Gusto

Software Engineer, Payments

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3 hours ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$183k - $245k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and test infrastructure enabling Payments and Risk teams to create tailored product experiences.
  • Scale Gusto’s Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React applications.
  • Build the software platform powering multiple first- and third-party products serving millions of businesses.
  • Drive large technical architecture decisions focused on scale, modularity, and desired system end states.
  • Execute end-to-end projects and maintain robust, structured, well-documented production code.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Design, Data Science, Operations, and other cross-functional teams.
  • Mentor and grow fellow engineers.

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience building fault-tolerant, mission-critical software and robust distributed systems using multiple general-purpose programming languages.
  • Experience influencing and guiding multiple teams through scaling, refactoring, and optimization of legacy products.
  • Experience architecting, building, and testing large-scale production code that is maintainable, structured, and well documented.
  • Ability to clarify complex and ambiguous problems, communicate technical complexity, and facilitate informed tradeoffs.
  • Experience in payments and/or accounting systems is highly preferred.
  • Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, and React experience is a bonus.
  • Enthusiasm for a collaborative, test-driven environment.

Benefits

  • Competitive base pay, benefits, and equity in the form of RSUs.
  • Employees based in Denver, San Francisco, or New York work from the office approximately 2–3 days per week or more depending on the role; applicable Symmetry employees work under the same office expectations in Scottsdale.
  • Approved non-office work requires a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection.
  • Employees are expected to engage with AI tools relevant to their roles and build AI fluency.

Tech Stack

ReactRubyRuby on RailsTypeScript

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About Gusto

1,001-5,000 employees

Gusto has been growing the small business economy for 15+ years. Not with just great technology, but with heart. We serve 500K+ businesses with payroll, HR, benefits, compliance, and more. Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we're the team in their corner. Licensing details: https://gusto.com/about/licenses

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