Senior Payments Platform Engineer

Gusto; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 222,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Gusto in New York is seeking a seasoned software engineer to contribute to core platform capabilities, focusing on Payments. You will guide projects end-to-end, drive large architectural decisions for scale and modularity, and maintain code powering core experiences.

If you're excited about elegant software with broad impact, join us! The role collaborates with Product, Design, Data Science, and Operations to build a platform used by millions of businesses.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience building fault-tolerant, mission-critical software.
• Experience architecting large-scale production code that is maintainable and well-documented.
• Payments domain experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test infrastructure for Payments teams and risk policy/experience teams.
• Scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React applications.
• Collaborate across Engineering, Product, Design, Data Science, and Operations.
• Build software platform powering multiple products and serve millions of businesses.
• Mentor and grow fellow engineers to craft scalable solutions.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cross-team collaboration

Test-driven development

Mentorship

Communication skills

Tools

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript

React

Job description

Gusto in New York is seeking a seasoned software engineer to contribute to core platform capabilities, focusing on Payments. You will guide projects end-to-end, drive large architectural decisions for scale and modularity, and maintain code powering core experiences.

If you're excited about elegant software with broad impact, join us! The role collaborates with Product, Design, Data Science, and Operations to build a platform used by millions of businesses.