Senior Front End Developer - 15mth contract - ASAP start
IT & Telecomms
Software - Developer
Brisbane
Contract or Temp
Build the front end of the foundU / Atlas integration, a project with big impact
Tech stack: Vue.js, ES6+, Tailwind, Storybook, Jest and Cypress
Collaboratively lead front end best practice
Who are we?
foundU is an Australian-grown business that is revolutionising the payroll and workforce management landscape.
Our pace is quick, and the work is challenging.
We dream big, and we fight hard for customer ease.
Joining forces with Citation Group in ****, together we bring
real-world HR, Safety, Legal and Certification expertise
along with
adaptable workforce management and payroll technology
, helping businesses run with confidence every day.
Our team is excited to be growing fast and doing good things for businesses across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK.
With a UK parent company that is private equity backed, the plan is to triple the size of the business over the next few years through both organic growth and acquisitions.
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What will you be responsible for?
This role sits as part of our
Engineering
team, is based in
Brisbane
with one set office day a week.
It's a 15-month maximum term contract running to the end of March ****, as part of a new squad of five.
Your key activities in this role will be ...
Build the front end of the foundU and Atlas integration, the core focus of this contract
Deliver quality-of-life improvements across the platform, including paying entities within foundU, so we can work better with franchise businesses
Develop and grow our component library
Enhance UI and UX across the product, working closely with Product and UX
Optimise front end performance across a large, evolving product with mixed architectural and design patterns
Own a specialised area of our front end,



end to end
Lead front end best practices and give and take feedback to make the work better
Use AI-assisted development tools to keep pace with best practice and keep learning
Our ideal candidate?
You're a
front end specialist
who likes to own your work, takes feedback on board and genuinely enjoys what you build, and why you're building it.
Senior-level front end experience, with a track record of owning features and areas of a codebase
Expertise in Vue.js, or deep React experience and the appetite to work in Vue
Strong modern JavaScript (ES6+) and Tailwind CSS skills
Experience building component libraries with Storybook
Testing experience with Jest and Cypress
Comfortable working in a large codebase where some of the code is neat and some isn't
Hands-on experience with AI coding tools such as Claude in your day-to-day work
SaaS product, full stack or agency experience is a bonus
Why join us?
We have each other's backs.
We're aligned, communicative, high-performing and proud to work together.
Our Purpose, Vision, Mission and Values are foundational to everything we do.
When you join our team, you'll experience a workplace that values you as an individual and actively engages to bring you into the fold, contribute to your career growth and set you up for success.
We don't do micro-management.
We hire grown-ups who are trusted to get stuff done.
We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for 9 years consecutively.
We're big on flexible working and its benefits because we want you to experience work/life harmony.
Our office locations are contemporary and created for collaboration, creativity and customer-care.
Next steps?
Hit the Apply button with your updated CV.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We will not be considering candidates referred by recruitment agencies and will only candidates with full working rights for Australia.
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📌 Senior Front End Developer - 15Mth Contract - Asap Start (Brisbane)
🏢 Citation
📍 Brisbane