Software Engineer, Frontend
Justworks · New York, NY
$131,000–$169,000from the description
Jul 19, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A frontend engineering role focused on building and maintaining customer-facing and internal web applications. Day-to-day work involves gathering requirements, implementing designs with high fidelity, researching UI/UX patterns, and writing, testing, and deploying modern web apps — primarily in JavaScript/TypeScript with Vue 3. The role also involves contributing to team growth through hiring and mentorship. Suited to engineers with at least three years of frontend experience and solid grounding in JS/HTML/CSS and a major frontend framework.
Mid level · 3+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6,300 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,750–8,200
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $166,830 (middle half $130,650–$205,970). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The title 'Software Engineer, Frontend' carries no seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 3+ year minimum and scope (team contributor, not cross-team technical authority) support a Mid-level classification.
The frontend framework requirement ('React, Vue, etc.') is stated as a hard gate under Qualifications; React is used as the primary name with Vue listed as an alternative per the 'or similar' framing.
Server-side language ('Ruby, Python, Golang, etc.') is also listed under Qualifications but framed as 'working knowledge' — a softer gate. Ruby is used as the primary name with Python and Golang as alternatives; all are also listed in the Technologies Used stack.
TypeScript is listed in the Technologies Used stack with a note that 'prior experience is preferred,' so it is marked preferred. All other items in the Technologies Used section (Vue 3, Vite, PostCSS, Playwright, Node, Fastify, Golang, MySQL, AWS, Git) appear only as stack context and are marked preferred accordingly.
Compensation range of $131,000–$169,000/year is explicitly stated for the New York City office location; ranges may differ for other locations.
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