Principal Software Engineer - Pay Group Engineering

Gusto · Engineering

Location: Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
Metro: Denver / Boulder, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area
Workplace: Hybrid
Level: Staff+
Type: Full-time
Pay: $215K–$252K/yr (estimated from posting text)
Posted: 16 months ago
Source: Greenhouse

What the posting covers

About Gusto

At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more…

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 and Tax systems. As a Gusto Software Engineer at this…

About the Team

Payroll is the beating heart of Gusto’s business. Pay Group (payroll and tax) teams are responsible for the product, ops, and service components Gusto uses to onboard customers, process payrolls, calculate taxes and deductions, pay and file with tax agencies,…

Sub- Teams

Tax Accuracy: The Tax Accuracy group is responsible for gathering and maintaining the necessary information for us to pay and file taxes accurately and on time for our customers, and consists of multiple teams that cover various parts of the process. Ledger:…

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day

Function as a Technical Lead across multiple teams in Payroll Services, helping us keep engineers unblocked and deliver high-quality work supporting our long-term goals Design, build, and test the foundation that supports compliant payroll for millions of…

Here’s what we're looking for

Successful applicants typically have at least 15+ years of experience Able to build maintainable, structured, well-documented code Strong knowledge of data structures, data modeling, and system design Experience working across 3+ teams, influencing both…

Here’s what we're looking for

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office…

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