Senior Staff Software Engineer, Money Group
Gusto, Inc. · Denver, CO;San Francisco, CA;New York, NY
Posted about 3 months ago · $189,000–$236,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Gusto, Inc.'s roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 49% of Gusto, Inc.'s roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Gusto, Inc.
- high 96 stale, 9 reposted of 97 open
- Hiring momentum
- 146 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Gusto, Inc.'s own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Gusto, Inc..
About this role
As a Senior Staff Engineer in Gusto's Money Group, you will serve as a Technical Lead, guiding architectural direction and mentoring a team of engineers. Your role involves shaping the technical vision for financial systems, managing complex partner ecosystems, and driving AI-native architecture decisions. You will also tackle ambiguous problems in collaboration with various teams and contribute to the migration from a monolithic architecture to a service-oriented one.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Gusto, Inc. as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of software engineering experience
- Deep, hands-on experience building financial infrastructure in a regulated environment
- Proven track record of engineering, scaling, and operating large, interconnected production systems
- Experience contributing to technical vision and driving multi-quarter architectural initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to own team-level OKRs and contribute to the group's technical strategy
- Ability to bring clarity to complex problems and communicate technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
What you get
- Competitive base pay
- Benefits
- Equity (RSUs)
Worth weighing
- No specific technologies or programming languages mentioned, which may affect clarity on tech stack
- Role involves significant mentorship responsibilities, which may not suit all candidates
- Hybrid work model requires in-office presence 2-3 days a week in certain locations
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Listed by Gusto, Inc. on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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