About Superhero

Superhero is an award-winning Australian superannuation platform and online broker built for the new generation of investors. Our mission is to make investing affordable, accessible and understandable for everyone.

Recognised as one of LinkedIn Australia’s Top Startups in 2022, Money Magazine’s Best of the Best Online Share Broker Award in 2022, 2023 and 2024, and Canstar’s Online Share Trading - Most Satisfied Customer Award in 2023, we’ve secured over $50m in funding and have more than $1 billion in assets under management.

Today, we’re proudly helping over 300,000 investors and superannuation members reimagine their financial future and feel confident about their wealth-building journey. We’re looking for sharp, collaborative minds to support our mission of democratising investing.

Now we are looking for talented Mid/Senior Laravel Engineers to join our dynamic engineering team. Read on to learn about the role and requirements.

Key Responsibilities For The Role Include

• Technical Architecture: Work with the Head of Engineering to design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable features for our Laravel applications. Define and enforce coding standards and development best practices.
• Code Review: Conduct regular code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards. Provide constructive feedback to team members for continuous improvement.
• Team Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including frontend developers, SRE and QA engineers. Foster a collaborative and positive team environment.
• Feature Development: Take a hands-on approach in developing critical features and modules. Ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Performance Optimisation: Identify and address performance bottlenecks in the Laravel applications. Optimise database queries and application code for efficiency.
• Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot and debug issues, providing timely resolution to production problems. Implement monitoring and logging solutions to proactively identify issues.
• Code Documentation: Ensure comprehensive and up-to-date documentation of the codebase.
• Stay Current: Keep abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to Laravel. Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies to enhance development efficiency.
• Quality Assurance: Implement and enforce testing processes, including unit testing and integration testing.
• Security Compliance: Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the development process. Seek opportunities to optimise workflows and enhance team productivity.
  
  

Key Experience, Qualifications And Attributes

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on Laravel development experience.
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable and maintainable Laravel applications.
• Familiarity with Git version control and project management tools such as JIRA.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, coupled with an innovative mindset.
• Attention to detail in both code and project management, coupled with a customer-centric approach.
• Ability to excel in a dynamic environment, adapting to changing priorities and business needs.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills across departments and functions.
• Experience working with large data sets and databases is a bonus
  
  

What We Can Offer You

• Market-leading salary package.
• Opportunity to work alongside equally talented peers at a leading fintech startup.
• Work-life balance and flexibility with an office-first hybrid work model.
• A modern CBD office with fresh fruit, snacks and a welcoming environment.
• Employee Assistance Program with mental wellbeing resources, coaching and therapy.
• Gender-neutral parental leave entitlements.
• Facilitation of novated leasing.
  
  

Our values

• We do the right things, always: We lead with transparency and accountability and always do what’s right for our customers.
• We’re never done: We have a bias for action and a hunger for growth.
• There’s no ‘i’ hero: We’re team-first and believe in owning the problem and sharing our success together.
• We innovate courageously: We start with “how” and “why not” and we don’t settle for the status quo.
  
  

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and believe that different perspectives lead to better outcomes. If you're passionate, innovative, and aligned with our values, we're excited to have you on board. Help us shape the future of fintech investment and empower our clients to achieve their financial goals.

Interested? Please hit the 'Apply Now' button and we look forward to hearing from you.

You will need to have the rights to legally work in Australia, sponsorship options are not available for this role.

No agencies, please.