Gusto

Staff Software Engineer, Tax Experiences

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2 months ago

Base Salary

$163k - $204k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Execute technical strategy for the team’s domain and contribute to the broader Tax Engineering roadmap.
  • Design, build, and test experiences for adding and updating tax information.
  • Support the software platform powering multiple first- and third-party products serving millions of businesses.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, Operations, and other teams on complex problems.
  • Mentor and grow fellow engineers while driving scalable solutions.
  • Lead product development from concept through launch and improve design systems, components, interfaces, foundational systems, and architecture.
  • Apply AI tools in the engineering workflow and identify opportunities to simplify tax workflows and provide proactive customer guidance.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Expertise in React and TypeScript, with experience in Ruby on Rails, SQL, or other backend languages.
  • Experience working in large, complex codebases and building, testing, and incrementally improving production software at scale.
  • Experience in payroll, taxes, or compliance is preferred.
  • Experience applying AI tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, and build testing workflows.
  • Strong systems thinking, analytical ability, communication skills, and collaborative working style.

Benefits

  • Competitive base pay, benefits, and stock equity (RSUs).
  • Two-day travel to a Gusto office is required for onboarding.
  • Employees based in Denver, San Francisco, New York City, or Scottsdale work in the office approximately 2–3 days per week; approved remote work requires a secure, reliable, consistent internet connection.

Tech Stack

ReactRuby on RailsSQLTypeScript
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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