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.
You will join the Tax Credits team, an emerging app in the Gusto platform, tasked with creating a magical experience that helps Gustomers take advantage of available Tax Credits and grants in a scalable, approachable, and opinionated way.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Designing, building, and testing Gusto core products
- Mentoring other engineers to solve complex technical problems
- Scaling one of the largest Ruby/Rails and Javascript/React applications in the world
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand customer pain points and come up with solutions
- Building products that customers genuinely love
We're looking for someone with:
- 8+ years of software development experience
- Experience building scalable solutions that eliminate customer pain
- Experience leveraging AI tools or systems to accelerate development
- Curiosity and experimentation with emerging AI frameworks
- Experience owning multi-quarter projects that solve complex engineering problems
- Experience with large-scale refactors, performance, and reliability issues
- Ability to mentor engineers to maximize their performance and impact
Nice to have:
- Experience in Ruby on Rails
- Appreciation for a collaborative, test-driven environment
- Ability to build well-structured, maintainable, well-documented code
- Ability to effectively communicate across engineering teams and with business stakeholders
In terms of compensation, our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $197,000–$247,000 for 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.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.



