Gusto · San Francisco, CA;New York, NY;Ontario, CAN - Remote;Toronto, Ontario, CAN - Remote;United States - RemoteRemote

<div class="content-intro">  <hr> 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 than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve.   All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our<a href="https://gusto.com/about/careers/total-rewards" target="_blank"> Total Rewards philosophy</a>.   AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process.</div>About the Role: As a Staff Engineer, you’ll play a significant role in building new products and scaling existing ones to further evolve Gusto’s product offerings. Your work will focus on improving our customers’ financial tools, helping them spend less time managing their finances and more time focusing on their businesses. You will collaborate with a team of highly skilled professionals, contributing engineering expertise throughout the product development lifecycle—from ideation and design to architecture, development, release, and post-release monitoring and scaling.   About the Team: At Gusto, the Business Money team is on a mission to support small and medium-sized businesses by providing financial tools that help them manage cash flow and run their businesses with confidence. The suite of products we own includes (but is not limited to) Bill Pay, Invoicing, Expenses, Payroll Bridge (Payroll Line of Credit to fund payroll), and a Cash Flow Dashboard that offers a comprehensive view of business finances. Our team is relatively small but operates at a fast, startup-like pace. In less than two years, the team has effectively created a new business vertical called Gusto Money, delivering multiple large scale 0-1 products that help small businesses have more control over their business finances and greater confidence in making financial decisions. As we continue to expand our offerings across business finance, accounting, and cash flow management, this is a great opportunity to apply your skills and help shape the future of Gusto Money.   Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day: <ul> <li>Build products & services and scale the platform that powers business money and accounting experiences at Gusto</li> <li>Take ownership of projects, ensuring they meet high standards of quality and performance</li> <li>Adopt the latest best practices for using AI technologies across all aspects of product development</li> <li>Collaborate on complex and ambiguous problems with partnerships from Engineering, Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, Operations, and other cross-functional teams</li> <li>Engage in a highly supportive environment working with others to drive productivity and innovation</li> <li>Help drive the product development process from concept to launch</li> </ul>   Here’s what we re looking for: <ul> <li>8+ years of professional software development experience</li> <li>Experience architecting, building, and testing large-scale and resilient distributed systems and/or software platforms</li> <li>Maximizes the use of AI tooling while guiding the team in adopting modern AI practices</li> <li>Comfortable dealin

Staff Software Engineer, Business Money

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