LeadHybridAustin, TX; Burlingame, CA; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA
Staff Software Engineer
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Gusto
Зарплата
$13,600–$20,600
Уровень
Lead
Формат
Hybrid
О роли
Описание вакансии
About the company
Gusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy, handling payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR for more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide.
All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs).
AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto.
About the role
You'll be a key engineer focused on building and owning the systems that move money and assets through Gusto Retirement.
Hands-on role: owning backend services and APIs end-to-end, shipping production code, and working through real financial edge cases.
Partner closely with product, compliance, and operations to turn complex financial requirements into reliable software.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and ship services and APIs for money movement and financial integrations
Work on payments, settlements, reconciliation, and corrections involving real customer funds
Build and support critical workflows like payroll integration, KYB/KYC, 401k loans, billing and invoicing, and IRA
Partner with product, compliance, and operations to scope work and deliver production-ready solutions
Debug production issues and improve reliability, observability, and operational tooling
Collaborate with other engineering teams to integrate with shared systems and platforms
Mentor other engineers to help solve some of the hardest technical problems at a large scale
Write clear, reliable, well-tested code that ships quickly and scales well
Requirements
8+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production products or platforms
Strong experience with services, APIs, and data-heavy workflows
Experience working on financial systems, payments, or other high-correctness domains
Comfortable owning systems end-to-end, including production support and operational work
Experience working closely with PMs and cross-functional partners
Pragmatic, execution-focused approach to engineering
Clear communicator and collaborative teammate
Ability to mentor engineers
Experience with Ruby on Rails (or a comparable backend framework)
Conditions
Cash compensation targeted at $163,000–$204,000 in Denver & most remote locations, and $197,000–$247,000 for San Francisco, Seattle & New York. Stock equity is additional.
Employees based in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City are expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week.
Travel to Gusto's office for onboarding is required.