# Staff Software Engineer, Financial Infrastructure at Gusto

- Company: Gusto
- What the company does: Backed by General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.gusto.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Burlingame, CA - Hybrid; Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $163K to $204K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gusto/jobs/8205624
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gusto-staff-software-engineer-financial-infrastructure/

## About the role

You’ll be a key engineer focused on building and owning the systems that move money and assets through Gusto Retirement. This is a very hands-on role: owning backend services and APIs end-to-end, shipping production code, and working through real financial edge cases. You’ll partner closely with product, compliance, and operations to turn complex financial requirements into reliable software. If you like working on core systems where correctness matters and enjoy getting things shipped, you’ll be a great fit.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Engineering