Who We Are

At Justworks youll 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.

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

Were 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

If this sounds like you youll fit right in.

Who You Are

Not only do you have the broad extensive knowledge of core software development technologies but you also have a high level of empathy and the 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.

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.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

• 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 teams 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

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 this role your foundational knowledge skills abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:

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 whats in front of you and effectively and efficiently optimizing what you have whether its 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 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. Youre an active listener treat people respectfully and have a strong desire to know and help others.
• Openness - Your default is to be open. Youre willing to share information understand other perspectives and consider new possibilities. Youre 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. Youre 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 youll do. Youre 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

• 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

Technologies Used

• Golang Ruby on Rails Javascript MySQL Kafka Temporal AWS Git Memcache Redis ElasticSearch Docker Terraform Kubernetes CircleCI DataDog

The base wage range for this position based in our Mexico City Office is targeted at-MXN per year (125000 - 156250 MXN per month).

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.

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.

Were 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. Justworks is fully dedicated to providing necessary support to candidates with disabilities who may require reasonable accommodations. We also provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on their sincerely held religious beliefs as well as for other covered reasons consistent with applicable federal state and local laws. If youre in need of a reasonable accommodation please reach out to us at . Your comfort and success matter to us and were here to ensure an inclusive experience.

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