Senior Staff Software Engineer, Embedded Payroll, Developer Experience

About Gusto

At Gusto were on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stufflike payroll health insurance 401(k)s and HRso owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver San Francisco and New York were proud to support more than 400000 small businesses across the country and were building a workplace that represents and celebrates the customers we serve. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy .

About the Role :

As Senior Staff Staff Software Engineer on the Embedded Payroll team acts as a technical leader shaping how developers build on Gustos payroll platform. The role sits at the intersection of platform engineering API design and developer experience. It combines hands-on work in the codebase with setting direction for tools interfaces and workflows used by internal teams and external partners. Success requires strong technical judgment empathy for developers and solution architects and the ability to turn friction into scalable platform improvements.

About the Team :

Gusto Embedded Payroll is a platform that allows developers to embed payroll directly into their own software using our APIs. Weve taken Gustos 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.

Heres what youll do day-to-day :

• Identify high-leverage opportunities to improve developer experience across our APIs tooling documentation and workflows.
• Partner closely with internal product solution architect and engineering teams to define a vision for reducing friction when integrating with Embedded Payroll.
• Engage directly with external developers to understand pain points validate solutions and influence platform direction.
• Design and evolve APIs abstractions and interfaces with a focus on clarity consistency and long-term maintainability.
• Build and maintain developer-facing tools libraries and internal frameworks that improve velocity and reliability.
• Lead by example through hands-on development shipping clean tested and well-designed code.
• Set and promote best practices for reliability observability and backwards compatibility in developer-facing systems.

Heres what were looking for :

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $200000-$230000 / yr in Denver & most remote locations and $230000-$270000 / yr for San Francisco Seattle & New York. Final offer amounts 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 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 expectations apply to all Symmetry roles Gustos subsidiary whose physical 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.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds not just because its the right thing to do but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses you will find a home at Gusto.

Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) marital status ancestry physical or mental disability genetic information veteran status gender identity or expression sexual orientation or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.

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Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Dermatology,Accomodation,Corporate Marketing,Drafting,Computer Engineering

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 200000 - 230000