Staff Software Engineer- Tax Credits

<div class="content-intro"><p style="line-height: 1.2;">&nbsp;</p> <hr> <p><strong>About Gusto</strong></p> <p>At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve.</p> <p>All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our<a href="https://gusto.com/about/careers/total-rewards" target="_blank"> <u>Total Rewards philosophy</u></a>.</p> <p>AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process.</p></div><p><strong>About the Role:</strong></p> <p>Do you relish in the challenge to take complex and ambiguous problems and distill them into actionable solutions? Are you obsessed with creating simple, beautiful, and enjoyable experiences that delight users and make their lives easier? Are you someone with a strong bias for action, who can drive complex and highly visible projects and garner support and buy-in across all levels and cross-functional teams? Do you work at the intersection of product excellence, customer empathy, business strategy, and artificial intelligence? If so, you may be a great fit for the&nbsp;<em>Staff Engineer, Tax Credits </em>position. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About the Team:</strong></p> <p>Tax Credits is an emerging app in the Gusto platform, and is tasked to create a magical experience that is helping as many Gustomers as possible to take advantage of available Tax Credits and grants in a scalable, approachable and opinionated way. Our goal is to empower and delight our Gustomers.</p> <ul> <li>Providing “magical just-in-time moments” that introduce potential Tax Credits to the right people at the right time</li> <li>Create a system of self-serve that lets ERs explore their Tax Credits potential and easily go through the complex process of gathering all the data and deliver the right studies</li> <li>Deliver a simplified and streamlined tax credit discovery journey and the user experience to support it&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Due to the horizontal nature of this team, you will work cross-functionally to ensure your