Senior Staff Software Engineer, Gusto
Money Movement
$191-265k
+ Stock equity. Salary dependent on US Locations only.
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Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
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Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$191-265k
+ Stock equity. Salary dependent on US Locations only.
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- . If you’re interested in building elegant software with far-reaching effects in our modern economy, join us!
- 12+ years of experience building large-scale software systems, with significant experience in payments or money movement
- Experience working across 3+ teams, influencing both product and team direction
- Deep knowledge of data structures, modeling, and system architecture for mission-critical platforms
- A track record of engineering excellence and thoughtful tradeoffs in complex system design
- Passion for creating clarity and simplicity in technically complex domains
- An aptitude in bringing clarity and simplicity to complex problems, communicating technical complexity and facilitating informed tradeoffs to major stakeholders
- Enthusiasm for mentoring and collaboration in a highly cross-functional environment
- 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
- Gusto moves hundreds of billions of dollars per year. The Senior Staff Engineer will be part of the Payments team and will be responsible for a.) building new payments and money movement capabilities across US and International, and b.) (re)architecting our payments platform to scale for the future
- As a Gusto Software Engineer at this level, you’ll be guiding projects end-to-end by influencing initial feature specs, understanding how to take existing systems closer to desired end states, executing on projects, and maintaining code that powers core experiences
- You’ll collaborate with a talented cross-functional team of Product, Accounting, and Data partners, focusing on building payments experiences that delight customer
- This role is part of the Payments team at Gusto that ensures that our 400,000+ small and medium businesses and millions of their employees are getting paid on time, every time
- You will be developing our payments systems that are foundational to the payment solutions offered by Gusto
- Function as a Technical Lead, supporting and unblocking engineers while contributing to long-term technical direction
- Design and build money movement platforms, adding new payment methods and payment rails including international payments
- Collaborate on complex and ambiguous problems with partnerships from Engineering, Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, Operations, and other cross-functional teams
- Improve the productivity and happiness of our teams with the services, tools, and APIs you build
- Help scale one of the largest Ruby on Rails and TypeScript/React applications in the world; Write maintainable, well-documented, and test-driven code
- Engage in a highly supportive environment working with others to drive productivity and innovation
- Continuously stay up-to-date with advancements in AI and Machine Learning and Cryptocurrency, applying this knowledge to our projects
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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