Justworks

Financial Services

SeniorSoftwareEngineer,WorkforcePayments

$155–215k ~AI est. New York, New York, United States
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

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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