Justworks
Engineering Manager, Product Foundations
$212K–$274K
New York, New York · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years as a software engineer; minimum of 1 years of engineering management experience.
About the job
Leads and scales a backend engineering pod responsible for core product capabilities, balancing hands-on technical work, people management, and AI-driven product and operational improvements.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing backend engineering team while balancing people leadership and technical execution.
- Coordinate projects, set priorities, and guide development and maintenance of customer-facing platform features.
- Champion AI integration to support feature innovation and operational efficiency.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience as a software engineer working on production web applications.
- Minimum of 1 years of engineering management experience in the industry, with a proven track role in building and growing teams.
- Experience with Go, Microservices, Kubernetes, AWS, and Event-Driven Architecture.
- Solid experience leveraging AI technologies to build modern features and optimize system maintenance.
Pay
USD 212,000.00 to USD 274,000.00 per year (base wage)
Tools
Go, Microservices, Kubernetes, AWS, Event-Driven Architecture, Golang, Ruby on Rails, Javascript
AI focus
Use AI technologies to build modern features, optimize system maintenance, and improve customer outcomes and operational efficiency.
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