Principal Software Engineer, Growth

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 400000 businesses nationwide.

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

About the Team :

The Growth org is a product team that focuses on driving revenue growth. Were accelerating Gustos revenue growth by providing an acquisition platform for driving visitors and leads an onboarding platform for converting leads to customers and upsell systems for expansion efforts. Were also in an exciting phase of rebuilding our Revenue Systems stack which will be key in unlocking Gustos next phase of growth. Were looking for a strategic and motivated engineering leader to empower and scale the engineering teams that are building Gustos next big thing!

Heres what youll do day-to-day :

• Define iterate and execute on initiatives contributing to the Growths technical roadmap to drive revenue growth.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to tackle complex and ambiguous problems translating them into engineering solutions that drive our customer acquisition and ACV expansion platform forward.
• Execute in different horizons based on Growths overall goals. This means at times embedding in a team for multiple months / quarters to deliver complex projects and at other times kicking off ambiguous initiatives and helping teams driving alignment and building momentum.
• Execute in different capacities based on the need of the org and initiative. Dive deep into the hardest technical areas while delegating the rest to partnering teams.
• Engage with all development teams across Gusto to align and drive towards long-term maintainability and stability of our systems.
• Mentor and provide guidance to software engineers fostering growth and development.
• Actively participate in code reviews and maintain code quality.

Heres what were looking for :

Experience building complex revenue systems that spans multiple growth areas : acquisition expansion experimentation marketing and sales automation tools / integrations

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $215000 / yr to $252000 / yr in Denver & most remote locations and $251000 / yr to $295000 / yr for San Francisco Seattle & New York. Stock equity is additional. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver San Francisco and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles Gustos subsidiary whose physical office is in Scottsdale.

Note : The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.

When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office a secure reliable and consistent internet connection is required.

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 its 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. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.

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Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Continuous Integration,Docker,Jenkins,Python,System Design,Agile,C / C++,Go,Systems Engineering,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1