Senior Frontend Engineer

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 400,000 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! Learn more about Superhero on our website: superhero.com.au/about-us

About The Role

In this role as a Senior Frontend Engineer, you'll play a key part in shaping our member engagement by developing an effective, user-friendly interface.

We're looking for someone who's genuinely enthusiastic about frontend development and can confidently implement new features. The ideal candidate should have a sharp focus on details and be comfortable working independently. If you have an interest in the financial or investing sector, that's a great addition, but it's not essential.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on development, testing and maintenance.
• Develop high-quality, scalable, and efficient front-end code. Implement new features and functionalities in accordance with project requirements and timelines.
• Building responsive and adaptive layouts by ensuring cross-browser compatibility and accessibility standards.
• Researching, analysing and developing reusable code and libraries for better speed and scalability.
• Participating in code reviews and contributing to the development of best practices.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers and Backend engineers.
• Working within systems limitations to deliver outcomes.
• Participating in stand-ups, design review meetings, and other data-driven decision-making processes.
• Providing feedback to product teams on continuous improvement across web application design and development.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• Agile and Scrum Expertise: Proven experience working in a product role in an Agile/Scrum environment, and demonstrated ability to create and manage product backlogs, user stories, and sprint planning.
• Stakeholder Management: Experience in collaborating with stakeholders, including business, engineering, and UX/UI teams. Proven ability to gather and prioritise business requirements from multiple stakeholders. Experience in managing stakeholder expectations and balancing conflicting priorities.
• Technical Understanding: A solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Experience in collaborating closely with technical teams to ensure product feasibility and execution.
• End-to-End Product Lifecycle Management: Demonstrated experience in managing the entire product lifecycle, from ideation to launch and ongoing iterations.
• Experience in Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and QA. Proven track record of delivering collaborative outcomes in a matrixed environment.
• Excellent Communication and Leadership Skills: Strong communication skills to clearly articulate product goals and strategies. Proven ability to lead and inspire teams to deliver on the product vision.
• Experience with Product Management Tools: Hands-on experience with product management tools like JIRA and Confluence for managing backlogs, roadmaps, and sprints.
  
  

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? Apply Now - 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 recruiters, please.

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.