Senior Staff Software Engineer, Gusto Embedded PayrollAbout GustoGusto 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. We’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.About the RoleAs a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Embedded Payroll team, you’ll be a key technical leader responsible for influencing the team and broader organization as we build and scale our product. You’ll do this through a combination of hands-on development in our complex Ruby on Rails codebase and guiding others to deliver a high quality platform experience.About the TeamGusto Embedded Payroll is a platform that allows developers to embed payroll directly into their own software using our APIs. We’ve taken Gusto’s robust payroll infrastructure and made it available to third-party developers. Our vision is to enable anyone to build the best payroll product for their end customers—powering payroll for small and medium businesses across a variety of industries, from vertical SaaS to fintech and neobanks.Day-to-day activitiesIdentify and solve high-impact problems involving technical and organizational complexity that require understanding and coordination across multiple domains.Engage directly with our developer-customers to deliver a remarkable payroll product.Ship code. Clean, tested, and performant.Level up the craft of software engineering across the organization by providing technical guidance and mentoring.Inform and maintain best practices for reliability and observability for the team.Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.What we’re looking for12+ years of professional software development experience with a track record of driving impact at scale.Proven ability to take ownership of company-wide engineering initiatives and contribute to scaling engineering organizations.Ruby and Rails expert.Deep experience working across large, complex codebases and comfort operating at multiple layers of abstraction.Demonstrated success in designing and building platforms, services, and APIs with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.History of mentoring engineers, raising the technical bar, and guiding teams through ambiguous problems and competing priorities.Ability to connect technical decisions to business priorities, align teams around the right goals, and effectively communicate tradeoffs and technical needs to business stakeholders.Our cash compensation is targeted at $185,000-$205,000 per year in Denver and most remote locations, and $220,000-$240,000 per year for San Francisco, Seattle, and New York. Final offers 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 based in those locations are 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 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.Equal opportunity and inclusionGusto is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment decisions based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time during your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will be in touch.Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it strengthens our company and helps us better serve our customers.Interested in building your career at Gusto? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. #J-18808-Ljbffr