Gusto is looking to solve the problem of scaling its Payroll product to meet the needs of its growing customer base.
Requirements
15+ years of professional software development experience
Experience in scaling Engineering organizations with a focus on individual and team development
Experience building and maintaining resilient backend systems to support customer-facing products.
Experience in highly cross-functional environments for highly complex products
Experience as tech lead, overseeing projects across multiple teams
Experience in optimizing existing systems for performance, reliability, and scalability.
Experience developing and maintaining RESTful APIs, GraphQL endpoints, and backend services, ensuring seamless integration with frontend systems and third-party services
Responsibilities
Architect, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and resilient backend systems to support Gusto’s Payroll products.
Function as a Technical Lead across multiple teams in Pay Group, helping us keep engineers unblocked and deliver high-quality work supporting our long-term goals
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, Compliance, Operations, and other cross-functional teams.
Mentor and grow fellow engineers working to create holistic and scalable solutions.
Drive the product development process from concept to launch, delivering delightful products that make payroll, taxes, and compliance simple and easy.
Other
Ability to communicate technical complexity and help facilitate informed tradeoffs
Enthusiasm for a collaborative, test-driven environment
15+ years of professional software development experience
Experience in scaling Engineering organizations with a focus on individual and team development
2-3 days per week in-office work expectation (or more depending on role)
Secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection required for remote work
