Justin Self
Head Of 401(k) Engineering at Gusto
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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SeniorJustin Self is a pragmatic engineering leader with 11 years of experience scaling teams and systems for fintech and SaaS companies, now leading 401(k) engineering at Gusto from Austin. He has repeatedly grown and aligned large organizations—most recently overseeing 50 engineers and delivering retirement plans for 60,000+ businesses and over a million participants at Guideline. Justin combines hands-on technical depth (from building high-scale platforms at Tethr to architecting solutions at Clear Measure) with a talent for removing barriers so teams can move fast. He focuses on applied AI to boost customer service and operational excellence, while nurturing tight cross-functional relationships across product, operations, and compliance. Known for blending empathy, humor, and vulnerability in his leadership, he prioritizes impact over process and measures success by how his work improves people’s financial futures. Colleagues rely on him to place the right people in the right roles and to steer complex engineering efforts toward measurable outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
English
Github Skills (63)
hacking10
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hexo8
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
justinSelf/uno
Apr 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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justinSelf/poshGitHelpers
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:6 pushes in 1 year
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