Who You Are

Our Tax Technology team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help model the complex world of taxation in software that is fast, accurate, and scalable. Payroll is an essential function of any business, and the demands of accurately calculating and reporting taxes are a lot to take on. We simplify payroll tax compliance so that our customers can focus on what they do best.

As a backend engineer, you’ll focus on building the taxation services that power Justworks’ payroll products. You will take ownership in technical decision-making on a mission-critical team and work closely with our stakeholders to ensure that we are enabling the Payments and Tax Unit to scale its operations. We’re looking for people that have a passion for solving real-world problems and strong engineering fundamentals to solve them.

What You Will Work On

• Design, build, and maintain services and APIs that power tax computation, withholding, and reporting for Justworks customers
• Scale and improve performance of mission-critical systems that require a high degree of accuracy
• Take an active role in project planning, including translating product requirements into deliverable pieces and sequencing them in a manner that brings value to the business
• Develop deep subject matter expertise in payroll taxation so that our engineering and operations stakeholders don’t have to
• Work collaboratively with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to bring new products and features to our customers
• Channel empathy for our internal stakeholders to create better user experiences with an eye towards making workflows easier and more efficient

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years real-world experience working as a software engineer on production code, with a focus in backend and API development
• Advance knowledge of a server-side language such as Ruby, Python, or Node
• Fluency in at least one SQL dialect and experience in relational database schema design
• Understanding of how to build resilient and maintainable systems in complicated business domains at scale
• Comfortable with ambiguity; you enjoy figuring out what needs to be done and setting appropriate deadlines and milestones to achieve business objectives
• Thrives in a collaborative environment where the best ideas win and can get behind them to achieve the desired outcome
• The ability to distill simple solutions and architectures out of complicated problems and good judgment to select the right tools for the job

Technologies Used

• Ruby / Ruby on Rails / Sorbet
• Javascript / React.js
• Docker
• MySQL / PostgreSQL / Redshift
• Redis

The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $167,500.00 to $205,000.00 per year.

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