Platform & Tax Systems Architect — Senior Staff

The Wrap; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 223,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock equity

Job summary

Gusto is hiring seasoned engineers to join our Tax platform teams, guiding features from initial specs to scalable, reliable production systems. You’ll influence architecture, improve existing code, and deliver end-to-end platforms that power payroll tax processing for millions of customers.

You will collaborate with diverse groups, mentor peers, and help advance our AI-enabled development practices while ensuring compliance, reliability, and thoughtful design across a large-scale Ruby on Rails

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing distributed systems across teams.
• Familiar with AI tools and practical integration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test the platform that supports tax compliance for millions of people.
• Help scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React applications in the world.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, Operations, and cross-functional partners.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cross-team collaboration

AI tooling familiarity

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript/React

Tools

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript

React

Job description

Gusto is hiring seasoned engineers to join our Tax platform teams, guiding features from initial specs to scalable, reliable production systems. You’ll influence architecture, improve existing code, and deliver end-to-end platforms that power payroll tax processing for millions of customers.

You will collaborate with diverse groups, mentor peers, and help advance our AI-enabled development practices while ensuring compliance, reliability, and thoughtful design across a large-scale Ruby on Rails