Director of Engineering, Justworks
International, New Products
$270-324k
Senior and Expert level
New York
Business operations platform
Job no longer available
Business operations platform
1001+ employees
FintechB2BEnterpriseHRCompliancePaymentsSaaS
Job no longer available
$270-324k
Senior and Expert level
New York
1001+ employees
FintechB2BEnterpriseHRCompliancePaymentsSaaS
Company mission
Justworks' mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- Proven leadership experience in developing and managing high-performing engineering teams, with a minimum of 8 years in a leadership role
- Extensive experience in developing and maintaining global, localized complex systems
- Demonstrated expertise in software architecture, design, and development
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional, globally dispersed environment
- You are comfortable working with business and product partners in an agile environment
- You are experienced in scaling a technology organization and growing teams
- You have a deep empathy for customers, especially small business, and for your coworkers
- You are not afraid of making changes but you do it thoughtfully
- You have a gut feeling and vision but you also rely on data to back it up
- You strive to learn new things and raise your own bar
What the job involves
- Justworks is seeking a Director of Engineering for our International organization to lead our dynamic and innovative engineering team
- This individual will play a critical role in building, scaling, and maintaining the technology infrastructure that powers our international people, payroll, and payments systems
- As the Director of Engineering, you will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure the highest standards of quality and compliance are upheld while driving continuous improvement and innovation
- The Director of Engineering, International, plays a critical role in enabling this by developing and maintaining systems that operate flawlessly, while also being ready for future growth
- This role demands a leader who can build and scale a team and help architect solutions that scale globally while bringing our customers confidence every step of the way which is paramount in fulfilling our commitment to small businesses and their employees, both today and in the future
- We expect the size of this group will grow significantly over time and this is a mission critical role
- Your mission is to bring forward-thinking strategies and execute them to the most critical areas of the Justworks’s future
- Leadership: Provide strong leadership, mentorship, and guidance to the engineering team responsible for international payments and payroll systems. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous delivery and improvement
- Technical Strategy: Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for international payments and payroll systems, ensuring alignment with business objectives and scalability for future growth. Help define and communicate technical standards and best practices
- Execution: Oversee the development and maintenance of mission-critical software components, systems, and services related to international payroll and payments, ensuring robustness, security, and reliability
- Enhance our testing, monitoring and continuous deployment infrastructure
- International Payment Systems Leadership: Provide strategic direction and leadership for the development and maintenance of international payment systems, ensuring accurate and timely disbursements for employees and tax authorities across different countries
- Compliance: Ensure that the payroll and payments systems are in compliance with local and global regulations, working closely with compliance and legal teams to address regulatory changes promptly
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with the business, product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to define product requirements, set priorities, and deliver high-quality features and enhancements
- Partner closely with stakeholders and partners to improve efficiency of how we deliver product
- Work with business operation leaders to establish data engineering strategies to make us a strong data driven organization
- Team Development: Build and develop a world-class engineering team by hiring top talent, setting clear expectations, and providing ongoing coaching and feedback
- Innovation: Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and innovation in international payroll and payment processing, streamlining operations and enhancing customer experience
- Data Security: Maintain the highest standards of data security and privacy to safeguard sensitive pii, payroll, and payment information
- Perform other related duties as assigned
- As a Director of Engineering, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization
Our take
Justworks operates in an increasingly crowded space of all-in-one business operation suites, that include tools like human resources, payroll, employee management, benefits, and others that businesses critically need to operate as they scale.
Globally, human resource management has become an extremely fertile field, worth over $20 billion annually and predicted to grow to over $50 billion annually by 2030 - creating great opportunity for Justworks to continue to grow. The company is regarded as a market leader, but does see competition in the shape of Paychex Flex, Rippling, Paylocity, and TriNet, among others.
Solutions delivered by Justworks have proven to be extremely popular with SMEs, and this has not gone unnoticed by investors, with the company picking up exceptional amounts of funding. Justworks is known to have sights on going public, though action towards this end has been delayed until global mass-market conditions have settled from a period of volatility. However, the company's acquisition of
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Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$16.9m
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Jan 2020
$50m
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Total funding: $159.9m
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer work.
- Paid parental leave.
- Work from home opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc.
- Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more.
- All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure.
- Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching.
- Engineering Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth
Company values
- Camaraderie: As a growing company, we know how crucial teamwork, higher purpose, and a healthy dose of fun can be to success. Be an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
- Openness: We believe in radical transparency. This means being willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. Be curious, ask open questions, and be receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
- Grit: They say when the going gets tough, the tough get going. We are a team of hardworking individuals with the courage to persevere. Be committed, be earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
- Integrity: We do the right thing. Be honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.
- Simplicity: We make things easy for everyone to understand and do. Be innovative, unafraid of streamlining processes, a clear and concise communicator, and don't overcomplicate solutions.
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
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Founders
Isaac Oates
(Executive Chair)Experience as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon before founding Adtuitive and serving as COO for a year. Left this position to spend 3 years as a VP at Etsy, before founding Justworks.
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