Gusto · 15 hours ago
Principal Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$189K/yr - $237K/yr
12+ years expGusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy by providing essential services like payroll and HR. They are seeking a seasoned engineer to join their Integrated Benefits team, focusing on improving systems for extensibility and scalability while building the future of Gusto's Benefits ecosystem.
Bookkeeping and PayrollEmployee BenefitsEnterprise SoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechHuman ResourcesSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Function as a Technical Lead within the Integrated Benefits team, using leadership and soft power to influence the wider Benefits engineering organization of ~60 engineers
Design, build, and test the solid technical foundations and reusable "LEGO blocks" that support our Voluntary Life and Disability (vLiDi) products and broker integrations
Help scale our platform by architecting complex, interconnected technical systems and executing within a Ruby on Rails environment
Collaborate on complex and ambiguous problems, partnering with cross-functional teams to solve deep architectural puzzles and take existing systems closer to desired end states
Mentor and grow fellow engineers, fostering a culture of ownership and mentorship within a high-performing, self-organized team
Drive the product development process for platform capabilities, from influencing initial feature specs to maintaining code that powers core experiences
Improve the productivity of our product engineering culture by building tools and shared capabilities that allow teams to move faster
Continuously apply AI tools to accelerate development, using AI to build, test, and iterate quickly while staying curious about emerging frameworks and patterns
Qualification
Required
12+ years of relevant professional experience in software engineering
Able to build maintainable, structured, well-documented code, with specific proficiency in Ruby on Rails and a strong focus on architectural patterns
Strong knowledge of data structures, data modeling, and system design, particularly within complex, interconnected systems
Experience working across multiple teams, influencing both product and team direction by advocating for technical health and reusability
Experience working on platform products which are depended upon throughout the company, ideally involving service extraction or componentization
Experience engineering, designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production, ensuring high reliability and scalability
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)
Stock equity
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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