Associate Software Engineer, Frontend

Justworks · New York, New York · Engineering

Posted 2026-10-14

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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

Research design patterns and propose technical solutions to common web UI/UX problems

Coding, testing, and deploying modern web apps

How You Will Do Your Work

As a Frontend Engineer, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following:

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.

In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:

Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.

Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.

Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.

Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.

Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”

Qualifications

Experience with JS/HTML/CSS and at least one framework such as React, Vue, etc

Working knowledge in at least one server side language, such as Ruby, Python, Golang, etc

Experience using SQL to update and retrieve data

Experience with database management and security a plus

Strong analytical and communication skills

Ability to adapt to a fast-paced work environment

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Technologies Used

JS, TS, Vue 3, Vite, PostCSS, Playwright, Node, Fastify, Golang, Mysql, AWS, Git

The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $109,000 - $136,000 per year.

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