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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments
Gusto
$191,000 - $265,000
Aug 29, 2025
Denver, CO, US • San Francisco, CA, US • New York, NY, US • Atlanta, GA, US • Austin, TX, US • Chicago, IL, US • Los Angeles, CA, US • Seattle, WA, US • Washington, DC, US
Gusto needs to build new payments and money movement capabilities across US and International, and (re)architect their payments platform to scale for the future.
Requirements
12+ years of expertise in Payments platforms at scaled FinTech companies
Experience successfully building scalable and global payments platforms
Knowledge of payments unit economics and how they work
Experience with payment regulations including money service licensing and requirements to achieve and maintain SOC2 compliance
Able to build maintainable, structured, well-documented code
Strong knowledge of data structures, data modeling, and system design
Experience working on platform products which are depended upon throughout the company
Experience engineering, designing, building and supporting large scale, mission-critical systems in production
Responsibilities
Function as a Technical Lead for a team in Payments, helping us keep engineers unblocked and deliver high-quality work supporting our long-term goals
Design, build, and test the foundation that supports payments for millions of people
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
Improve the productivity and happiness of our teams with the services, tools, and APIs you build
Other
Travel to Gusto’s Denver office for onboarding is required for this position
Employees who are based in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week
A secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required when working from a location other than a Gusto office
Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science or related field (not explicitly mentioned but implied)