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# Engineering Manager, Backend - Global & Remote Leadership

- **Company:** Justworks, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Backend, Software Coding
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_e0b52fac4eefa97d470217fb4663ad21

## About the Role

The role blends hands-on coding with mentoring, guiding technical decisions, and defining the team's long-term strategy and quarterly roadmap in collaboration with Product. Strong communication and empathy are essential.

## Description

Justworks is seeking an Engineering Manager in New York to build and oversee a team of software engineers as a player-coach. You will coordinate projects, set priorities, and motivate engineers to create and maintain features for our customers.