Gusto · 5 hours ago
Software Engineering Manager, Symmetry
Scottsdale, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$189K/yr - $237K/yr
10+ years expGusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy, providing essential services like payroll and HR to over 400,000 small businesses. They are seeking a seasoned engineering leader to guide the development of AI-powered product innovations within their Symmetry Software division, focusing on creating effective and innovative solutions for payroll infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Aligning teams to focus on new AI native features, and business goals
Taking complete functional ownership of your area including vision for both the platform and product in partnership with product managers and stakeholders
Initiating or beginning new projects, ideas, or actions by providing the initial energy, or inspiration needed to get them started
Elevating our engineering practices to be AI-native, guiding adoption of tools, processes, and methodologies that leverage AI to increase velocity, code quality, and operational efficiency across the team
Aligning and prioritizing the organization deliverables based on the company needs, working closely with the leadership across functional departments
Ensuring products and services are performant, available 24x7x365, and stable
Supporting technical innovation and lead creation, continual refinement, and active management of our engineering standards to ensure that our technology can be sustainably operated
Evaluating emerging technologies including SaaS systems for opportunities to improve services, acting as technical consultant for the company to champion practical technical solutions
Partnering with engineering leaders across the company to architect and champion well-defined sub-systems and continually refining company-wide platform architecture
Qualification
Required
Masters or Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
10+ years of engineering leadership experience – managing both people and tech stacks
Proven ability to initiate new projects, ideas, or actions by providing the initial effort, inspiration, or inspiration needed to get them started
Applicable experience or exposure in AI native product development leveraging AWS services (Bedrock, Agent Core, etc)
A proven track record and ability to communicate with cross functional peers, communicating technical concepts to business stakeholders, and communicating business objectives to the technical team
Demonstrated ability to take ownership on problems and projects and lead them to completion
A proven ability to debug and triage critical systems, including team performance
Hands-on experience with agile methodologies, and their functional application
Proficient with web application development, Dev-ops, distributed systems, CI/CD and test automation
Deep knowledge of Object-Oriented Design, Service Oriented Architecture, and Systems thinking
Remarkable verbal and written presentation skills, including ability to prepare materials for audiences at all levels of the organization
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability and interest for helping growing engineering teams and making others better
A commitment and drive for quality and building for the long term
Ability to get into the nitty gritty of how a product works and clearly communicate its value
Benefits
Health Insurance
401(k)s
Company
Gusto
Gusto is an HR and payroll platform that simplifies complex tasks, empowering businesses to focus on what matters most.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (19)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$746.1MKey Investors
Friends & Family CapitalT. Rowe PriceAkkadian Ventures
2023-01-28Series Unknown
2022-05-12Series E· $55M
2021-08-10Series E· $175M
Leadership Team
Josh Reeves
Head of Gusto (CEO) and Co-Founder. Building Gusto for the Long Term.
Edward Kim
Co-founder and Head of Technology
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