Engineering Manager, Frontend

Justworks•New York, NY

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

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. 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 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. 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.”

Requirements

7+ years of experience of software engineering with a focus frontend focus
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
Mastery of JS/HTML/CSS and at least one framework such as React, Vue, etc
Working knowledge in NodeJS

Responsibilities

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 team’s 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
Performs other related duties as assigned