Lead Software Engineer, Gusto
Company OS
$191-279k
Salary dependent on location. Stock equity is additional
2-3 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
$191-279k
Salary dependent on location. Stock equity is additional
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- Company OS is looking for an engineering lead with strong experience in designing, developing and operating complex backend systems
- You must be passionate about building from the ground up, thrive on solving complex technical problems, and enjoy collaborating closely with cross-functional partners
- You have experience with distributed systems, API design, data modeling, and delivering platform solutions
- You are a collaborative team player, leveraging your technical expertise and excellent communication skills to deliver impact across the organization
- 12+ years of software development experience. Candidate should be a technical leader with experience leading large, complex projects
- Lead multi- year projects that have taken companies from small to large scale
- Proficiency in systems design, data modeling and API design along with a knack for producing elegant, maintainable, and well-documented code
- Strong instincts and experience building for consumer or enterprise products in a highly cross-functional setting
- A keen eye for identifying platform opportunities, coupled with an ability to understand and anticipate customer needs
- Passion for creating memorable experiences and extraordinary value for our customers
- Expertise in complex product-platform development problems using ActiveRecord (Ruby on Rails) or similar ORM
- Appreciation for a collaborative, test-driven environment
What the job involves
- Build the next generation of systems and solutions to enable customer-facing features and services that power the full company lifecycle
- Evolve existing systems by assessing strengths, limitations and seeking opportunities for improvement. Employ your broad technical expertise to deliver impact across the stack
- Comprehend product/platform goals and initiatives with the company lens, achieve alignment with stakeholders, and contribute to team objectives and roadmaps
- Be a strategic partner to product, design and other functions, working collaboratively and iteratively to deliver measurable value for our customers
- Collaborate with and lead engineers to solve problems by designing systems, writing code, and participating in the full DevOps lifecycle
- Lead by example as both a technical and cultural steward, mentoring and supporting the engineers to strengthen the team
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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