Gusto · 4 months ago
Principal Software Engineer, Growth
Denver, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$215K/yr - $252K/yr
15+ years expGusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead initiatives that drive revenue growth and enhance their customer acquisition and ACV expansion efforts through technical solutions.
Bookkeeping and PayrollEmployee BenefitsEnterprise SoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechHuman ResourcesSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Define, iterate and execute on initiatives contributing to the Growth’s technical roadmap to drive revenue growth
Partner with cross-functional teams to tackle complex and ambiguous problems, translating them into engineering solutions that drive our customer acquisition and ACV expansion platform forward
Execute in different horizons based on Growth’s overall goals. This means at times, embedding in a team for multiple months/quarters to deliver complex projects, and at other times, kicking off ambiguous initiatives and helping teams driving alignment and building momentum
Execute in different capacities based on the need of the org and initiative. Dive deep into the hardest technical areas while delegating the rest to partnering teams
Engage with all development teams across Gusto to align and drive towards long-term maintainability and stability of our systems
Mentor and provide guidance to software engineers, fostering growth and development
Actively participate in code reviews and maintain code quality
Qualification
Required
15+ years of professional software development experience
Hands-on experience building large scale, complex systems in a wide range of domains
Web architecture expertise, including observability and performance
Experience in highly cross-functional environments for highly complex products
Experience as tech lead, overseeing large initiatives across multiple teams
Experience in scaling Engineering organizations
Preferred
Experience building complex revenue systems that spans multiple growth areas: acquisition, expansion, experimentation, marketing and sales automation tools/integrations
Experience in experimentation and user experience optimization
Experience working closely with Revenue teams
Experience building product incorporating ML and AI
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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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
Recent News
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