Senior Financial Data & Payments Engineer | Ledger Mastery

Gusto

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 183,000 - 245,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Gusto is hiring seasoned engineers to own the financial data systems that power payroll, reconciliation, and reporting. You will guide end-to-end projects, drive architectural decisions for scale and modularity, and maintain core experiences powering thousands of small businesses.

Join a cross-functional team in the Payments organization focused on the ledger, reconciliation, and payment profile. Expect collaboration, mentoring, and hands-on leadership across multiple tech stacks including Ruby

Qualifications

At least 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
Experience building fault-tolerant, mission-critical software.
Ability to guide multiple teams on scaling, refactoring, and modernization of legacy products.
Architecting and testing large-scale production code that is maintainable and well-documented.
Strong communication skills and the ability to simplify complex problems.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and test the financial data systems (ledger/subledger) and financial reporting.
Build reconciliation at scale and make discrepancies traceable.
Lead end-to-end variance investigations and drive fixes.
Own the payment profile including payment methods, bank connections, and verification states.
Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.