Engineering Manager, Growth Expansion

As an Engineering Manager at Justworks, you will help build and oversee a team of software engineers as a player-coach. You are responsible for coordinating projects, setting priorities, and motivating engineers to create and maintain features for our customers. The role involves a mix of hands-on coding and a strong technical background, with a passion for mentoring and growing teams.

Responsibilities

Work with the Engineers, Design, and Product Managers to prioritize, schedule and execute projects so we can quickly develop and ship new features; Partner with Product to define and execute the team’s long-term strategy and quarterly roadmap, including setting goals and measuring progress/success towards them; Communicate and coordinate with other teams (inside and outside of engineering) to understand the requirements and opportunities for improvement; Mentor engineers to help them grow their technical skills by fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation and continuous learning; Provide guidance, both technical and non-technical, to direct reports; Attract, hire, develop, and retain a high-performing team of engineers; Help drive sound technical decision-making and lead technical conversations with other teams across Justworks; Instill a sense of empathy in the team for our internal stakeholders to create better user experiences with an eye towards making workflows easier and more efficient; Perform other related duties as assigned

Requirements

7+ years of experience as a software engineer working on production web applications; Minimum of 1 year of experience managing a team of engineers; Demonstrable experience prioritizing, crafting, and achieving plans; Strong communication skills with ability to grasp and explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical people; High levels of empathy and interpersonal skills; Solid understanding of core web development technologies. i.e. Data structures, data stores, algorithms, distributed systems and common patterns around these frameworks

Benefits

great benefits; wellness program offerings; company retreats; ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community