Business Money Engineering

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Responsibilities

• ▹Build products & services and scale the platform that powers business money and accounting experiences at Gusto
• ▹Take ownership of projects, ensuring high standards of quality and performance
• ▹Adopt the latest best practices for using AI technologies across product development
• ▹Collaborate on complex and ambiguous problems with Engineering, Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, and Operations
• ▹Help drive the product development process from concept to launch

Requirements

• ▹8+ years of professional software development experience
• ▹Experience architecting, building, and testing large-scale and resilient distributed systems and/or software platforms
• ▹Maximizes the use of AI tooling while guiding the team in adopting modern AI practices
• ▹Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and working with quick iteration cycles
• ▹Ability to communicate technical complexity and help facilitate informed tradeoffs
• ▹Willingness to collaborate across different functions
• ▹Experience as a technical lead, leading the work of multiple engineers on multi-quarter projects
• ▹A two-day travel to a Gusto office for onboarding is required

Nice to have

• ▹Experience in the Fintech industry building scalable backend systems for financial services and products
• ▹Experience with accounting, bookkeeping, tax, or financial reporting systems
• ▹Familiarity with small business accounting or tax domains (ledgers, reconciliations, financial statements, payroll accounting, tax compliance)
• ▹Ruby/Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React, TypeScript, AWS

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Base pay plus RSU stock equity (Total Rewards program)
• ▹Hybrid work from Denver, San Francisco, or New York (approx. 2-3 office days per week)

About the company

Gusto's mission is to grow the small business economy — handling payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR so owners can focus on their craft and customers. They support more than 500,000 small businesses, with offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York.