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Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools.

We are looking for a talented Engineering Lead with experience in building and managing secure authentication and authorization systems. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable identity management systems, ensuring the security of user data, and enabling seamless user experiences. You will collaborate closely with product, security, and engineering teams to integrate robust authentication mechanisms into our platform.

Here's what you'll do day to day:
- Collaboratively design and implement authorization solutions, including role-based access controls and workflows for managing user permissions, roles, and scopes across Gusto's product suite.
- Engage in hands-on coding, contributing directly to the codebase and driving quality through active participation.
- Provide clear and constructive feedback during code reviews to foster team growth and maintain high standards of code quality.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Design, and Business, to identify customer pain points and develop innovative solutions.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices related to authorization and security.
- Lead and mentor fellow engineers in tackling complex technical challenges at scale.
- Prototype, iterate, and launch new features quickly and efficiently.
- Foster a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and innovation, building products our customers love.

Here's what we're looking for:
- Experience: 12+ years of software development experience, with a strong focus on authentication and authorization systems.
- Technical Expertise: Solid understanding of secure coding principles, cryptography in authentication and authorization systems, and IAM best practices.
- API Security: Experience with API security and integrating authentication systems into applications.
- Tools Proficiency: Familiarity with technologies like Okta, Azure AD, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, header-based authentication, LDAP, and SCIM.
- Leadership Skills: Proven experience leading the innovation of customer-facing products and managing large projects end-to-end.
- Data Modeling: Advanced data modeling skills with hands-on experience building well-structured, easily maintainable, and well-documented code.
- Problem-Solving: Expertise in addressing complex product development challenges, particularly with Rails and React.
- Passion for Customers: A genuine passion for creating memorable experiences for customers and a commitment to understanding their needs.
- Effective Communicator: Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate ideas clearly and collaborate with diverse teams.

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $191,000-$214,000 in Denver & most remote locations, and $225,000-$252,000 San Francisco & New York. Stock equity is additional. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role).

Senior Staff Software Engineer at Gusto, focusing on secure authentication and authorization systems for a modern people platform.

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Gusto is seeking a Sr. Staff Security Partner Engineer to join their Product Security group. This role is crucial in designing products and features with customer safety and privacy in mind. The successful candidate will work alongside product and engineering leads, providing guidance on security risks, mitigation strategies, and secure development architecture.

Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with product, engineering, infrastructure, legal, and privacy teams to design safe features
- Review and threat model new systems, products, and features
- Provide detailed security advice and risk assessments, including architectural direction
- Develop guidelines and recommendations for secure coding practices
- Lead and manage secure code training instruction
- Implement and deploy application security tools
- Develop long-term relationships with product development and engineering teams

The Product Security group at Gusto helps the company move faster, securely. They are a team of engineers who enable other teams to build products quickly while protecting customers. Their work involves building security tools and services, providing security training and expertise, and advocating for best practices in authentication, authorization, and safe data handling across the company.

Gusto offers a hybrid work model, with employees expected to work from the office 2-3 days per week. The company values diversity and inclusion, hiring great people from various backgrounds to create a stronger team and better serve their customers.

Gusto serves more than 300,000 businesses nationwide and has offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York. Their mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, starting right within the company.

Sr. Staff Security Partner Engineer at Gusto, designing secure products and features for small businesses.

Sr. Staff Security Partner Engineer

Gusto is seeking seasoned engineers to join their teams working on core platform capabilities, improving existing systems for extensibility and scalability, and building the future of Gusto's Payroll system. As a Sr. Staff Payroll Services Engineer, 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.

The Payroll Services teams are responsible for the product, ops, and service components Gusto uses to onboard customers, process payrolls, calculate taxes & deductions, pay and file with tax agencies, and maintain compliance on behalf of the customers. This role offers the opportunity to engage in system design that simplifies highly complex domains for customers, both internal and external.

Key responsibilities include:
- Designing, building, and testing the foundation that supports compliant payroll for millions of people
- Helping scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React applications in the world
- Collaborating on complex and ambiguous problems with cross-functional teams
- Building the software platform that powers multiple 1st and 3rd party products and serves millions of businesses
- Mentoring and growing fellow engineers to create holistic and scalable solutions
- Driving the product development process from concept to launch
- Improving the productivity and happiness of teams with the services, tools, and APIs you build

The ideal candidate should have:
- At least 12 years of professional software development experience
- Experience influencing/guiding the work of multiple teams on projects
- Experience architecting, building, and testing large-scale production level code
- An aptitude for bringing clarity and simplicity to complex problems
- Strong communication skills to explain technical complexity and facilitate informed tradeoffs
- Enthusiasm for a collaborative, test-driven environment
- Ability to build maintainable, structured, well-documented code

Experience in HR, Payroll, Payments, Fintech, Tax products, or AI/Machine Learning would be beneficial but is not required.

Gusto offers a competitive compensation package, with cash compensation targeted at $193,000/yr to $231,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $228,000/yr to $272,000/yr for San Francisco, Seattle & New York. Stock equity is additional.

Gusto values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive work environment. They have a hybrid work model, with employees expected to work from the office 2-3 days per week in locations with physical offices.

Sr. Staff Payroll Services Engineer at Gusto, building scalable payroll systems with Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React. 12+ years experience required.

Sr. Staff Payroll Services Engineer

Gusto is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Payroll Services team. This role is crucial in building and improving core platform capabilities, enhancing existing systems for extensibility and scalability, and shaping the future of Gusto's Payroll system. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in guiding projects end-to-end, influencing feature specs, and executing on projects that power core experiences.

The Payroll Services teams at Gusto are responsible for the product, operations, and service components used to onboard customers, process payrolls, calculate taxes & deductions, pay and file with tax agencies, and maintain compliance on behalf of customers. This domain offers complex challenges and opportunities to engage in system design that simplifies processes for both internal and external customers.

Key responsibilities include designing and building the foundation for compliant payroll systems, scaling large Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React applications, collaborating on complex problems with cross-functional teams, mentoring fellow engineers, and driving product development from concept to launch. The role also involves staying current with AI and Machine Learning advancements and applying this knowledge to projects.

The ideal candidate will have at least 15 years of experience, with a strong background in architecting and building large-scale distributed systems. They should have experience as a technical lead, overseeing multiple teams on projects, and the ability to bring clarity to complex problems. Experience in HR, Payroll, Payments, Fintech, or Tax products is a plus, as is knowledge of AI/Machine Learning.

Gusto offers a competitive compensation package, with cash compensation ranging from $215,000 to $280,000 per year, depending on location, plus stock equity. The company has a hybrid work model, with employees expected to work from the office 2-3 days per week in Denver, San Francisco, or New York City.

Join Gusto to build elegant software with far-reaching effects in our modern economy and be part of a diverse, inclusive team committed to empowering small businesses and their employees.

Gusto seeks a Principal Software Engineer for Payroll Services to lead system design, mentor teams, and drive innovation in payroll technology.

Principal Software Engineer, Payroll Services

Gusto is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Growth organization, a product team focused on driving revenue growth. This role is crucial in accelerating Gusto's revenue growth by providing a platform for customer acquisition efforts, building an ML-powered recommendation engine for ACV expansion initiatives, and redesigning the onboarding and activation platform.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of solving complex problems and contributing to the overall strategy of growing Gusto. You'll work on defining and executing projects that contribute to the Growth team's technical roadmap, partnering with cross-functional teams to tackle ambiguous problems, and translating them into engineering solutions that drive customer acquisition and ACV expansion.

Your responsibilities will include identifying areas for process and technical improvements, collaborating with tech leads, product managers, designers, and data scientists to understand investment opportunities, and delivering innovative solutions. You'll need to be adaptable, sometimes embedding in a team for extended periods to deliver complex initiatives, and other times kicking off or jumping into projects to drive alignment and set teams up for success.

The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong background in scaling Engineering organizations and web development expertise. Experience in highly cross-functional environments, as a tech lead overseeing projects across multiple teams, and in experimentation and user experience optimization is crucial. Knowledge of recommendation engines, Machine Learning, and experience in customer acquisition and ACV expansion efforts are considered valuable assets.

Gusto offers a competitive compensation package, with a salary range of $215,000-$270,000 per year, depending on location, plus stock equity. The company has a hybrid work model, with employees expected to work from the office 2-3 days per week in their Denver, San Francisco, or New York City locations.

Join Gusto and be part of a team that's building the next big thing in small business management and empowering a better work-life for employees across the country.

Gusto seeks a Principal Software Engineer to drive revenue growth through customer acquisition and ML-powered recommendation engines. 15+ years experience required.

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