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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading architectural direction and technical vision for financial infrastructure, with a strong focus on building scalable, high-quality systems in a regulated environment. Proven ability to mentor teams, drive execution, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Technical LeadershipFinancial Infrastructure DevelopmentArchitectural VisionCode Quality and Design RigorAI-Native Architecture Decisions
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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringArchitectural DesignRuby-on-RailsService-Oriented ArchitectureCode ReviewsTesting Best PracticesSecurity Best PracticesPrototypingProduction Systems ManagementTechnical Due Diligence
Soft Skills
MentoringCommunicationProblem-SolvingCollaborationAdaptability
Tools & Technologies
AI-Assisted Development ToolsGusto's People StackGusto's Finance Stack
Industry Keywords
Financial InfrastructureRegulated EnvironmentMoney MovementLendingTax OptimizationAccount ManagementBalance ManagementCard Systems
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesRubyRuby on Rails
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as a Technical Lead across multiple pods in the Money Group, setting architectural direction, unblocking engineers, and ensuring high-quality delivery
- Define the technical vision for domain areas and own shorter-term projects that advance it
- Contribute to architecture connecting Gusto's People Stack and Finance Stack
- Lead migration from a large Ruby-on-Rails monolith to a service-oriented architecture
- Define domain boundaries across money movement, lending, and tax
- Manage partner ecosystem and lead technical due diligence in vendor evaluation
- Build prototypes and proof-of-concepts to de-risk ideas and unblock product decisions
- Partner with Product Management, Design, Data Science, Compliance, and Operations on complex problems
- Drive AI-native architecture decisions for transaction categorization, tax optimization, and conversational financial management
- Provide technical consulting to teams and partner teams
- Set standards for technical excellence through code and design reviews
- Mentor engineers and help build healthy, high-performing teams
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years of software engineering experience
- Deep, hands-on experience building financial infrastructure in a regulated environment, including account/balance management, money movement, card systems, or lending
- Proven track record of engineering, scaling, and operating large, interconnected production systems
- Experience contributing to technical vision and driving multi-quarter architectural initiatives across one or more teams
- Ability to ensure strong technical stewards drive execution
- Demonstrated ability to own team-level OKRs and contribute to group technical strategy
- Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders and surface risks and opportunities early
- Track record of raising the technical bar through code quality, design rigor, testing and security best practices
- Comfort with AI-assisted development tools and staying current with emerging approaches to building software
- Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities and move from prototype to production quickly
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive base pay
- Benefits
- Equity (RSUs)
- AI tools relevant to the role
- Equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans
- Secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection required when approved to work from a non-office location