163K–247K USD / year
Staff Software Engineer, Financial Infrastructure
BackendHybrid — Burlingame, CA; Denver, CO; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA
Published on 2026-09-25
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About this role
The role involves building and owning the systems for money movement and financial integrations at Gusto Retirement. You'll be responsible for designing backend services, shipping production code, and resolving complex financial edge cases.
About the company
Gusto is a digital platform that provides payroll, benefits, and human resource management solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. The company focuses on simplifying HR processes and ensuring compliance, while also offering tools for employee engagement and retirement planning.
The team
Financial Infrastructure team
Stack
Ruby on Rails
What you'll do
- Design and build APIs for financial services
- Handle payments, settlements, and reconciliations
- Implement critical workflows like payroll and tax integrations
- Debug production issues and improve system reliability
- Collaborate across teams for system integration
- Mentor other engineers
- Write reliable and well-tested code
- Build a product that customers love
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong experience with services and data workflows
- Experience with financial systems or high-correctness domains
- End-to-end ownership of systems
- Experience collaborating with product and operations teams
- Clear communication skills
- Ability to mentor engineers
- Experience with Ruby on Rails
Nice to have
- Experience with AI tools for development
- Curiosity with emerging AI frameworks
Benefits
- Competitive base pay
- Stock equity (RSUs)