Staff Software Engineer, Financial Platform

Gusto is seeking an engineer to build and own systems for moving money and assets through Gusto Retirement. This hands-on role involves designing backend services and APIs end-to-end, shipping production code, and managing real financial edge cases in partnership with product, compliance, and operations.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production products or platforms
• Strong experience with services, APIs, and data-heavy workflows
• Experience working on financial systems, payments, or other high-correctness domains, or the ability to ramp quickly
• Experience owning systems end-to-end, including production support and operational work
• Experience working closely with PMs and cross-functional partners to deliver scoped work
• Experience with Ruby on Rails or a comparable backend framework
• Travel to Gusto's office for onboarding is required

You will be a great fit if you enjoy working on core financial systems where correctness matters, have a pragmatic and execution-focused approach to engineering, and like getting things shipped.

Please submit your application on the employer's official site.