Senior Software Engineer, Product Foundations

Justworks; New York (NY); On-site; USD 167,500 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Justworks is looking for a Senior Software Engineer in New York City to independently own large-scoped projects from discovery to launch, focusing on customer impact. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and enhance our high-volume processing infrastructure.

Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience with modern server-side languages and cloud infrastructure management, and be proficient with SQL. Justworks values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional hands-on experience.
• Mastery of modern server-side languages; Golang is a plus.
• Proficiency with SQL and cloud infrastructure management.

Responsibilities

• Independently own large-scoped projects focusing on outcomes.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to solve customer challenges.
• Enhance testing, monitoring, and deployment infrastructure.

Skills

Professional experience

Critical thinking

Teamwork and communication

Resourcefulness

Tools

Golang

SQL

AWS

Job description

What You Will Work On

• Independently own large‑scoped projects from initial discovery through launch with a focus on outcomes and customer impact
• Collaborate with a cross‑functional team to find solutions to customer challenges
• Improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of existing systems
• Promote engineering excellence through technical leadership, knowledge‑sharing, and mentorship
• Add capabilities to our high‑volume, fault‑tolerant processing infrastructure
• Enhance our testing, monitoring, and continuous deployment infrastructure
• Keep extremely sensitive data compartmentalized and secure

How You Will Do Your Work

As a Senior Software Engineer, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately results 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.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional hands‑on experience
• Mastery of modern server‑side languages; Golang is a plus but not required
• Proficiency with SQL
• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure management, preferably AWS
• Experience supporting and mentoring other engineers and acting as a “force multiplier”
• Experience working closely with designers and product managers

Technologies Used

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

Salary and Benefits

The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $167,500.00 to $235,000.00 per year. 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.

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.

We’re 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 you’re in need of a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [e-mail]. Your comfort and success matter to us, and we’re here to ensure an inclusive experience.