About Worknice

We're on a mission to empower HR teams to tackle challenges as they arise, and create great workplaces that truly reflect their unique spirit.

Worknice (worknice.com) is a fast-growing, HR tech SaaS business founded by an experienced team. We offer real work-life balance, with a remote-friendly environment (within Australia), minimal meetings, and a wide variety of work. We are proud to have built a team culture that people genuinely enjoy working in.

About the product

Overview

"Notebook" is the internal codename for Worknice's flagship product. Notebook is a web-based SaaS product targeted at the following market:

Core HR. Notebook focuses on solutions to problems experienced by HR teams. Notebook isn't a generic solution like a spreadsheet or a project management tool.

Mid-market. Notebook is optimised for organisations with 50–1000 employees that have a dedicated HR function.

Australian. Notebook has first-class support for the Australian tax and superannuation systems, common Australian attestations and other country-specific conventions.

Tech stack

Languages/frameworks:

TypeScript

Next.js

GraphQL

Databases:

PostgreSQL

Redis

Redshift

Services:

GitHub

Vercel

Supabase (database, file storage, auth)

Axiom (logging)

Jitsu (analytics, ETL)

Postmark (email delivery)

Retool (internal tools)

Inngest (background tasks)

About the role

You’ll join as a Senior Engineer, taking ownership of features end-to-end. You’ll collaborate closely with our hands-on CTO to guide architecture and maintain high engineering standards.

The work leans toward the front end, with a focus on our UI component library, "Whiteboard", and our Next.js applications. That said, you'll also be comfortable jumping into the back end when required — working with APIs and writing SQL queries to complete end-to-end tasks. You don't need to be a back-end expert — just comfortable diving in and asking for help when needed.

Skills and Experience

Essential

Extensive experience building and maintaining modern web applications

Strong commercial experience with React, Next.js and TypeScript

Strong experience building UI component libraries and contributing to design systems

Solid grasp of Node.js and API development

Excellent communication and collaboration skills — able to work closely with our CTO and other senior non-technical stakeholders

Ownership mindset — willing to take responsibility for the end-to-end delivery of features

Ability to work autonomously and make well-informed technical decisions

Desirable

Experience with GraphQL (highly desirable)

Comfortable writing SQL and working with relational databases

Exposure to AWS, serverless infrastructure, or platform engineering

Previous experience in a small team or early-stage startup environment

Benefits & Culture

We're a focused, product-driven team building something valuable — without the noise of hyper-growth hype. This is a genuine chance to join a startup that's scaling sustainably, with the freedom to shape the product alongside an experienced founder and hands-on CTO.

Profitable and self-funded, with steadily growing recurring revenue

Modern stack designed from the outset for performance and scale

Remote-first with optional in-office time (1 day/week in Sydney)

High-trust culture with strong ownership and autonomy