Staff Frontend Engineer

 


About Gusto

Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 300,000 businesses nationwide.

Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy

Team - Gusto Embedded Payroll

Embedded Payroll: Gusto Embedded Payroll is the newest segment in Gusto. Our mission is to enable any developer to build and service payroll from their application. We are responsible for building out the APIs, UI components, developer toolkits, and integration experiences that culminates in our Embedded Payroll product. So far, partners have been highly receptive to our product. We believe that if we fulfill our mission, we will be able to see major strides in innovation at the intersection of fintech and labor. We operate like a startup within the larger Gusto organization with our own sales, marketing, support, and EPD team. We're looking to not just build a product, but build a thriving company within Gusto.

Here’s what you’ll do day to day:

  • Lead frontend architecture and best practices on the Gusto Embedded team
    • Set patterns in new codebases for how we develop front-end components
    • Develop tools to ensure that the quality, performance, and accessibility of Gusto’s front-end continuously improves
    • Mentor other members of the team on front-end best practices
  • Build reusable components for our component library
    • Work closely with designers to build and maintain a system of reusable components and documentation that enable Embedded partners to build and customize their own payroll products.
    • Create user-friendly documentation for our partner teams to use
    • Champion accessibility, component modularity, and performance

Here’s what we’re looking for:

  • Highly proficient in modern HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and ReactJS
  • 7+ years of experience working in a frontend or full stack engineering role
  • Strong history of cross-functional collaboration with Product Design and/or other non-technical teams
  • Experience in building UI components that are modular, composable, flexible, maintainable, and well-documented
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Passionate about building for everyone because you understand the importance of accessibility

Learn more about the team:

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.

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $164,000/yr to $194,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $195,000/yr to $235,000/yr for San Francisco, New York & Seattle. Stock equity is additional. 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.


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. If you require assistance in filling out a Gusto job application, please reach out to candidate-accommodations@gusto.com.

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