Software Engineer

Who You Are

Are you a wiz with design and development? Do you have a demonstrated ability to build, deploy, and maintain large-scale applications? Do you love coding and are you eager to learn more in a data-driven, entrepreneurial environment?

As a Software Engineer, you will be a part of our Marketing Website team, focusing on delivering products and capabilities that power the Justworks website. You will leverage your experience working with customer-facing applications and design with performance and security in mind. You will be working primarily in JavaScript/TypeScript and prior experience is preferred.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

The Marketing Website team’s mission is to deliver capabilities that unlock value-adds for the marketing team to improve our ability to convert leads into new customers through digital channels. Joining our team as a Software Engineer, you will apply your experience with technology to creatively push the boundaries of what is possible for our marketing team, elevating Justworks’ marketing footprint.

• Work closely with other engineers, product managers and designers on a daily basis
• Build and iterate on high quality designs and features that generate immediate value and feedback
• Play a key role in impactful and visible efforts to scale our technology, improve our performance, and capitalize on business opportunities
• Evangelize software development best practices to ensure the sustainability of our technology, and motivate other engineers to do the same
• Multiply the impact of engineers on your team through mentorship and empowerment

How You Will Do Your Work

As a Software Engineer, your ability to deliver results is driven by your foundational knowledge, skills, and personal attributes, anchored in the following competencies:

• Good Judgment - Apply critical thinking to analyze, assess, and solve complex problems, understanding risks and making informed decisions.
• Resourcefulness - Demonstrate a can-do attitude, overcoming obstacles and constraints with innovative solutions, even when faced with unknowns.
• Teamwork and Communication - Work effectively with others, building strong relationships, communicating clearly, and sharing knowledge to achieve collective success.
• Influence and Leadership - Lead by example, mentoring others, fostering collaboration, and driving forward-thinking initiatives.
• Skills and Knowledge - Continuously learn and apply specific domain knowledge and best practices to enhance and improve our APIs and services.

In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:

• Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
• Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
• Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
• Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example. 
• Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of professional hands-on experience in frontend development
• You collaborate with technical and non-technical partners for mutual benefit
• You have experience delivering high quality, public-facing designs and user experiences
• You face complexity with eagerness and confidence
• You are a self-starter and seek out opportunities for growth
• You thrive working with a team of diverse backgrounds and identities and you seek to bring out the best in your teammates
• Experience in React (preferred)
• Experience in VueJS (a plus)

Technologies Used

• Javascript/TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS, GraphQL
• Gatsby, Contentful, Datadog, GitHub, GitHub Actions

The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $115,000.00 to $155,000.00 per year.

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