Software Engineering Manager, Payroll Delivery

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.

About the Role

The Payroll Delivery Engineering People Engineering (PE) leader plays a pivotal role in advancing Gusto’s mission — ensuring every employee is paid accurately, on time, and in full compliance with thousands of regulations. As Gusto continues to scale, Payroll Delivery is evolving from a set of product workflows into a resilient, high-scale financial platform that powers every payment made through Gusto and its partners. As the PE for Payroll Delivery, you’ll lead and empower a team of engineers responsible for the systems that keep Gusto’s payroll engine running seamlessly. You’ll partner with engineering, product, and operations leaders across Pay Group to shape the vision, strategy, and execution for one of Gusto’s most critical domains. This role blends hands-on technical leadership, systems architecture, and people development. You’ll modernize legacy systems, improve reliability and scalability, and enable the next generation of payroll experiences. You’ll create an environment where engineers thrive, bring clarity to complex challenges, and ensure the team delivers with both speed and excellence. This is a rare opportunity to lead at the center of Gusto’s mission — building the foundation that ensures millions of employees get paid correctly, while defining how Gusto delivers payroll at scale.

About the Team

The Payroll Delivery team sits at the core of Gusto’s Pay Group organization, powering the movement of billions of dollars in payroll payments every month. Our systems handle payment calculations, funding flows, and compliance logic that span thousands of jurisdictions and multiple product surfaces. The team collaborates closely with partners across Tax, Time, and Contractor Payments to ensure seamless, compliant, and scalable payroll experiences. The work is both deeply technical and deeply impactful, requiring precision, foresight, and empathy. You’ll join a collaborative, values-driven group of engineers, product managers, designers, and operations experts who are passionate about simplifying complex financial systems. Together, we’re building the next generation of payroll delivery — scalable, reliable, and designed for the future of work.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

• Lead and grow a team of engineers responsible for Gusto’s core payroll delivery systems, fostering a culture of ownership, inclusion, and high performance.
• Define and execute the technical vision for payroll delivery, ensuring scalability, resilience, and accuracy across high-volume financial transactions.