Senior Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Gusto's Payments team as a Sr. Staff Engineer and play a pivotal role in building and scaling our payments platform. You will be responsible for developing new payment capabilities, both domestically and internationally, and re-architecting our existing systems for enhanced scalability. This role involves leading projects end-to-end, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring fellow engineers. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in payments platforms at scaled FinTech companies, a strong understanding of data structures and system design, and a proven ability to build and maintain large-scale systems. Gusto offers a competitive salary, stock equity, and the opportunity to work on a challenging and impactful project.

Requirements

• 12+ years of expertise in Payments platforms at scaled FinTech companies
• Experience successfully building scalable and global payments platforms
• Able to build maintainable, structured, well-documented code
• Strong knowledge of data structures, data modeling, and system design
• Experience working on platform products which are depended upon throughout the company
• Experience engineering, designing, building and supporting large scale, mission-critical systems in production
• An aptitude in bringing clarity and simplicity to complex problems, communicating technical complexity and facilitating informed tradeoffs to major stakeholders
• Experience operationalizing and scaling large interconnected production systems
• Enthusiasm for a collaborative, test-driven environment

Responsibilities

• Function as a Technical Lead for a team in Payments, helping us keep engineers unblocked and deliver high-quality work supporting our long-term goals
• Design, build, and test the foundation that supports payments for millions of people
• Help scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React applications in the world
• Collaborate on complex and ambiguous problems with partnerships from Engineering, Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, Operations, and other cross-functional teams
• Mentor and grow fellow engineers working to create holistic and scalable solutions
• Drive the product development process from concept to launch, delivering delightful products that make payroll, taxes, and compliance simple and easy
• Improve the productivity and happiness of our teams with the services, tools, and APIs you build
• Engage in a highly supportive environment working with others to drive productivity and innovation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with payment regulations including money service licensing and requirements to achieve and maintain SOC2 compliance
• Knowledge of payments unit economics and how they work

Benefits

• Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $191,000/yr to $225,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $225,000/yr to $265,000/yr for San Francisco, Seattle & New York
• Stock equity is additional
• 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)
• When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required