Justworks
Technology
EngineeringManager,Onboarding
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“Engineering Manager, Onboarding at Justworks. Skills: Software engineering management, Team leadership, Product strategy. Build and oversee software engineers. Coordinate projects”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive activation rate; Reduce time-to-first-payroll; Improve onboarding completion
Industry & Context.
Analyze problems; Assess problems; Identify patterns; Understand risks; Develop mitigation strategies; Take ownership
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7+ years software engineer experience, 1+ year managing engineers, Prioritize, craft, and achieve plans, Grasp and explain complex concepts, High empathy and interpersonal skills, Solid understanding core web technologies
What You'll Do.
Build and oversee software engineers
Create and maintain features
Transform onboarding process
Leverage AI-powered data ingestion
Unify customer onboarding flows
Develop and ship new features
Define and execute team strategy
Set goals and measure progress
Communicate and coordinate with teams
Understand requirements and opportunities
Grow technical skills
Foster technical excellence
Foster continuous learning
Provide technical guidance
Provide non-technical guidance
Drive sound technical decision-making
Lead technical conversations
Instill empathy in team
Create better user experiences
Make workflows easier
Make workflows more efficient
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functionally; With Engineers; With Design; With Product Managers; With other teams
Communication Scope
Grasp complex concepts; Explain complex concepts; Technical audiences; Non-technical audiences
Process & Methodology
Prioritization, Scheduling, Roadmap planning, Goal setting
Full Job Description
Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. Our Values If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in. Who You Are Not only do you have the broad, extensive knowledge of core software development technologies, but you also have a high level of empathy and the interpersonal skills to work cross-functionally in an organization. You can grasp and communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Being able to see the bigger picture, you bring people together to effectively prioritize, craft, and achieve plans. 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. What You Will Work On The Onboarding teams transforms a weeks-long, support-heavy onboarding process into a fully self-serve experience, leveraging AI-powered data ingestion and real-time validation to take companies from signed contract to running payroll in a matter of days. A core part of this work is unifying how people join Jus
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