Head of Engineering - Money Group
About Gusto 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.
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Head of Engineering - Money Group at Gusto in New York City. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. About Gusto 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.
Day-to-day expectations
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- Defines and executes the long-term technical strategy for the Money platform, ensuring scalable, resilient, and compliant financial systems across consumer and business products.
- Drives platform thinking across payments, ledgers, accounting systems, and financial data infrastructure while meeting regulatory, security, and audit requirements.
- Leads and develops senior engineering leaders, fostering a high-performing, inclusive culture focused on accountability and customer impact
- Owns org design, capacity planning, and hiring strategy, while establishing clear ownership across product and platform teams
- Oversees delivery of high-quality financial products and complex cross-functional initiatives (e.g., money movement, tax credits, invoicing, expense management)
- Improves engineering velocity, operational excellence, and incident response, partnering with Risk, Compliance, and Legal for secure delivery
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- Defines and executes the long-term technical strategy for the Money platform, ensuring scalable, resilient, and compliant financial systems across consumer and business products.
- Drives platform thinking across payments, ledgers, accounting systems, and financial data infrastructure while meeting regulatory, security, and audit requirements.
- Leads and develops senior engineering leaders, fostering a high-performing, inclusive culture focused on accountability and customer impact
- Owns org design, capacity planning, and hiring strategy, while establishing clear ownership across product and platform teams
- Oversees delivery of high-quality financial products and complex cross-functional initiatives (e.g., money movement, tax credits, invoicing, expense management)
- Improves engineering velocity, operational excellence, and incident response, partnering with Risk, Compliance, and Legal for secure delivery
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- Defines and executes the long-term technical strategy for the Money platform, ensuring scalable, resilient, and compliant financial systems across consumer and business products.
- Drives platform thinking across payments, ledgers, accounting systems, and financial data infrastructure while meeting regulatory, security, and audit requirements.
- Leads and develops senior engineering leaders, fostering a high-performing, inclusive culture focused on accountability and customer impact
- Owns org design, capacity planning, and hiring strategy, while establishing clear ownership across product and platform teams
- Oversees delivery of high-quality financial products and complex cross-functional initiatives (e.g., money movement, tax credits, invoicing, expense management)
- Improves engineering velocity, operational excellence, and incident response, partnering with Risk, Compliance, and Legal for secure delivery
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