Gusto
Gusto simplifies HR, payroll & benefits for modern businesses.
Denver, CO
Hybrid

Software Engineer, Application Security

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At Gusto, we serve over 60,000 small business customers with our Payroll, Benefits, and HR software suite, which allows them to move faster and gives them peace of mind about back-office tasks in their business.

We’re looking for talented and motivated application security engineers with 7+ years of experience. As part of our AppSec team, you will build tools that will help our product engineers effortlessly write code that keeps our customers’ information secure. If you’re interested in building secure software with far-reaching effects in our modern economy, join us!

Gusto processes billions of dollars in payroll for hundreds of thousands of employees. Additionally, our clients trust us with a huge amount of personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI). Our customers put a lot of trust in us to be good stewards of this information. As a result, protecting our clients’ PII and PHI is one of the top considerations in anything we do at Gusto.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

  • Work with our product engineers to keep our web applications secure.
  • Develop easy-to-use tools and light-weight processes that will help our engineers seamlessly write secure code.
  • Be involved early in the software development life cycle so that security is built into our architecture.
  • Train engineering teams in secure coding best practices.
  • Research the latest threats and exploits and help our engineers secure the product against those threats.
  • Automate and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, such as static code analysis and dynamic code analysis.
  • Run internal red team exercises.
  • Coordinate and manage 3rd party pen-testers and bug bounty programs.
  • Ensure proper management, encryption, and separation of secrets and keys.
  • Share our security learnings and best practices with the outside world, so we can make the world more secure.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

  • 7+ years experience in an application security role.
  • Familiarity with cloud environments like AWS.
  • Familiarity with dynamic languages and modern web development frameworks. We use Ruby, Javascript, Rails, and React.
  • A hands-on engineer who cares deeply about both the technological and social aspects of building a secure organization
  • Ability to partner well with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Always thinking about attack vectors in which PII and PHI can be compromised.
  • Relevant security certifications (OSCP, CEH, GPEN, CISSP, etc.) are a plus.

Learn more about the team:

  • Our Engineering Culture and Values
  • How We Built a Service-Driven Team
  • Our Diversity Goals and Efforts

About Gusto

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.

Gusto’s mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life. By making complicated, impersonal business tasks simple and personal, Gusto is reimagining HR, payroll, and benefits for over 60,000 companies nationwide. Gusto has offices in San Francisco and Denver and the company’s investors include Google Capital, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, as well as the founders of Instagram, Stripe, Nest, PayPal, Yelp, Dropbox, and Eventbrite, among others.

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What are Gusto Perks + Benefits

Gusto Benefits Overview

Taking care of our people is just as important as taking care of our customers. We offer competitive total compensation packages with an emphasis on equity, along with many other great benefits, some of which are included below!

Medical, dental, and vision:
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a variety of mental health resources.

Time off:
Gusties are encouraged to take the time off they need to continue doing great work.

Inclusive healthcare:
Fertility benefits, parental leave, pregnancy termination, caregiving, gender-affirming surgery, hormone treatments, transgender-inclusive services, and more.

Free meals and refreshments:
If you work at one of our offices, enjoy food, drinks, and snacks— on us. Conversation and community is an added bonus!

Sabbaticals:
Celebrate 5 or 10 years at Gusto and take a month off to recharge.

Stipends:
Take advantage of monthly internet, phone, and wellness stipends. Enjoy commuter or remote work stipends, along with and cash for your Gusto anniversaries!

Culture
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Quarterly engagement surveys
Hybrid work model
Remote work program
Gusto hires in various locations across the United States, including some specific remote locations. Gusto offices operate on a hybrid model, including some work from home days each week.
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Diversity employee resource groups
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Transgender health care benefits
Abortion travel benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Fertility benefits
Gusto provides a benefit designed to support your unique parenthood journey. The benefit is not health insurance, but rather provides resources to make family forming more accessible to everyone.
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Free daily meals
If you work at one of our offices, enjoy food, drinks, and snacks— on us.
Free snacks and drinks
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Mother's room
Professional Development Benefits
Lunch and learns
Promote from within

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