About Gusto
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care
of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance,
401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver,
San Francisco, and New York serve more than 400,000 businesses nationwide.
Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it
starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a
collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more
about our Total Rewards philosophy
[https://gusto.com/about/careers/total-rewards].
We’re hiring seasoned engineers to join our teams that work on customer-facing
products, developing features and iterating across our platform. As a Gusto
Software Engineer at this level, you’ll oversee projects end-to-end by
influencing initial feature specs, building backend APIs, writing frontend code,
and overseeing ongoing improvements for deployed features. If you’re interested
in building elegant software with far-reaching effects in our modern economy,
join us!
Here’s what you’ll do day to day:
- Architect, build, and test Gusto’s product suite the spans across Payroll,
Benefits, HR, Time, Tax Credits, and more
- Mentor other engineers to help solve some of the hardest technical problems
out there in very complex domains and at a large scale
- Help scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and Javascript/React applications in
the world
- Collaborate with our Product Management and Design teams to understand
customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then prototype, iterate,
and launch daily
- Build a product that our customers genuinely love
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Successful applicants typically have 8+ years of software development
experience
- Experience owning multi-quarter projects that solve complex engineering
problems and make measurable customer impact at scale
- Experience building scalable solutions that eliminate customer pain
- Ability to effectively communicate across engineering teams and with business
stakeholders
- Experience in, or interest working in, Ruby on Rails
- Ability to mentor engineers to maximize their performance and impact
- Experience with large scale refactors, performance and reliability issues,
and a strong sense of ownership over all aspects of your product area
- Passion for creating memorable experiences for customers
- Appreciation for a collaborative, test-driven environment
- Able to build well-structured, maintainable, well-documented code
Please note that travel to Gusto's Denver office for onboarding is required for
this position. If you have any questions regarding this requirement, please
share with your recruiter.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $163,000/yr to
$204,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, $198,000/yr to $247,000/yr for
San Francisco, New York & Seattle and $175,000(CAD)/yr to $219,000(CAD)/yr in
Canada. Stock equity is additional. Final offer amounts are determined by
multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from
the amounts listed above.
Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City.
Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the
office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on
role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's
subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and
San Jose metro areas.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure,
reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes
non-office days for hybrid employees.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people
from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do,
but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our
enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in
hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national
origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical
conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic
information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified
applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state
and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations
for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job
application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of
their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time
throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form
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and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
Gusto takes security and protection of your personal information very seriously.
Please review our Fraudulent Activity Disclaimer
[https://gusto.com/about/careers/fraudulent-activity-disclaimer].
Personal information collected and processed as part of your Gusto application
will be subject to Gusto's Applicant Privacy Notice
[https://gusto.com/about/careers/applicant-privacy-notice].
