Senior Frontend Engineer

Who are we?    

Humanforce’s vision is to make work easier and life better for frontline and flexible workforces. 

Humanforce provides the market leading, best-in-one human capital management (HCM) suite for frontline and flexible workforces - without compromise. Our employee centred, intelligent and compliant HCM suite is highly integrated and composable, and consists of Workforce Management (WFM), HR, Payroll, and Wellbeing.   

Humanforce has built strong foundations since its founding in 2002. We help over 2300 customers and almost 1 million employees under management in 30+ countries, across a wide range of industries, including aged, child and health care; education; hospitality; retail; local government and more. Today, we have offices across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, North America and the Philippines.  

Customers choose Humanforce because we enable them to deliver an exceptional employee experience, build a compelling employee value proposition, and connect the flow of the world’s talent with the growth, productivity and efficiency objectives of frontline and flexible workforces.  

Who you are   

We are on the lookout for a talented Senior Frontend Engineer to lead the charge in designing and developing our Mango Design System (Mango DS). In this exciting role, you'll play a crucial part in connecting the worlds of design and development, crafting reusable UI components that ensure a seamless and consistent experience across our platform. This position is a harmonious blend of UX design expertise and front-end development expertise, as you'll work hand-in-hand with both designers and engineers to nurture and enhance the design system.

What you will do   

• Take charge of creating, developing, and managing the Mango Design System to guarantee a seamless user experience across our entire product lineup.

• Craft and implement versatile UI components leveraging cutting-edge front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, along with frameworks such as React, Angular, and Web Components.
• Transform designs into fully operational components that adhere to our design system.
• Ensure all components are fine-tuned for accessibility, performance, and responsiveness.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and developers to align the design system with business requirements and ensure scalability as our products evolve.
• Keep up-to-date and document design patterns, style guides, and component libraries for the benefit of the broader product and development teams.

What you’ll need 

• Proven experience as a UX Engineer or Front-End Developer with a strong emphasis on design systems
• Exceptional skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, along with expertise in front-end frameworks like React, Angular, and Web Components
• A robust understanding of UX design principles and hands-on experience working in tandem with designers and engineers
• Familiarity with design tools like Figma or similar platforms
• Excellent communication skills to foster effective collaboration with cross-functional teams

Some ‘nice to haves’  

• A degree in computer science, UX design, or a related field is an advantage.

• Experience in SaaS or digital product design is highly desirable.

Our values   

• We are bold   

• We are all in   

• We are customer obsessed   

• We do what we say   

• We are good humans   

Our approach to flexibility   

We are passionate about people making their own decisions about where and when they work. Our aim is to facilitate hybrid working (mix of in the office and from home) where possible to support our people to be effective, empowered, and productive to achieve both their career and personal goals. Because we recognise that working flexibly means different things to different people, flexible working exists in many forms.  

Benefits   

• A flexible working environment   

• The opportunity to be part of a fast-growing tech company    

• A focus on development with access to Go1 learning    

• Paid time off Quarterly Wellbeing Days    

• Employee talent referral scheme (know great people, be rewarded)    

• A fun and friendly culture working with passionate and talented people    

• A work environment where you can genuinely improve the world of work!  

We are a diverse and dispersed organisation and are actively looking to grow our team with individuals from all diverse backgrounds. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, ages, genders, neurodiversity, religions, sexual orientations, and experiences to apply.   

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