What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Engineering, Payments position at Gusto, Inc.?
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.
About the Role
Gusto moves hundreds of billions of dollars per year. The Engineering leader will be part of the Payments team and will be responsible for a) leading a team for pay-ins and payouts to support money movement across US and International, and b) (re)architecting our payments platform to scale for the future. This role will be tasked with retaining, building, and leading a high performing and highly engaged engineering team. They will help the business scale through private and public phases of our company-building journey.
As the Head of Engineering on the Payments team, you'll lead a team of 15 engineers and managers, supporting them in their continued growth and success. You'll collaborate with a talented cross-functional team of Product, Design, and Data partners, focusing on building payments experiences that delight customers.
Key Responsibilities :
- Develop the engineering team across pay-ins and payouts to help build the long-term vision of the payments team at Gusto. The leader will expand our payment / funding methods across US and International while ensuring that our 300K businesses and millions of their employees are getting paid on time, every time.
- Lead, empower and coach a team across engineering for payments to i) drive technical guidance and consistent execution of the next generation of payments capabilities that enable Gusto to expand its product offerings; ii) recruit, hire, and onboard new engineering team members; iii) identify and address any roadblocks or challenges faced by the team; and iv) deliver scaled engineering solutions on time.
- Enable reliable, efficient, compliant and cost-effective end-to-end payments and money movement.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence within the team. In addition, collaborate and communicate with senior management and stakeholders to develop and execute long-term strategies for Gusto's engineering department.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams, including product design, data science and growth teams to make tradeoffs that build customer trust.
- Provide and receive mentorship and peer support.
Here's what we're looking for :
Please note that travel to Gusto's Denver office for onboarding is required for this position.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $222,000 to $247,000 in Denver & most remote locations, and $261,000 to $290,000 in San Francisco and New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
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Salary : $222,000 - $247,000
