Senior Staff Engineer - AI-Driven FinTech Platform Lead

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

Job summary

Gusto is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to serve as a Technical Lead across multiple pods in the Money Group, shaping architectural direction and unblocking delivery. You will mentor engineers and collaborate to evolve the financial infrastructure that powers payroll, lending, and tax within a fast-growing platform.

You will drive AI-native architecture decisions, lead multi-team initiatives, and help product teams move from prototype to production while maintaining high standards of code

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Deep experience building financial infrastructure (accounts, money movement, lending).
• Proven track record of scaling and operating large production systems.

Responsibilities

• Set architectural direction across Money Group pods.
• Own shorter-term projects aligning with long-term vision.
• Lead migration from monolith to service-oriented architecture.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering excellence.
• Partner with Product/Design/Data/Compliance to unblock work.

Skills

Software engineering

Financial infrastructure

Leadership

Mentoring

AI/ML awareness

Architecture

Ruby on Rails

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Job description

Gusto is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to serve as a Technical Lead across multiple pods in the Money Group, shaping architectural direction and unblocking delivery. You will mentor engineers and collaborate to evolve the financial infrastructure that powers payroll, lending, and tax within a fast-growing platform.

You will drive AI-native architecture decisions, lead multi-team initiatives, and help product teams move from prototype to production while maintaining high standards of code