Sr. Staff Payroll Services 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.