Senior Software Engineer (Frontend), Justworks
Internal Tools
$167.5-205k
Business operations platform
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Business operations platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$167.5-205k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Justworks' mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience working as a full stack web software engineer on production code
- Advanced knowledge of JavaScript, both in a frontend framework like React and an API framework like NodeJS
- Entrepreneurial mindset and a fundamental belief that building new products is an iterative journey
- Has the attention to detail necessary to craft great user experiences and knows how to balance simplicity and power users’ needs
- Understanding of how to build resilient and maintainable systems in complicated business domains at scale
- Experience supporting other engineers and acting as a “tech lead”
- Comfortable with ambiguity; you enjoy figuring out what needs to be done and setting appropriate deadlines and milestones to achieve business objectives
- Thrives in a collaborative environment where the best ideas win and can get behind them to achieve the desired outcome
- Has the ability to distill complicated problems into simple solutions and architectures; possesses sound judgment to select the right tools for the job
- Experience working using Agile/Scrum methodology in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with multiple Agile teams to help deliver end-to-end products and features, seeing them through from conception to delivery
- Experience in a high-growth environment working with deadlines and milestones
Desirable
- Experience with React, Tailwind, and/or Fastify
- Experience working with shared component libraries
- Experience working in containerized environments
- Experience as a key contributor on a team building new, greenfield products from the ground up
What the job involves
- Justworks’ Payroll & Tax Technology team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) to help model the complex world of payroll and taxation in fast, accurate, and scalable software
- Payroll is an essential function of any business, and the demands of accurately calculating and reporting taxes are a lot to take on
- We simplify payroll tax compliance so that our customers can focus on what they do best
- As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you’ll be focused on building out the platform and tooling our internal operations teams need to run the most critical parts of Justworks’ business
- While some of this is maintenance of existing tools, most is in a greenfield platform we’re building from the ground up with the latest and greatest tech
- We’re looking for people passionate about solving real-world problems and with strong product sensibilities to build delightful user interfaces and experiences
Our take
Justworks operates in an increasingly crowded space of all-in-one business operation suites, that include tools like human resources, payroll, employee management, benefits, and others that businesses critically need to operate as they scale.
Globally, human resource management has become an extremely fertile field, worth over $20 billion annually and predicted to grow to over $50 billion annually by 2030 - creating great opportunity for Justworks to continue to grow. The company is regarded as a market leader, but does see competition in the shape of Paychex Flex, Rippling, Paylocity, and TriNet, among others.
Solutions delivered by Justworks have proven to be extremely popular with SMEs, and this has not gone unnoticed by investors, with the company picking up exceptional amounts of funding. Justworks is known to have sights on going public, though action towards this end has been delayed until global mass-market conditions have settled from a period of volatility. However, the company's acquisition of
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$16.9m
LATE VC
Jan 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $159.9m
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer work.
- Paid parental leave.
- Work from home opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc.
- Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more.
- All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure.
- Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching.
- Engineering Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth
Company values
- Camaraderie: As a growing company, we know how crucial teamwork, higher purpose, and a healthy dose of fun can be to success. Be an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
- Openness: We believe in radical transparency. This means being willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. Be curious, ask open questions, and be receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
- Grit: They say when the going gets tough, the tough get going. We are a team of hardworking individuals with the courage to persevere. Be committed, be earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
- Integrity: We do the right thing. Be honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.
- Simplicity: We make things easy for everyone to understand and do. Be innovative, unafraid of streamlining processes, a clear and concise communicator, and don't overcomplicate solutions.
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
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Leadership
Isaac Oates
(Executive Chair)Experience as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon before founding Adtuitive and serving as COO for a year. Left this position to spend 3 years as a VP at Etsy, before founding Justworks.
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