Engineering Manager, Payment Products at Justworks (View all jobs)

　　New York, New York

　　Who We Are

　　At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.

　　We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.

　　We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.

　　Our Values (https://www.justworks.com/careers#values)

　　If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

　　Who We Are

　　Our “PayUp” team is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead 5 software engineers representing a range of experience and ability. The engineers are part of a cross-functional team that is responsible for reimbursable expense management tools that support users of multiple core products. This is a relatively new area for us, and we are looking to build upon the value we deliver and generate revenue directly through our work. The team is part of our Cash-flow Management “vertical” within our Payments and Tax organization (PTU).

　　Who You Are

　　As Engineering Manager, you'll be leading the team that builds expense management systems that communicate across our platform of systems, and features used directly by our customers. You will work with other leaders as we expand our offering in this growing domain. We’re looking for people that have a passion for solving real-world problems and will thrive working with and building a growing team.

　　What You Will Work On

　　Lead the software development process and delivery of systems that deliver value for Justworks customers

　　Partner with Product to define and execute the team’s long-term strategy and quarterly roadmap, including setting goals and measuring progress/success toward them

　　Work cross functionally with teams (within engineering and across Justworks) 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

　　Define and implement engineering best practices and processes to improve team efficiency and productivity

　　Conduct code reviews, identify and resolve technical issues and ensure code quality and scalability

　　Attract, hire, and retain a high-caliber of software engineers

　　Develop deep subject matter expertise in expenses, cash-flow management, and accounts payable more broadly

　　Help drive sound technical decision-making and lead technical conversations with other teams across Justworks

　　Perform other related duties as assigned

　　How You Will Do Your Work

　　As an Engineering Manager, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:

　　Good judgement - the exercise of critical thinking, analyzing and assessing problems and implications, identifying patterns, making connections of underlying issues, understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies, and taking ownership of the outcome.

　　Resourcefulness - taking a can-do approach, even in the face of obstacles and constraints by assessing what’s in front of you and effectively and efficiently optimizing what you have, whether it's working on something new or thinking about how to do something better.

　　Teamwork and communication - putting our collective best together through documentation, collaboration, relationship-building, listening, empathy, recruiting, and evangelism.

　　Influence and leadership - fostering a community of knowledge-sharing, collaboration, mentorship, and forward-thinking.

　　Skills and knowledge - the capacity to actively learn and apply specific domain knowledge, know-how, and best practices to continually enhance and improve.

　　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

　　8+ years of experience in software engineering roles

　　Minimum of 2 years of experience managing or leading a team of engineers that have delivered value to users through features and functionality in the context of a multi-system/service ecosystem

　　Advanced knowledge of a server-side language such as Ruby, Python, or Java. Fluency in at least one SQL dialect and experience in relational database schema design

　　Understanding of how to build resilient and maintainable systems in complicated business domains at scale

　　Ability to strike the right balance between competing product and engineering priorities to ensure the team delivers the right value to our customers

　　Thrives in a collaborative environment where the best ideas win and can lead the team to get behind them to achieve the desired outcome

　　High levels of empathy, self-awareness, trust building, and interpersonal skills

　　Motivated by positively affecting users

　　Fosters an engineering culture that distills simple solutions out of complicated problems and uses good judgment to select the right tools for the job

　　Track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining world-class engineers necessary to build high-performing engineering teams

　　Strong communication skills with the ability to grasp and explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical people

　　Comfortable with change and ambiguity: you enjoy figuring out what needs to be done and setting appropriate deadlines and milestones to advance business objectives

　　Nice-to-Haves

　　Experience with Ruby on Rails, React, Typescript

　　Experience in FinTech, banking, accounting, or other similar industries.

　　Technologies Used

　　Ruby on Rails, Sorbet, Javascript/React, Sidekiq, Kafka, React Native, GraphQL, MySQL, Snowflake, AWS, Git, Apollo, Redis

　　ElasticSearch, Docker, InfluxDB, Redshift, Jenkins, Nagios, CircleCI, DataDog

　　The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $205,000.00 to $220,000.00 per year.

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　　Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location. Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.

　　For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members, please visit Total Rewards @ Justworks (https://www.justworks.com/careers#total-reward-philosophy) .

　　Diversity At Justworks

　　Justworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. Diversity in our work, our people, and our product drives creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial leadership and integrity, competitiveness, and collaboration throughout our business and in the market. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger, our workplace more dynamic, and our product accessible to all of our customers.

　　We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or familial status, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.

　　Our DEIB Report and Our DEI Commitment (https://justworks.com/blog/black-lives-matter-90-days-later)