Senior Data & Payments Engineer (Distributed Systems) Equity

Gusto; United States; Remote; USD 183,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity included

Job summary

Gusto, a leader in payroll, benefits, and HR services, is seeking an experienced engineer to build and maintain financial data systems and lead reconciliation efforts. You will develop tooling for variance investigation and root cause analysis while working on ledger-related design and payments infrastructure.

The role emphasizes strong skills in Ruby, TypeScript, and React, with a deep understanding of accounting concepts.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience building fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Strong skills in Ruby, TypeScript, React, and accounting concepts.
• Experience with ledger/subledger design or payments infrastructure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial data systems that record every dollar moved.
• Lead reconciliation efforts to verify internal records match external statements.
• Develop tooling for variance investigation and root cause analysis.

Skills

Distributed systems

Ruby

TypeScript

React

Accounting concepts

Tools

Ledger design

Payments infrastructure

Job description

Gusto, a leader in payroll, benefits, and HR services, is seeking an experienced engineer to build and maintain financial data systems and lead reconciliation efforts. You will develop tooling for variance investigation and root cause analysis while working on ledger-related design and payments infrastructure.

The role emphasizes strong skills in Ruby, TypeScript, and React, with a deep understanding of accounting concepts.