Engineering Manager: Hands-On Leader, Mentoring Teams

Justworks, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 212,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Wellness program

Company retreats

Job summary

Justworks is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers in our New York City office. You will blend hands-on coding with strong technical leadership to deliver reliable, scalable features for our customers.

You will mentor and grow engineers, coordinate projects, and help define the team's long-term strategy and quarterly roadmap. Strong collaboration with product, design, and operations is essential.

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 (data structures, data stores, algorithms, distributed systems).

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee a team of engineers, coordinating projects, setting priorities and motivating engineers.
• Partner with Product to define and execute the team's long-term strategy and quarterly roadmap.
• Communicate with other teams to understand requirements and opportunities for improvement.
• Mentor engineers to grow technical skills and foster a culture of excellence and learning.
• Provide guidance to direct reports on technical and non-technical matters.
• Attract, hire, develop, and retain a high-performing engineering team.
• Drive sound technical decision-making and lead cross-team technical conversations.
• Foster empathy with internal stakeholders to improve user experiences and workflows.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Skills

Software engineering

Team management

Communication

Empathy

Web development tech

Prioritization

Job description

Justworks is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers in our New York City office. You will blend hands-on coding with strong technical leadership to deliver reliable, scalable features for our customers.

You will mentor and grow engineers, coordinate projects, and help define the team's long-term strategy and quarterly roadmap. Strong collaboration with product, design, and operations is essential.