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Software Engineer

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Justworks is a company focused on helping businesses by providing solutions to HR issues in a supportive and entrepreneurial environment. They are seeking a Software Engineer who will independently manage large projects, collaborate with teams to solve customer challenges, and enhance system performance and security.

Responsibilities

  • Independently own larged-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 our 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

Skills

  • Minimum 1 year of professional development experience
  • Proficiency in server-side languages like Python, Java, Node.js, or Ruby (Go experience is a plus)
  • Solid SQL skills and understanding of database fundamentals
  • Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS (basic deployment and monitoring)
  • Interest in helping junior developers and contributing to team knowledge sharing
  • Experience collaborating with designers and product managers on feature development

Benefits

  • Wellness program offerings
  • Company retreats
  • The ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community

Company Overview

  • Justworks is a cloud-based HR and payroll platform that helps small and mid-sized companies manage payroll, benefits, compliance, and HR. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.justworks.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Justworks has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 14 in 2025, 19 in 2024, 15 in 2023, 19 in 2022, 6 in 2021, 4 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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