Software Engineering Manager, Gusto
Members Experience
$163.4-243k
Salary varies by location, applicable to Denver, San Francisco and New York based candidates only
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Open for applications
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$163.4-243k
Salary varies by location, applicable to Denver, San Francisco and New York based candidates only
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including experience with backend systems and native mobile development
- 2–4 years of engineering management experience including coaching, mentoring, and sustaining high-performing teams
- Experience leading multi-quarter, large-scale technical initiatives as a tech lead or engineering manager
- Strong understanding of multi-platform products (e.g., iOS, Android, backend APIs), experience working with fullstack, and cross-platform engineering teams
- Experience building horizontal platform solutions that serve other engineering teams
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills—you’re comfortable navigating complexity and bringing together teams across orgs
- A strong service mindset—you lead with curiosity, care deeply about people, and empower those around you
What the job involves
- Gusto is looking for a hands-on engineering leader to lead our worker-focused Members Experience team, responsible for building and scaling the Gusto app
- This team empowers workers by enabling seamless access, delivering core experiences, and addressing key jobs to be done
- As part of the broader Mobile Core group within the Core Experiences organization, the Members Experience team plays a critical role in advancing Gusto’s mobile-first vision
- The team enhances core mobile experiences, builds mobile commons for other application teams to leverage, and ensures a consistent, high-quality experience for our users
- This includes enhancing the onboarding and home tab experiences, scaling feature capabilities such as push notifications, leveraging the power of AI on mobile and supporting other important jobs to be done
- In this role, you’ll lead a team of engineers and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, stakeholders, and other app teams to drive innovation and deliver impact
- The Mobile Core group’s mission is to expand how we serve customers across Gusto’s entrepreneurship platform, creating seamless and cohesive experiences for Employers, Workers, and all other personas
- At Gusto, engineering is grounded in a high-performance, inclusive culture where collaboration and diverse perspectives fuel innovation
- As an engineering leader, you'll help shape this culture by recruiting, mentoring, and developing top talent
- You’ll partner with leadership to define strategy, set clear goals, and ensure teams are empowered to deliver meaningful results
- This is a highly impactful leadership role where you’ll take ownership of technical execution, drive strategic initiatives, and balance engineering excellence with practical business outcomes
- You'll also champion operational improvements that elevate product performance, availability, and cost-efficiency
- Lead and scale the team: Recruit, mentor, and develop a diverse team of engineers while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance culture, focused on career growth and business impact
- Work cross-functionally: Partner across different business units to deliver an end to end product experience
- Own delivery of technical solutions: Lead planning, execution, and delivery of impactful engineering projects, balancing technical excellence with practical business outcomes
- Drive strategic roadmaps: Work closely with leadership to set priorities, define both short-term and long-term goals, and ensure accountability for progress and delivery
- Foster innovation: Encourage a culture of growth experimentation and continuous improvement within the team, leveraging insights to drive meaningful enhancements
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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