Senior Engineering Manager, Gusto Embedded Payroll

Senior Engineering Manager, Gusto Embedded Payroll

Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; New York, NY

About Gusto

At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff—like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR—so owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we’re proud to support more than 400,000 small businesses across the country, and we’re building a workplace that represents and celebrates the customers we serve. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager on the Embedded Payroll team, you'll be a key technical leader responsible for influencing the team and broader organization as we build and scale our product. You will do this through a combination of direct team leadership as well as influencing other teams across Gusto as we build momentum beyond our public platform.

About the Team

Gusto Embedded Payroll is a platform that allows developers to embed payroll directly into their own software using our APIs. We've taken Gusto’s robust payroll infrastructure and made it available to third-party developers. Our vision is to enable anyone to build the best payroll product for their end customers—powering payroll for small and medium businesses across a variety of industries, from vertical SaaS to fintech and neobanks.

Day-to-day Responsibilities

• Engage directly with our developer-customers to deliver a remarkable payroll product.
• Level up the craft of software engineering across the organization by providing technical guidance and mentoring.
• Hire, lead and grow a team of diverse and talented engineers.
• Build and foster an inclusive, collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Collaborate with our product management and design teams to define problem spaces and lead complex technical projects from initial planning, execution, to final delivery.
• Work closely with leadership and cross-functional partner teams to help set priorities for both short-term and long-term roadmaps.
• Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of Gusto’s engineering management team.

What we’re looking for

Our cash compensation is targeted at $189,000–$225,000 / yr in Denver and $223,000–$265,000 / yr in San Francisco & 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 based in those locations are 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, Gusto's subsidiary in Scottsdale. Note : The San Francisco office expectations cover 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. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.

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 legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.

For more information about applying, please contact our recruiting team.

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