Gusto, Inc.24.03.2026
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Money Group
Denver
Обязанности
- 01Serve as a Technical Lead across multiple teams in the Money Group – setting architectural direction, unblocking engineers, and ensuring high-quality delivery aligned with long-term goals
- 02Define the north-star architectural vision for the Money Group and continuously identify shorter-term projects that move us toward it
- 03Architect the convergence of Gusto's People Stack (payroll, HR, benefits) and Finance Stack (banking, accounting, payments, lending) into a unified platform for small businesses
- 04Lead service migration from a large Ruby-on-Rails monolith into a service-oriented architecture, defining clean domain boundaries across money movement, lending, and tax
- 05Lead technical due diligence – evaluating codebases, data models, and engineering teams for compatibility with Gusto's platform
- 06Manage a complex partner ecosystem
- 07Build prototypes and proofs-of-concept to de-risk new ideas and unblock product decisions quickly
- 08Tackle complex, ambiguous problems in close partnership with Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, and Operations
- 09Drive AI-native architecture decisions – from LLM-powered transaction categorization and tax optimization to conversational financial management experiences
- 10Act as a technical consultant across all Money sub-teams – Consumer, Business, Tax Credits, Payments – ensuring architectural coherence across the group
- 11Set the bar for technical excellence – through code, design reviews, and the standards you hold the group to
- 12Mentor fellow engineers, contribute to the growth of senior and staff engineers, and help build healthy, high-performing teams
Требования
- 0115+ years of software engineering experience
- 02Deep expertise in distributed systems, particularly in payments or fintech – including data modeling for financial systems, consistency guarantees for money movement, and compliance-aware architecture
- 03Proven track record of engineering, scaling, and operating large, interconnected production systems
- 04Experience setting long-term technical vision and driving multi-year architectural transformations – not just executing migrations, but identifying the right boundaries, sequencing the work across teams, and ensuring strong technical stewards drive execution
- 05Experience working across multiple teams, influencing both technical direction and product strategy
- 06Demonstrated ability to own group-level OKRs and be accountable for the technical strategy that delivers them
- 07Experience navigating decisions for core infrastructure, particularly in fintech – evaluating APIs, negotiating technical contracts, and leading integration from evaluation through production
- 08Ability to bring clarity to complex problems – communicating technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders, identifying significant risks or opportunities before others, and driving decisions
Условия
- 01All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs)
- 02Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location
- 03Teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York