time position suited for candidates across the company's operational regions including Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Canada, and more. The role focuses on building and modernizing cloud-based payroll systems, working cross-functionally with agile teams on feature development, debugging, optimization, and documentation. You'll enjoy flexible work, cutting-edge tools, and benefits including employee share options (ESOP), generous parental leave, WFH budget, and L&D opportunities.
The ideal candidate has strong experience in .NET development with expertise in C#, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, and SQL Server. Familiarity with ORM frameworks (e.g., NHibernate or Entity Framework), unit testing tools (NUnit/XUnit), and dependency injection frameworks (e.g., Castle Windsor, Autofac) is required. Exposure to agile methodologies and test-driven development is essential. Bonus points for experience with frontend frameworks like VueJS or ReactJS, AWS environments, or knowledge of the payroll domain.
As part of a mission-driven, high-performance organization, you’ll contribute to meaningful projects with real-world impact. Employment Hero takes an AI-first, remote-first approach and fosters an inclusive, flexible, and supportive work culture. This opportunity not only offers professional growth but also the chance to be part of one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally.
Description
Who we are
Employment Hero is on a mission to make employment easier and more valuable for everyone. Our Employment Operating System brings hiring, HR, payroll and benefits into an all-in-one solution.
Since our inception in 2014, we’ve scaled to a $2 billion valuation and gained a presence in 6 countries globally - Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, the UK and Canada. We now service over 300,000 businesses and more than 2 million employees.
The EH Way
At Employment Hero, we’re proud of our unique DNA, which we call The EH Way.
- We are Mission First - everything we do (from what we work on, to how we allocate capital and where we focus) is driven by our Mission
- We are Remote First - we champion a remote environment with a preference for asynchronous communication and a high degree of autonomy
- We are AI First - we are committed to using AI to accelerate our mission; AI is not just a tool, it’s a fundamental part of how we operate, innovate, and scale
- We are Apolitical - we do not take a position on political or social topics, unless it relates to our Mission
- We Live by Our Values - we role model our values 100% of the time
- We Expect High Performance - we set a high standard and we’re not satisfied with being average
About the role
Our Partnerships and Payroll team are growing. We're looking for an amazing Intermediate Software Development Engineer (.Net) to join us as we scale our products and features and take on interesting technical challenges.
This role will help us continue the development and modernising of our Payroll system as we look to continue to expand into new regions.
You'll be able to learn from our cross-functional teams, including working with geographically distributed teams. You'll accelerate your career quickly, in a fully remote, flexible and casual environment.
As our Software Development Engineer, you'll look after:
- End-to-end development for new and current cloud-based applications, from working on the technology roadmap with Product Owners, designing solutions with your squad, new feature development, through to production, improving/optimising and maintenance
- Debug and perform root cause analysis for application issues
- Take initiative in recommending improvements to the development process
- Proactively identify application pain points and suggest mitigation strategies
- Perform peer reviews of code changes
- Perform testing of new features/enhancements/bug fixes
- Maintain documentation and help articles for new/updated features
- Provide training sessions for the support team for new features
- Work closely with business stakeholders within an agile environment
Requirements
To excel in this role, you should possess the following qualifications:
- Extensive experience as a .NET Software Development Engineer
- Experience with C#, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core
- Experience in SQL Server
- Knowledge of the following (or similar) frameworks:
- Experience in NHibernate (or similar persistence or ORM framework such as Microsoft Entity Framework or Dapper)
- Experience in NUnit/XUnit (unit testing)
- Experience in Castle Windsor (or similar dependency injection/IoC framework, such as Autofaq or Ninject)
- Experience with agile methodologies and test-driven development techniques
Nice to have skills/experiences (not required, but advantageous):
- Experience in Knockout, VueJS, ReactJS (or similar JavaScript MVVM framework)
- Experience in AWS Cloud environments
- Experience in the Payroll domain
What we can offer
At Employment Hero, we don’t just talk about a better way to work - we live it. Joining Employment Hero means
- You will work remotely, with the flexibility to own your time and impact
- You will access cutting-edge tools to amplify your work, knowledge and outputs
- You’ll surround yourself with ambitious, outcome-driven colleagues who challenge you to do the best work of your life
- You’ll own ESOP (employee share options) in one of the world’s fastest-growing tech companies
- You’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits that includes - a very generous paternity leave policy, subsidised egg freezing (so you can make the choice that’s right for you, on your terms), a WFH office expense budget, and outstanding learning & development opportunities
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Employment Hero celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences, we invite people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position.
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