Senior Software Engineer (Frontend), Internal Tools

Justworks • New York City, New York, United States • 2w ago

Who You Are

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.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

Build, test, and maintain API-driven UIs that enable Justworks’ PayTax operations teams to perform a host of advanced functions
Break down complex workflows into easy-to-use experiences, incorporating our shared component library wherever possible
Create a platform and environment that is easy for other teams in the company to build new tools quickly
Take an active role in project planning, including translating product requirements into deliverable pieces and sequencing them in a manner that brings incremental value to the business
Develop deep subject matter expertise in payroll and payroll taxation to help enhance the platform experience for internal and external stakeholders
Work collaboratively with engineers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders to find solutions to customer challenges and bring new products and features to our customers
Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues quickly and effectively when they arise
Help define, document, evolve, and evangelize high engineering standards and best practices across multiple areas
Channel empathy for our internal stakeholders to create better user experiences to make workflows more manageable and more efficient
Promote engineering excellence through technical leadership, knowledge-sharing and mentorship
Perform other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

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

Nice-to-Haves

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