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