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Justworks is seeking an Engineering Manager for Backend to lead and grow a team of software engineers. This is a player-coach role combining hands-on technical contribution with people management and strategic oversight.
You will oversee a backend engineering team, coordinating projects, setting priorities, and motivating engineers to build and maintain features for customers. Key responsibilities include:
- Work with Engineers, Design, and Product Managers to prioritize, schedule, and execute projects for rapid feature development and shipping
- Partner with Product to define long-term strategy and quarterly roadmaps, setting goals and measuring progress
- Communicate and coordinate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and identify improvement opportunities
- Mentor engineers to grow their technical skills, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning
- Provide both technical and non-technical guidance to direct reports
- Attract, hire, develop, and retain high-performing engineering talent
- Drive sound technical decision-making and lead technical conversations across the organization
- Instill empathy in the team for internal stakeholders to create better, more efficient user experiences
The role emphasizes good judgment, resourcefulness, teamwork, communication, influence, and continuous learning. You'll align with Justworks' core values: Camaraderie, Openness, Grit, Integrity, and Simplicity.
Justworks is an HR tech platform helping businesses manage HR, payroll, and benefits. The company operates in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment with a focus on data-driven iteration and meaningful product impact.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 7+ years of experience as a software engineer working on production web applications
- Minimum 1 year of experience managing a team of engineers
- Demonstrable experience prioritizing, crafting, and achieving plans
- Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- High levels of empathy and interpersonal skills
- Solid understanding of core web development technologies: data structures, data stores, algorithms, distributed systems, and common patterns
- Experience with technologies including: Golang, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, MySQL, Kafka, AWS, Git, Memcache, Redis, ElasticSearch, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, CircleCI, DataDog
