Central

Scale the team: Grow Central’s engineering org from a small, founder-led group to a 20+ person team. Recruit, develop, and retain exceptional engineers and leaders who raise the bar. Establish engineering culture: Define and model the values, rituals, and practices that make Central’s engineering org world-class. Build a strong, cohesive culture across a fully remote team.

Own the success of Central’s Payroll & HR business unit, including retention, customer satisfaction, and efficiency. Build and optimize processes that make operations scalable, reliable, and efficient while removing any bottlenecks. Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Ops to shape strategy and execution. Lead customer escalations and complex payroll/HR cases when needed, ensuring world-class service. Stay ahead of regulatory and compliance requirements.

Architect mission-critical workflows by designing, building, and maintaining stateful, end-to-end systems that ensure data integrity and meet stringent compliance and reliability requirements. Iterate rapidly; ship incremental, production-ready features in days—prototype, gather real user feedback, and refine relentlessly. Act as the technical product lead for core platform areas—setting standards for code quality, observability, testing, and operational excellence.

Onboard new and migrating customers, transferring their data into Central. Review data for accuracy. Coordinate with teammates to complete migrations quickly and smoothly. Track progress, flag blockers, and ensure no steps are missed. Identify process improvements to make onboarding faster and easier each time.

Prepare, file, and reconcile federal, state, and local payroll tax returns across all 50 states on behalf of Central customers. Monitor filing calendars and ensure all deposits are made on time — federal (941, 940), state withholding, SUI, SDI, and other jurisdiction-specific liabilities. Resolve payroll tax notices — research issues, correspond with agencies, and guide customers through the process.