Senior Staff Software Engineer, Gusto
Time Engineering
$191-279k
Salary dependent on location + Stock equity
2-3 days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Open for applications
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$191-279k
Salary dependent on location + Stock equity
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
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a recent focus on backend development
- 8+ years of experience building and maintaining backend systems
- 3+ years of experience designing, developing, and deploying RESTful APIs
- Strong understanding of API design principles and best practices
- Experience with relational databases and data modeling
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, Python, Go)
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience with written communication and collaboration skills
- Experience with Ruby on Rails is a plus
- Experience with with B2B, Payroll and HRIS is a plus
- Prior experience in a technical leadership role is a plus
What the job involves
- Join Gusto's Time engineering team as a Senior Backend Engineer (L5) and play a key role in shaping the future of how businesses manage time. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and scaling high-performance APIs that power our time tracking and payroll integrations
- You'll have the opportunity to lead projects, collaborate with talented engineers, and mentor others while contributing to a product that impacts millions of users. This is a chance to make a real difference in how businesses operate and help them streamline their most valuable resource: time
- The Time engineering team is a passionate and collaborative group dedicated to building intuitive and reliable time management solutions for Gusto's customers
- We value innovation, ownership, and continuous learning
- We're a tight-knit team that enjoys tackling complex challenges and celebrating our successes together
- As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to a product that makes a real difference, and grow your skills alongside some of the best engineers in the industry
- Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs for time tracking, scheduling, and payroll integration
- Collaborate with product managers and designers to define API specifications and ensure seamless integration with other Gusto products
- Lead the technical design and implementation of new features and enhancements to our time management platform
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical guidance and support
- Write clean, well-documented, and testable code
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving our engineering practices
- Work with large-scale data stores and optimize for performance and reliability
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to time-tracking and API functionality
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
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 HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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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