Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Justworks; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid volunteer work

Paid parental leave

Work from home opportunities

Health insurance plus telehealth

Wellness stipend

Equity

Learning & development

Apprenticeship program

Job summary

Justworks is seeking a Frontend Engineer to join our Frontend Engineering team, delivering customer-facing apps with performance and security at the forefront. You will work with JavaScript/TypeScript, Vue 3, and modern tooling to ship high-quality UI, gather requirements, and collaborate across teams.

This role emphasizes clean, on-brand experiences and opportunities to grow with the team. If you are passionate about scalable frontend systems and mentoring others, Justworks offers strong

Qualifications

• Mastery of JS/HTML/CSS and at least one frontend framework.
• Experience building customer-facing apps with strong UI/UX.
• Proven ability to deliver modular, maintainable frontend code.
• Ability to gather requirements and design with performance and security in mind.

Responsibilities

• Develop frontend web apps for internal and public use.
• Gather requirements and collaborate with team lead.
• Implement high-fidelity designs.
• Research patterns and propose scalable UI solutions.
• Coding, testing, and deploying modern web apps.
• Participate in hiring and mentoring teammates.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

Vue.js (Vue 3)

Performance optimization

Security awareness

Frontend architecture

Design collaboration

Tools

Vue 3

Vite

Playwright

Node.js

Git

PostCSS

AWS

Job description

• As a Software Engineer, you will be a part of our Frontend Engineering team, focusing on delivering products and capabilities that power Justworks products
• You will leverage your experience working with customer-facing applications and design with performance and security in mind. You will be working primarily in JavaScript/TypeScript and prior experience is preferred
• You’ll be a part of a team developing frontend web apps for both internal and public use
• Gather requirements
• Partner with your team lead to produce clean, effective, on-brand user experiences
• Implement designs with a high level of fidelity
• Research design patterns and propose technical solutions to common web UI/UX problems
• Coding, testing, and deploying modern web apps
• Help hire and develop our growing team
• As a Frontend Engineer, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization
• Technologies Used:
• JS, TS, Vue 3, Vite, PostCSS, Playwright, Node, Fastify, Golang, Mysql, AWS, Git

Benefits

• Paid volunteer work
• Paid parental leave
• Work from home opportunities
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc
• Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more
• All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure
• Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching
• Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth

You’ve been building web applications for a while now and are comfortable ramping up on an existing product quicklyYou’ve mastered at least one frontend framework, and know how to build highly reliable, modular systems that many people can collaborate on at the same time without stepping on each other’s toesYou have a strong sense for good design, and won’t stop until the user experience is just rightIn this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following: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 outcomeResourcefulness - 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 betterTeamwork and communication - putting our collective best together through documentation, collaboration, relationship-building, listening, empathy, recruiting, and evangelismInfluence and leadership - fostering a community of knowledge-sharing, collaboration, mentorship, and forward-thinkingSkills and knowledge - the capacity to actively learn and apply specific domain knowledge, know-how, and best practices to continually enhance and improveCamaraderie - 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 othersIntegrity - 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 exampleGrit - 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 attitudeOpenness - 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 othersSimplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”Mastery of JS/HTML/CSS and at least one framework such as React, Vue, etcMinimum of 7+ year experience in Frontend developmentWorking knowledge in at least one server side language, such as Ruby, Python, Golang, etc