Senior Engineer, Financial Data & Payments

The Wrap; Denver, New York, San Francisco, Seattle (CO, NY, CA, WA); Hybrid; USD 183,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (RSUs)

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Job summary

Gusto seeks seasoned engineers to join our team working on the financial backbone of money movement — the ledger, reconciliation, and reporting systems that power payroll and payments. As a Software Engineer at this level, you’ll drive large architectural decisions with focus on scale and modularity, and maintain code powering core experiences.

We value collaboration, hands-on execution, and delivering reliable, maintainable software across Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, and React.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
• Experience in ledger/subledger design or payments infrastructure.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, and React.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test the ledger and subledger systems that record every dollar.
• Lead large-scale reconciliation and ensure traceability of breaks.
• Own the payment profile setup and verification processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Engineering, Product, Data Science, Accounting, Finance and Compliance.
• Mentor engineers to create scalable, reliable software.

Skills

Distributed systems

Ruby on Rails

Typescript

React

Banking data

Accounting concepts

Communication skills

Mentorship

Tools

Rails

TypeScript

React

Job description

Gusto seeks seasoned engineers to join our team working on the financial backbone of money movement — the ledger, reconciliation, and reporting systems that power payroll and payments. As a Software Engineer at this level, you’ll drive large architectural decisions with focus on scale and modularity, and maintain code powering core experiences.

We value collaboration, hands-on execution, and delivering reliable, maintainable software across Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, and React.