Senior Front End Developer - 15mth contract - ASAP start

Citation Group; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Citation Group is seeking a Senior Front End Developer for a 15-month contract in Brisbane. You will join the foundU Engineering team, delivering the front end for the foundU-Atlas integration and driving quality improvements across the platform.

The role emphasizes component library development, UI/UX enhancement, and performance optimization in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates own features end-to-end, collaborate with Product/UX, and leverage AI tools like Claude.

Qualifications

• Senior-level front end experience with ownership of features and areas of a codebase.
• Expertise in Vue.js, or deep React experience with willingness to work in Vue.
• Strong modern JavaScript (ES6+) and Tailwind CSS skills.
• Experience building component libraries with Storybook.
• Testing experience with Jest and Cypress.
• Hands-on experience with AI coding tools such as Claude in day-to-day work.
• SaaS product, full stack or agency experience is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Develop and grow our component library.
• Enhance UI and UX across the product, working closely with Product and UX.
• Optimize front end performance across a large, evolving product with mixed patterns.
• Own a specialised area of our front end, end to end.
• Lead front end best practices and provide feedback to improve work.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to keep pace with best practice and keep learning.

Skills

Vue.js

React

JavaScript (ES6+)

Tailwind CSS

Storybook

Jest

Cypress

Claude AI tools

SaaS product experience

Tools

Storybook

Claude AI

Job description

Senior Front End Developer - 15mth contract - ASAP start

Who are we?
foundU is an Australian-grown business that is revolutionising the payroll and workforce management landscape. Our pace is fast, and the work is challenging. We dream big, and we fight hard for customer ease.

Joining forces with Citation Group in 2025, 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.

Want to know more about us? Visit www.citationgroup.com.au or www.foundu.com.au

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 2028, 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.

We will not be considering candidates referred by recruitment agencies and will only candidates with full working rights for Australia.