Senior Staff Software Engineer, Gusto
Financial Data
$191-265k
Salary applicable to US candidates only and is dependent on location
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Job no longer available
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$191-265k
Salary applicable to US candidates only and is dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To grow the small business economy.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of experience building large-scale software systems, with significant experience in fintech, accounting, or enterprise software
- Experience building or maintaining internal ledgering systems, reconciliation tools, or financial data infrastructure
- Familiarity with accounting principles and close collaboration with accounting or finance stakeholders
- Strong full-stack web app experience (70% backend, 30% frontend), including customer-facing product development
- 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
- Enthusiasm for mentoring and collaboration in a highly cross-functional environment
What the job involves
- The Sr. 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, Design, and Data partners, focusing on building payments experiences that delight customers
- 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
- Act as a Technical Lead, supporting and unblocking engineers while contributing to long-term technical direction
- Design and build financial data platforms, including Gusto’s internal ledger and reconciliation systems
- Partner with Accounting and Product teams to create tools that support billing, compliance, and transparency
- Help scale one of the largest Ruby on Rails and TypeScript/React applications in the world
- Mentor and grow engineers across multiple domains and technical levels
- Drive projects from concept to launch, focusing on clarity, simplicity, and accuracy in financial and product systems
- Write maintainable, well-documented, and test-driven code
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 400,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. And 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 has seen it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to expand its platform, most recently partnering with Parafin to launch a payroll line of credit for small businesses. With a growing suite of services and a clear focus on supporting small businesses through changing economic conditions, Gusto looks set to sustain its momentum and further strengthen its position in the HR and payroll technology market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.3m
Company benefits
- Health and Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents. Family care and support, including family planning and fertility benefits. Gender-affirming care and support. A variety of mental health resources.
- Time Away: It's important to take time away for yourself or to take care of your family. Gusto offers paid vacation, sick time, bereavement, and holidays, paid leaves, sabbatical, and more!
- Free meals and refreshments: If you work at one of our offices, enjoy food, drinks, and snacks— on us. Conversation and community is an added bonus!
- Perks:
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(Co-Founder & 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
(Co-Founder & 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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