About Gusto
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 400,000 businesses nationwide.
Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
About the Role:
We’re looking for a sr staff software engineer to help us focus on automating tedious HR tasks for internal and external customers! The role is very hands-on, working with internal stakeholders to document their manual processes, and then automate the ones that make the most sense! You’ll help prioritize features with our partners in Product and Design, and help people do amazing things faster than ever, by choosing the right approach based on the opportunity, and leading the team to implement it, test it, launch it and measure the improvement.
About the Team:
The HR Apps team is a tight-knit group of great people working to make HR easier for our customers, both internal and external! We own features across compliance, recruiting, employee engagement and development, and are looking for more. We love experimentation, quick iterations, collaboration and celebrating what we learn in the process.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
- Work with cross-functional partners to identify targets for automation, choose an approach and work together to launch improvements.
- Mentor more junior colleagues on how to think about automation, improve their skills, and help them reach their potential.
- Use your experience in platform automation, machine learning and full stack development to build world class experiences for internal and external customers.
- Build your skills in product development, leadership and project management as you work with folks from across the organization.
Here’s what we're looking for:
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, ideally with a background in platform automation, testing and integrating machine learning into products, and full-stack web development.
- The maturity and flexibility to evaluate the possible approaches for a feature, and choose the right approach for what we’re trying to solve!.
- Experience mentoring engineering teams, and leading technical innovation and best practices.
- Experience with agile methodologies, both as a practitioner and mentor.
- Ideally, you love collaborating with both technical and non-technical partners to solve problems and find new opportunities to tackle.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $191,000/yr to $237,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $225,000/yr to $279,000/yr for San Francisco, Seattle & New York. Stock equity is additional. 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, Gusto's 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.
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 it's 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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What We Do
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 300,000 businesses.
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 it's 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.
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When you join Gusto, you become part of a diverse and passionate community dedicated to empowerment, innovation, and providing meaningful solutions. Join us in building a world where work truly empowers a better life. Build with Gusto!
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