Associate Software Engineer, Frontend

🏢 Justworks · 📍 New York, New York 💰 $109,000 - $136,000 / yr

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

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.

Department

Engineering

Who You Are

You have experience building web applications, are comfortable ramping up on an existing product quickly, and seek opportunities to continue to grow. You’ve mastered at least one frontend framework, and know how to build highly reliable, modular systems that many people can collaborate on at the same time without stepping on each other’s toes. You have a strong sense for good design, and won’t stop until the user experience is just right.

As an Associate Software Engineer, you will be a part of our Frontend Engineering team, focusing on delivering products and capabilities that power Justworks products. You will leverage your experience working with customer-facing applications and design with performance and security in mind. You will be working primarily in JavaScript/TypeScript and prior experience is preferred.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

You’ll be a part of a team developing frontend web apps for both internal and public use.

Gather requirements
Partner with your team lead to produce clean, effective, on-brand user experiences
Implement designs with a high level of fidelity

🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Justworks Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

The core evaluation centers on extreme customer empathy, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to simplify complex compliance and HR administration into delightful software.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):

1. Treating small-to-medium business (SMB) pain points as transactional rather than relational.
2. Showing impatience or frustration with regulatory and compliance constraints.
3. Failing to demonstrate collaborative consensus-building in high-velocity teams.

✨ Recommended Role Alignment Hook:

I build intuitive products that take the administrative anxiety out of running a small business, turning regulatory complexity into a seamless user experience.

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