Lead the design and delivery of scalable data pipelines that power analytics and business operations across Justworks
Drive operational excellence within your team - observability, data quality, cost optimization, and delivery predictability
Maintain and evolve data infrastructure as code, ensuring the platform is auditable, repeatable, and resilient
Define and enforce engineering best practices — testing, documentation, CI/CD, and code review standards
Manage, mentor, and develop a team of data engineers — setting goals, providing regular feedback, and building technical craft
Create an environment where engineers ship consistently, grow their skills, and take ownership of outcomes
Recruit and hire high-caliber data engineers as the team grows
Collaborate with other engineering teams to align on data contracts, security, and compliance standards
Influence and leadership - fostering a community of knowledge-sharing, collaboration, mentorship, and forward-thinking across the organization.
Requirements
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.
The Data & Analytics team is Justworks' data and AI center of excellence — a connected set of functions spanning business intelligence, data science, analytics engineering, platform data/ML engineering and AI builders.
experience in data engineering, with a focus on building data pipelines and platform infrastructure
Deep proficiency in SQL and Python; recognized by peers for technical rigor and sound engineering judgment Strong
experience with Snowflake - schema design, query optimization, cost governance, and data sharing
Strong foundational knowledge in data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, and cloud data platforms •
Experience with workflow orchestration, monitoring, and testing using tools such as Airflow, dbt, or equivalent
Expertise with AWS services (S3, Lambda, Fargate, Redshift, Kinesis, etc.) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) Strong
experience with data security, compliance, and governance in a production environment
1+ years of people management experience, with a track record of developing engineers and building high-performing teams
Benefits
The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $205,000.00 - $261,500.00 per year. #LI-DG2 #LI-Hybrid
Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location. Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.
For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and
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If you're in need of a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at accommodations@justworks.com .
Additional details
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.
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
We've grown significantly over the last several years and continue to build momentum across the business, leveling up maturity in how we deliver insights, govern data, and enable the company to make better decisions.
You'll find a highly collaborative & diverse group motivated by craft, shared learning, and a genuine commitment to growing our impact for customers while evolving how we work together for our people. Come build with us!
The Data Platform Engineering team sits at the core of this foundation, owning the pipelines, platform infrastructure, and reliability that every other DNA function depends on. Who You Are
You are equally comfortable reviewing a pull request, unblocking a delivery problem, and developing the engineers on your team.
You take ownership seriously — of the team's output, the platform's health, and the standards that keep both running well.