Engineering Manager, Payroll Experience

About Gusto

Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 200,000 businesses nationwide.

Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.

About the Role

Gusto is looking for an experienced and empathetic engineering leader to empower the team that builds our industry-leading experience for payroll administrators. In this role, you’ll be responsible for growing and mentoring a talented team of engineers, shaping the future of our most foundational product area: running payroll. You’ll work closely with product management, design, and data science teams to own and drive the team’s vision, strategy, and execution. You’ll do this while enjoying the support and mentorship of your peers and leaders across Gusto’s Employers segment.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

• Hire, lead, and grow a world class engineering team that delights payroll administrators and, importantly, helps to ensure timely and accurate pay for millions of employees
• Work cross functionally with design, data science and product management to own the team’s vision, strategy and execution
• Work with cross-functional partners across different business units to deliver an end to end product experience 

Here’s what we're looking for:

• 5+ years software engineering experience
• 3+ years as an engineering leader, coaching and mentoring high performing teams
• Experience in a tech lead role leading a team executing large scale initiatives/projects over multiple quarters
• Demonstrated track record of building easy-to-use and delightful user experiences
• Demonstrated success growing and mentoring engineers across all levels of experience
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority

At Gusto, we strive to provide rewards that empower employees to achieve their financial and personal goals. We offer competitive compensation packages with a strong emphasis on equity based compensation (ownership in Gusto). To learn more about Gusto’s compensation philosophy and benefits offerings please view our Total Rewards Approach page.

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $167,00/yr to $198,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $202,000/yr - $239,000/yr for San Francisco & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto. 

Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].