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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. Symmetry Software is part of Gusto. Symmetry is the payroll infrastructure for software & payroll platforms powering the paychecks of over 64 million workers each year. Our fully integrated suite of payroll tax APIs and software tools allows companies to solve tax compliance issues and build applications across the entirety of the payroll process.
About The Role
We are seeking a seasoned engineering leader for our product development team, passionate about leveraging AI to shape the future of our industry. This role is dual-focused: providing robust support for our existing core payroll products while proactively advancing the incorporation of AI throughout our entire product portfolio and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). You will be a crucial driver in instilling an AI-native approach at every stage of development. You will lead a significant change in our shared services groups, like DevOps and Quality Assurance. The goal is to support our engineers more actively. You will also act as strategic partners, not just as a team that processes outputs. The ideal candidate will be an "activator," bringing execution rigor and vision to champion truly innovative, smart features and core capabilities through machine learning and generative AI. Your leadership will be integral to our company's growth, ensuring AI is a fundamental component of our product differentiation.
Here's What You'll Do Day-to-day
- Aligning teams to focus on new AI native features, and business goals.
- Taking complete functional ownership of your area including vision for both the platform and product in partnership with product managers and stakeholders.
- Initiating innovation, ideas, or actions by providing the initial inspiration needed to get a team started.
- Elevating our engineering practices to be AI-native, guiding adoption of tools, processes, and methodologies that leverage AI to increase velocity, code quality, and operational efficiency across the team.
- Aligning and prioritizing the organization deliverables based on the company needs, working closely with the leadership across functional departments.
- Ensuring products and services are performant, available 24x7x365, resilient, and stable.
- You will lead the transformation of our shared services groups, such as DevOps and Quality Assurance. Your role is to promote a change agent mindset. You will also adjust their function to support our engineers actively. This will help them become strategic partners for sustainable operations and ongoing improvement.
- Evaluating emerging technologies including SaaS systems for opportunities to improve services, acting as technical consultant for the company to champion applicable technical solutions.
- You will work with engineering leaders across the company. Your role involves designing clear sub-systems. You will also help improve the platform architecture used by the entire company.
Here's What We're Looking For
- Masters or Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of engineering leadership experience – managing both people and tech stacks.
- You must have a proven ability to lead changes in organizations. Focus on DevOps and Quality Assurance. Transform these functions from cost centers into essential parts of strategic engineering.
- Prior experience or exposure in AI native product development leveraging AWS services (Bedrock, Agent Core, etc)
- A proven track record and ability to communicate with cross functional peers, communicating technical concepts to business stakeholders, and communicating business objectives to the technical team.
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership on problems and projects and lead them to completion.
- A proven ability to debug and triage critical systems, including team performance.
- Hands-on experience with agile methodologies, and their functional application.
- Strong Experience with web application development, Dev-ops, distributed systems, CI/CD and quality test automation.
- Solid knowledge of Object-Oriented Design, Service Oriented Architecture, and Systems thinking.
- Good verbal and written presentation skills, including ability to prepare materials for audiences at all levels of the organization.
Compensation Details
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $189,000/yr to $237,000/yr in Scottsdale & most major metro locations. 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 who are based in those locations will be 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, whose physical office is in Scottsdale. Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both 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.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
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 applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
Gusto takes security and protection of your personal information very seriously. Please review our Fraudulent Activity Disclaimer. Personal information collected and processed as part of your Gusto application will be subject to Gusto's Applicant Privacy Notice.
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. Symmetry Software is part of Gusto. Symmetry is the payroll infrastructure for software & payroll platforms powering the paychecks of over 64 million workers each year. Our fully integrated suite of payroll tax APIs and software tools allows companies to solve tax compliance issues and build applications across the entirety of the payroll process.
About The Role
We are seeking a seasoned engineering leader for our product development team, passionate about leveraging AI to shape the future of our industry. This role is dual-focused: providing robust support for our existing core payroll products while proactively advancing the incorporation of AI throughout our entire product portfolio and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). You will be a crucial driver in instilling an AI-native approach at every stage of development. You will lead a significant change in our shared services groups, like DevOps and Quality Assurance. The goal is to support our engineers more actively. You will also act as strategic partners, not just as a team that processes outputs. The ideal candidate will be an "activator," bringing execution rigor and vision to champion truly innovative, smart features and core capabilities through machine learning and generative AI. Your leadership will be integral to our company's growth, ensuring AI is a fundamental component of our product differentiation.
Here's What You'll Do Day-to-day
- Aligning teams to focus on new AI native features, and business goals.
- Taking complete functional ownership of your area including vision for both the platform and product in partnership with product managers and stakeholders.
- Initiating innovation, ideas, or actions by providing the initial inspiration needed to get a team started.
- Elevating our engineering practices to be AI-native, guiding adoption of tools, processes, and methodologies that leverage AI to increase velocity, code quality, and operational efficiency across the team.
- Aligning and prioritizing the organization deliverables based on the company needs, working closely with the leadership across functional departments.
- Ensuring products and services are performant, available 24x7x365, resilient, and stable.
- You will lead the transformation of our shared services groups, such as DevOps and Quality Assurance. Your role is to promote a change agent mindset. You will also adjust their function to support our engineers actively. This will help them become strategic partners for sustainable operations and ongoing improvement.
- Evaluating emerging technologies including SaaS systems for opportunities to improve services, acting as technical consultant for the company to champion applicable technical solutions.
- You will work with engineering leaders across the company. Your role involves designing clear sub-systems. You will also help improve the platform architecture used by the entire company.
Here's What We're Looking For
- Masters or Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of engineering leadership experience – managing both people and tech stacks.
- You must have a proven ability to lead changes in organizations. Focus on DevOps and Quality Assurance. Transform these functions from cost centers into essential parts of strategic engineering.
- Prior experience or exposure in AI native product development leveraging AWS services (Bedrock, Agent Core, etc)
- A proven track record and ability to communicate with cross functional peers, communicating technical concepts to business stakeholders, and communicating business objectives to the technical team.
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership on problems and projects and lead them to completion.
- A proven ability to debug and triage critical systems, including team performance.
- Hands-on experience with agile methodologies, and their functional application.
- Strong Experience with web application development, Dev-ops, distributed systems, CI/CD and quality test automation.
- Solid knowledge of Object-Oriented Design, Service Oriented Architecture, and Systems thinking.
- Good verbal and written presentation skills, including ability to prepare materials for audiences at all levels of the organization.
Compensation Details
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $189,000/yr to $237,000/yr in Scottsdale & most major metro locations. 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 who are based in those locations will be 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, whose physical office is in Scottsdale. Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both 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.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
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 applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
Gusto takes security and protection of your personal information very seriously. Please review our Fraudulent Activity Disclaimer. Personal information collected and processed as part of your Gusto application will be subject to Gusto's Applicant Privacy Notice.
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Align your portfolio to payroll infrastructure
Gusto's Engineering teams build systems handling sensitive financial data, compliance logic, and tax calculations. Highlighting backend or platform work in fintech or regulated industries signals you understand the stakes of the problems they're solving.
Confirm your role qualifies as a specialty occupation
USCIS requires H-1B roles to meet specialty occupation criteria. Software and platform engineering roles at product-led fintech companies like Gusto typically qualify, but document how your specific job duties require a degree in a directly related field.
Target teams building compliance and tax features
Gusto's core product sits at the intersection of accounting, payroll tax, and HR. Engineers working on compliance automation, tax engine development, or ledger systems are in the most active hiring areas and align with what Gusto consistently builds toward.
Ask about Green Card sponsorship during the offer stage
Gusto sponsors EB-2 and EB-3 pathways, which require DOL PERM labor certification before USCIS filing. Raise this during offer negotiation, not after you've signed, so you understand the employer's typical timeline and whether they use outside immigration counsel.
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Migrate Mate filters Gusto's Engineering openings by visa type, so you can identify which roles are actively open to H-1B or E-3 candidates before applying, rather than discovering sponsorship limitations after an interview process.
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Does Gusto sponsor H-1B visas for Engineers?
Yes, Gusto sponsors H-1B visas for Engineering roles. The company works with immigration counsel to file H-1B petitions, and Engineering positions in software development, platform infrastructure, and compliance systems are among the role types that have historically been sponsored. If you're in the H-1B lottery pool, confirm timing with the recruiter early in the process.
How do I apply for Engineering jobs at Gusto?
Apply through Gusto's careers page or find open Engineering roles filtered by visa sponsorship on Migrate Mate. Tailor your application to the specific team, whether that's core product, platform, data, or infrastructure. Gusto's Engineering interviews typically include technical screens, system design rounds, and a focus on how you approach building for reliability and scale in a regulated product environment.
Which visa types does Gusto sponsor for Engineering roles?
Gusto sponsors H-1B visas for most Engineering positions, along with E-3 visas for Australian citizens and employment-based Green Card pathways including EB-2 and EB-3 through the PERM labor certification process. H-2B is also in Gusto's sponsorship history, though that category is less common for full-time Engineering hires. Confirm which pathway applies to your situation during the recruiter conversation.
What qualifications does Gusto expect for Engineering candidates?
Gusto typically looks for engineers with strong fundamentals in backend systems, APIs, or data infrastructure, along with experience in environments where reliability and correctness matter. Because Gusto's product handles payroll and tax compliance, engineers who've worked in fintech, accounting software, or highly regulated SaaS products are well-positioned. A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field is standard for H-1B specialty occupation eligibility.
How do I navigate the visa filing timeline after receiving an offer from Gusto?
After accepting an offer, Gusto's People team typically connects you with their immigration counsel, who manages the LCA filing with DOL and the subsequent I-129 petition with USCIS. Standard H-1B processing takes several months, but premium processing reduces the USCIS adjudication window to 15 business days. If you're transferring an existing H-1B, you can start work as soon as the transfer petition is filed under portability rules.
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