Senior Tax Platform Engineer | Scale & AI-Driven Core

Gusto; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 189,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Gusto is hiring seasoned engineers to join our teams that shape core platform capabilities, focusing on scalable tax and payroll infrastructure. You will influence feature specs, evolve existing systems, and deliver reliable code powering critical experiences in a fast-paced environment.

You’ll contribute to a large Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React application, collaborate across functions, and advance a strategy for automating and improving tax-related processes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• Experience designing and developing robust distributed systems using multiple languages.
• Ability to communicate technical complexity and facilitate informed tradeoffs.
• Experience with AI tools and embedding AI in development workflow.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test the tax platform for millions of people.
• Scale Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, PM, Design, Data Science, Compliance, Operations).
• Mentor engineers and advance the AI strategy for the team.
• Improve incident response processes and system reliability.

Skills

Distributed systems

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript

React

AI tooling usage

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Code review

Tools

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript

React

Job description

Gusto is hiring seasoned engineers to join our teams that shape core platform capabilities, focusing on scalable tax and payroll infrastructure. You will influence feature specs, evolve existing systems, and deliver reliable code powering critical experiences in a fast-paced environment.

You’ll contribute to a large Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React application, collaborate across functions, and advance a strategy for automating and improving tax-related processes.