Who You Are

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Not only do you have the broad extensive knowledge of core web development technologies, but you also have a high level of empathy and interpersonal skills to work cross-functionally in an organization. You can grasp and communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Being able to see the bigger picture, you bring people together to effectively prioritize, craft, and achieve plans. 

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As an Engineering Manager at Justworks, you will oversee a team of Software Engineers and work closely with Designers and Product Managers. You are responsible for coordinating projects, prioritization, and engineers to create and maintain features for our customers. While involving some hands-on coding, this role requires a strong technical background and a passion for mentoring and growing teams.

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The Benefits Platform Team is responsible for accelerating the growth of the core business by building and running a new, hyper flexible benefits platform that will serve as the launch pad for multiple new products, services, and partnerships over the next 5 years.

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We’re building a brand new product and a brand new team so our requirements are a little more nebulous. If you read through the below bullet points and feel like we described you, go ahead and apply. We’d love to chat because you might just be the particularly shaped puzzle piece we’re looking for right now.

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Your Success Profile

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What You Will Work On

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• Work with the Engineers, Designers, 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 (in 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
• Performs other related duties as assigned

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How You Will Do Your Work

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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:

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• *Good judgment - 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.*

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

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• 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.”

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Qualifications

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• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer working on production web applications
• Minimum of 2 years 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

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Technologies Used

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• Ruby on Rails, Javascript/React, Redux, Sidekiq, React Native, GraphQL, MySQL, AWS, Git, Apollo, Redis
• ElasticSearch, Docker, InfluxDB, Redshift, Jenkins, Nagios, CircleCI, DataDog

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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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