Sr. Staff Payroll Services Engineer

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 300,000 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. About the Role: We're hiring seasoned engineers to join our teams that work on core platform capabilities, improving our existing systems for extensibility and scalability, and building the future of Gusto's Payroll system. As a Gusto Software Engineer at this level, you'll be guiding projects end-to-end by influencing initial feature specs, understanding how to take existing systems closer to desired end states, executing on projects, and maintaining code that powers core experiences. About the Team: Payroll is the beating heart of Gusto's business. Payroll Services teams are responsible for the product, ops, and service components Gusto uses to onboard customers, process payrolls, calculate taxes & deductions, pay and file with tax agencies, and maintain compliance on behalf of the customers. Teams within Payroll Services Tax Accuracy: Responsible for gathering and maintaining the necessary information for us to pay and file taxes accurately and on time for our customers. Ledger: Building a payroll ledger to track accrual accounting for payroll-related money movement. Engine: Works closely with the payroll compliance team to ensure enablement of compliant pay. Platform: Developing a new platform to be the common interface for interacting with payroll and tax data. Here's what you'll do day-to-day: Design, build, and test the foundation that supports compliant payroll 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 cross-functional teams. Build the software platform that powers multiple products serving millions of businesses. Mentor fellow engineers working to create holistic and scalable solutions. Drive the product development process from concept to launch. Improve the productivity and happiness of our teams. Engage in a highly supportive environment to drive productivity and innovation. Here's what we're looking for: 12+ years of experience. Experience in designing and developing robust, distributed systems. Experience influencing and guiding the work of multiple teams. Experience architecting, building, and testing large-scale production level code. Aptitude for bringing clarity and simplicity to complex problems. Ability to communicate technical complexity and facilitate informed tradeoffs. Able to build maintainable, structured, well-documented code. Experience building fault-tolerant, mission-critical software. Experience in highly regulated domains is desired, but not required. Experience in Payroll, Taxes, or Compliance is preferred. Bonus: Experience with Ruby on Rails, Typescript, and React. Please note that travel to Gusto's Denver office for onboarding is required for this position. Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $191,000/yr to $225,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $225,000/yr to $265,000/yr for San Francisco, Seattle & New York. Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week. When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on legally protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-03-06