Justworks
Financial Services
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,WorkforcePayments
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“Senior Software Engineer, Workforce Payments at Justworks. Skills: Payroll, Money movement, Tax calculation. Own large-scoped projects. Collaborate with cross functional team”
What You'll Achieve.
Meet key business goals; Scale tax capabilities; Scale money movement capabilities; Improve financial ledger integrity; Develop robust platform interfaces
Industry & Context.
Critical thinking; Analyzing problems; Assessing implications; Identifying patterns; Making connections; Understanding risks; Developing mitigation strategies
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5 years of professional hands-on experience, Mastery of modern server side languages, Proficiency with SQL, Proficiency with cloud infrastructure management, Experience supporting and mentoring other engineers, Experience working closely with designers and product managers
Nice to Have
Golang is a plus, AWS experience preferred
What You'll Do.
Own large-scoped projects
Collaborate with cross functional team
Find solutions to customer challenges
Promote engineering excellence
Add capabilities to processing infrastructure
Enhance testing infrastructure
Enhance monitoring infrastructure
Enhance continuous deployment infrastructure
Keep sensitive data compartmentalized
Keep sensitive data secure
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross functional team; Knowledge sharing; Mentorship
Communication Scope
Knowledge sharing
Process & Methodology
Agile
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 You are self-driven and like to work with others to remove roadblocks. You are curious, and love to explore and learn new technologies. You have demonstrated the ability to build, deploy and maintain large-scale, complex applications. You care more about solutions and impacting the customer experience than using a particular tool or framework. Your Success Profile What You Will Work On As a Senior Software Engineer for Workforce Payments, you will work with the team that builds the core computation layer powering Justworks’ payroll, money movement, and tax calculation products, ensuring our customers can confidently and accurately pay their workforce. This team is mission-critical, operating at the heart of our platform's financial accuracy and compliance. You will lead technical decision-making and be expected to take initiative in identifying projects that will enable us to meet key business goals, such as scaling our tax and money movement capabilities, improving the integrity of our financial ledger, and developing robust platform interfaces for payroll data. We’re looking for people who have a passion for solving real-world,
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