Gusto · 2 weeks ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments and Risk
LA Metro Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$191K/yr - $265K/yr
12+ years expGusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy by handling essential services like payroll and HR. They are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to enhance their Payments and Risk platforms, focusing on scalability and security while mentoring fellow engineers.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and test the infrastructure that enables our Payments teams and Risk policy and experience teams to efficiently build unique, custom tailored experiences for any existing or emerging products Gusto offers its customers
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, Operations, and other cross-functional teams
Build the software platform that powers multiple 1st and 3rd party products and serves millions of businesses
Mentor and grow fellow engineers working to create holistic and scalable solutions
Qualification
Required
Successful applicants have at least 12+ years of experience and the enthusiasm for a collaborative, test-driven environment
Experience building fault-tolerant, mission-critical software as well as designing and developing robust, distributed systems using multiple general-purpose programming languages
Experience influencing and guiding the work of multiple teams on scaling, refactoring, and optimizing legacy products
Experience architecting, building, and testing large-scale production level code that is maintainable, structured, and well-documented
An aptitude and interest in bringing clarity and simplicity to complex and ambiguous problems
Ability to communicate technical complexity and help facilitate informed tradeoffs
Preferred
Experience in one of these domains is highly preferred: Payments and/or Risk
Bonus: Experience with Ruby on Rails, Typescript, and React
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)
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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