Introduction:
Who we are…
Founded in 2002, ELMO Software is the trusted provider of HR technology solutions to 2,000+ mid-sized organisations and more than one million end users across Australia and New Zealand.With a comprehensive suite of ISO-certified solutions that span the full employee lifecycle, ELMO Software is designed to scale as organisations grow. Flexible and configurable, ELMO’s one-stop HRIS fits to your specific needs and workflows. Through powerful technology, automation, data and analytics, ELMO Software empowers HR professionals to play an integral role in company decision making.
Life & Culture...
At ELMO you will be joining an epic team with the opportunity to make a big impact. We foster an authentic, collaborative, fun working environment and being an ELMOnian means you're part of an amazing team that will push you to grow, support you with challenges and allow you to shine. Some of our benefits include:
- Hybrid work set up
- Paid Parental leave - 12 weeks primary, 6 weeks secondary
- Birthday leave, YOU day each year, as well as connecting people leave (up to 2 weeks working from anywhere)
- Inhouse Learning and Development initiatives
- ELMO Social and Diversity clubs
- Wellbeing initiatives such as boot camp, yoga etc.
- Mental Health/EAP programs
- Flare Benefits (great discounts, novated leasing, salary sacrifice)
Our values:
Reimagine What's Possible - We believe innovation is human at its core. By staying open, fearless, and adaptive, we continuously push boundaries - while keeping people at the heart of everything we do.
Obsess over Customers – Everything we do is designed to positively impact our customers.
Help Others Thrive - Be they colleagues, communities or customers, we champion ways to help others thrive.
Be Fearlessly Optimistic - We bring unwavering positivity to any challenge, as we know it will drive meaningful change.
Please note: Our internal Talent Acquisition team has got this covered, we’re not open to using an agency for this role.
Description:
We are looking for a 6-Month Senior Engineer Contractor to join the Rotageek, an ELMO product, team in Sydney to contribute to building out an AI timesheet platform.
Role Description:
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Senior Software Engineer is a core technical contributor responsible for driving high-quality feature delivery, technical design, and AI-assisted engineering within the Rotageek team. This role plays a key hands-on part in executing complex architectural patterns, leveraging AI orchestration tools to accelerate software delivery, maintaining strict code quality and security standards, and collaborating with cross-functional peers during the contract period.
Key Responsibilities:
Architecture & Technical Execution:
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Contributes to the domain's technical architecture, including data flow, API design, integration patterns, security models, and infrastructure alignment.
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Drafts Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and precise API specifications in collaboration with the Technical Team Lead (TTL) and Product Owner (PO).
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Evaluates technical feasibility of incoming business requirements, partnering with the PO to convert business intent into precise, testable, and AI-ready technical specifications.
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Identifies technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and system refactoring needs, proactively incorporating improvements into delivery cycles.
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Ensures all technical implementations align with ELMO’s overarching architecture and engineering standards.
AI Orchestration & Modern Engineering
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Executes against AI agent orchestration briefs, utilizing AI tools and agents to build, refactor, and test software efficiently.
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Assists in curating and refining domain-specific prompt libraries to maximize the effectiveness of AI-directed delivery.
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Applies sound judgment in integrating AI capabilities and modern tools into day-to-day software development tasks.
Code Quality & Engineering Oversight
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Submits highly reliable, secure, and clean code that meets standard quality gates (linting, SAST/DAST, unit/integration test coverage).
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Conducts thorough, constructive pull request (PR) reviews for both human-written and AI-generated code within team SLAs.
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Helps ensure zero critical or high security vulnerabilities are introduced into production environments.
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Maintains test coverage completeness across developed applications and services.
Release Safety & Deployment
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Follows feature flag strategies to ensure all new capabilities deploy dark and are enabled via progressive rollout.
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Supports safe deployment practices, pipeline automation, and post-deployment system health monitoring (error rates, performance baselines, observability).
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Participates in post-deployment health checks and issue triage during feature rollouts.
Delivery & Collaboration
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Provides accurate technical estimations, task breakdowns, and feasibility assessments for upcoming quarterly/sprint initiatives.
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Collaborates with TTLs, POs, and Designers to ensure predictable delivery against team OKRs.
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Assists in production incident response within the team’s scope, helping perform root-cause analysis and timely remediation.
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Actively shares knowledge, mentors junior engineers, and helps eliminate single points of failure across the codebase.
Positional Qualifications, Attributes and Skills
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Experience: Demonstrated track record as a Senior Software Engineer delivering complex software solutions within high-performing engineering teams.
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Architecture & System Design: Strong experience in service/system design, scalable architecture, RESTful/GraphQL APIs, and established software engineering patterns.
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AI-Assisted Engineering: Proven capability in leveraging modern AI tools (copilots, agentic workflows, prompt engineering) in everyday development while maintaining high standards for code quality and security.
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Quality & Security Mindset: Deep experience reviewing human-written and AI-generated code, utilizing CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, SAST/DAST tools, and feature flagging.
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Execution & Communication: Strong problem-solving skills, work breakdown capabilities, and effective communication skills when collaborating with product managers, designers, and senior technical stakeholders.
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Reliability & Incident Triage: Calm, solution-oriented approach to diagnosing technical challenges, incident mitigation, and continuous monitoring.
Key Performance Metrics (6-Month Scope)
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Code Standards Compliance: 100% of merged PRs pass automated pipeline gates and quality thresholds.
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Security & Reliability: Zero critical or high vulnerabilities introduced into production from delivered code.
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PR Efficiency: Timely review and turnaround on peer pull requests within agreed SLAs.
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AI Tool Adoption: Active usage and integration of team AI development tools to boost throughput and quality.
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Delivery Predictability: Accurate technical estimations and consistent delivery against agreed 6-month contract deliverables.
Skills and Experiences:
Our Technology:
Rotageek teams work across a range of technologies. While specifics vary by team, our current ecosystem includes:
- Frontend: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML
- Backend: ASP.NET with C# (.NET Framework, .NET Core and above, migrating
to .NET 8)
- APIs: REST and GraphQL
- Databases: SQL, NoSQL, Snowflake
- Cloud: Microsoft Azure
- Infrastructure: CI/CD with TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, GitHub Actions, IaC using terraform
Ideal Experience:
- Have a strong knowledge of ASP.NET and C# (.NET Framework or .NET Core), with
experience designing and building backend services and APIs using both REST
and GraphQL.
- Have experience developing complex web applications using React and TypeScript, with a solid understanding of modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and familiarity with frontend architecture patterns including state management and component-based development.
- Have a good understanding of back-end architecture, including database technologies (SQL/NoSQL and ORM), and service-oriented or microservices architecture.
- Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and experience with CI/CD tools such as TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, or GitHub Actions.
- Be comfortable working across all areas of the software, including those you are new to, while maintaining depth within your primary area of focus.
- Be confident managing competing priorities, troubleshooting issues under
- pressure, and analysing and resolving complex customer queries with empathy and urgency.
- Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills — able to build effective working relationships across teams, translate between technical and non-technical language, and influence decisions through collaboration and persuasion.
ELMO Software Pty Ltd is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to join our team. We are also committed to advancing reconciliation at ELMO through our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
At ELMO, we are passionate about empowering HR with responsible, secure and safe AI, aiming to be among the first in Australia and New Zealand to achieve ISO 42001:2023 certification. Handling sensitive employee data necessitates strict adherence to our ISO 27001:2022 Certified security policies, making data privacy and security paramount in every role.
