Retirement Financial Infrastructure Staff Engineer

We are seeking a Retirement Financial Infrastructure Staff Engineer to build and own the systems that move money and assets through Gusto Retirement. This is a hands-on role that requires owning backend services and APIs end-to-end, shipping production code, and working through real financial edge cases.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production products or platforms
• Strong experience with services, APIs, and data-heavy workflows
• Experience working on financial systems, payments, or other high-correctness domains (or the ability to ramp quickly)
• Comfortable owning systems end-to-end, including production support and operational work
• Experience working closely with PMs and cross-functional partners to deliver scoped work
• Pragmatic, execution-focused approach to engineering
• Clear communicator and collaborative teammate
• Ability to mentor engineers to maximize their performance and impact
• Experience with Ruby on Rails (or a comparable backend framework)

Benefits

• Competitive cash compensation
• Stock equity
• 401(k)s
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Generous parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Relocation assistance