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San Francisco, CA Full Time Posted by: Gusto Posted: 24/01/2026 5:31:15 AM
 
 
Overview

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.

Gusto is growing our Revenue Business Systems team and looking for a dynamic, visionary business technology developer. You\'ll design, build, and administer our Salesforce and automation platforms for our Sales, Service, and Marketing teams.

What you'll do day-to-day

Solution Architecture & Design

  • Provide architectural oversight and strategic guidance for all Revenue business systems projects, ensuring solutions alignment with long-term business objectives.
  • Design comprehensive solutions by translating complex business needs into detailed user stories, functional specifications, and clear acceptance criteria.
  • Maintain a deep understanding of technical architecture across multiple domains and coding implications to effectively guide development teams and inform design decisions.

Custom Development & Integration

  • Hands-on develop, test and deploy end-to-end solutions on the Salesforce platform, primarily leveraging Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Visualforce.
  • Implement and manage seamless integrations between internal business systems and external applications using REST APIs.
  • Lead the technical delivery of custom development, integrations, and data migration.

Stakeholder Engagement & Requirements Analysis

  • Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, facilitating discussions to gather, define, and refine project requirements.
  • Lead requirement-gathering sessions and workshops to elicit detailed needs and propose viable, scalable solutions on the business system platforms.

Quality Assurance & Process Management

  • Uphold highest development standards by actively participating in peer code reviews and ensuring strict adherence to established best practices and deployment protocols.

System Maintenance & Optimization

  • Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues and performance flaws to ensure high availability and efficiency of revenue systems.
Qualifications

Here\'s What We Are Looking For

  • Expert knowledge of Salesforce systems architecture and design patterns.
  • Deep knowledge and experience with Salesforce\'s suite of products across all SDLC phases.
  • Good experience with 3rd party connected applications, system design and build.
  • Strong proficiency with Force.com Platform skills like Apex, Flows, Lightning, UI (LWC/Visualforce), SOQL, Unit Testing etc.
  • Thorough understanding of SaaS data models, design considerations and connected web services.
  • Good understanding of Salesforce DX, source-driven development using Git/Github or similar version control system, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery as part of DevOps process.
  • 8+ years of experience building custom solutions on Salesforce.
  • 5+ years of experience integrating business applications using platforms like Mulesoft, Snaplogic, Workato etc and APIs.
  • 3+ years of mentoring and training junior developers and administrators.
  • Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I and II, Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder, and/or Salesforce Certified System Architect (or equivalent) are highly preferred.
  • BA/BS degree in Computer Science/Math or equivalent practical experience.
  • Passionate about helping small business owners and converting pain points into solutions.

Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.

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.

When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent Internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.

Gusto is committed to equal opportunity in employment and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you require a medical or religious accommodation, please fill out the form and a member of our team will contact you.

Gusto takes security and protection of your personal information very seriously. Please review our Fraudulent Activity Disclaimer. Personal information collected and processed as part of your Gusto application will be subject to Gusto\'s Applicant Privacy Notice.

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