Staff Software Engineer Tax Experiences
Summary
Designs and builds tax-related software solutions (frontend/backend) for Gusto’s payroll platform, integrating AI to streamline tax workflows and collaborating cross-functionally to improve compliance and user experiences.
You will design, build, and test tax information experiences across the stack. You will execute technical strategy, advocate for customers, collaborate on complex problems, support scalable platforms, mentor engineers, drive products from concept to launch, improve foundational systems, and apply AI to simplify tax workflows.
Responsibilities
- Execute technical strategy for the team's domain
- Design, build, and test tax information experiences
- Advocate for employer and employee tax needs
- Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, and Operations
- Support scalable software platforms
- Mentor and grow engineers
- Drive product development from concept to launch
- Build design systems, components, and interfaces
- Prioritize foundational system and architecture investments
- Apply AI tools to engineering and product workflows
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- React
- TypeScript
- Ruby on Rails, SQL, or another backend language
- Large and complex codebase experience
- Production-level software development
- AI-assisted development workflows
- Collaborative working style
- Technical communication
- Systems thinking
- Payroll, tax, or compliance experience preferred
Benefits
- Equity (RSUs)