Gusto
Gusto
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingHealthcareInsurance
Gusto is a business software platform that brings payroll, employee benefits, and core human resources operations together in one place. Its tools help small and midsize businesses automate payroll calculations, tax filings, direct deposits, deductions, and compliance workflows while connecting with other business systems. The platform also supports employee benefits, time and attendance, hiring and onboarding, talent management, and performance reviews. Gusto serves companies managing distributed or global teams, with dedicated solutions for accountants and APIs that let developers embed payroll capabilities into their own products.

Staff Software Engineer, Financial Platform at Gusto

Lead backend engineering for Gusto Retirement’s money movement, payment, compliance, and financial workflows. Own reliable services and APIs supporting small businesses and real customer funds.

Description

  • Design, develop, and release services and APIs for money movement and financial integrations
  • Manage payments, settlements, reconciliation, and corrections involving real customer funds
  • Develop and maintain payroll integration, KYB/KYC, 401(k) loan, billing, invoicing, and IRA workflows
  • Work with product, compliance, and operations partners to define scope and deliver production-ready solutions
  • Investigate production issues and strengthen reliability, observability, and operational tooling
  • Coordinate with engineering teams to integrate shared systems and platforms
  • Mentor engineers tackling complex technical challenges at scale
  • Deliver clear, dependable, well-tested code that performs efficiently and scales
  • Create products that customers value and enjoy using

Requirements

  • At least eight years of experience building and shipping production software products or platforms
  • Proven experience developing services, APIs, and data-intensive workflows
  • Background in financial systems, payments, or other high-correctness domains, or the ability to learn them quickly
  • Ability to take end-to-end ownership of systems, including production support and operational responsibilities
  • Experience partnering closely with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver defined work
  • Practical, delivery-oriented engineering mindset
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative working style
  • Ability to mentor engineers and help maximize their performance and impact
  • Experience with Ruby on Rails or a similar backend framework
  • Ability to use role-relevant AI tools actively and continue developing AI fluency
  • Availability to travel to Gusto’s office for required onboarding

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary
  • Health insurance coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Equity in the form of RSUs
  • A secure, reliable, consistent internet connection is required when approved to work from a non-office location
  • Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans

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