Software Engineering Intern, Gusto
Summer 2025
San Francisco and New York City: $58.65/hr for undergraduate students and $64.42/hr for graduate students. Denver: 46.63/hr for undergraduate students and $51.44/hr for graduate students
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2+ days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
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Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
San Francisco and New York City: $58.65/hr for undergraduate students and $64.42/hr for graduate students. Denver: 46.63/hr for undergraduate students and $51.44/hr for graduate students
More information about location
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- Students pursuing a BS and/or MS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field with an expected graduation date between December 2025 and June 2028
- Passion for creating memorable customer experiences, regardless of which part of the tech stack you work in
- Interest in technologies such as Ruby/Rails, Typescript/React, GraphQL, Python, Golang, Java, Javascript, Kotlin and/or Swift
- Appreciation for an iterative, test-driven, pair-programming, and code-review culture
- Drive to create a well-structured and maintainable code that balances beauty and pragmatism
- This is a hybrid role and will require you to be in the office at least twice a week in our San Francisco, New York or Denver office
- When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required
What the job involves
- Our Software Engineering internship is a 12 or 16-week hybrid summer experience focused on making a significant impact on our customers by being embedded directly into our engineering teams
- Each intern is paired with a dedicated mentor and a team manager, providing guidance and support as they make immediate contributions to the team’s roadmap, directly advancing Gusto’s mission
- You will be given opportunities to participate in different aspects of the software development life cycle such as influencing technical specs, discussing architecture, working with cross-functional partners, and designing tests while also exploring multiple areas of our tech stack
- Our engineers work on both customer-facing and internal employee products, developing features and iterating across our platform to bring delightful experiences to our customers, aiding them in driving their business to be successful
- You’ll close your laptop at the end of every day knowing your work is making a difference for hundreds of thousands of small businesses and their employees.. If you’re ready to hone your Software Engineering skills while creating software with far-reaching effects on our modern economy, we’d love for you to join Gusto this summer!
- Contribute to project success through technical designing, writing, testing, and shipping code within expected timeframes
- Learn coding and testing best practices while applying both to the work you do
- Collaborate and pair with others on the team and cross-functionally including working with Product and Design teams to understand customer pain points, ideate on solutions, and execute plans
- Understand the world of Gusto, our customers, and why we do what we do
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 200,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. In 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that will see it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to consolidate its platform, for example by integrating with OpenComp to grant its users access to the company's Compensation Intelligence Platform.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.1m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a variety of mental health resources
- Flexible vacation - Gusties are encouraged to take the time off they need to continue doing great work
- Fertility treatments, parental leave, pregnancy termination, caregiving, gender-affirming surgery, hormone treatments, transgender-inclusive services, and more
- If you work at one of our homebases, enjoy food, drinks, and good conversation — on us
- Celebrate 5 or 10 years at Gusto and take a month off to recharge
- Take advantage of internet, phone, commuter, and wellness stipends each month, along with a WFH stipend and cash for anniversaries
Company values
- Embody a service mindset - Never stop advocating for the needs of others
- Dream big, then make it real - Be ambitious. Show and do, rather than tell and talk
- Be proud of the how - Ensure deep integrity in everything you do
- Embrace an ownership mentality - Take initiative to leave things better than you found them
- Debate then commit - Share openly, question respectfully, and once a decision is made, commit fully
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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