Senior Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Gusto as a seasoned Software Engineer and contribute to the development and scaling of our core platform capabilities and Risk system. You will guide projects end-to-end, making key architectural decisions focused on scalability and modularity. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems and build software that serves millions of businesses. This role requires 12+ years of experience in building fault-tolerant software and distributed systems. You will mentor junior engineers and help improve existing systems. Gusto offers competitive compensation and benefits, including health insurance, 401(k), and flexible work arrangements.

Requirements

• Successful applicants have at least 12+ years of experience and the enthusiasm for a collaborative, test-driven environment
• Experience building fault-tolerant, mission-critical software as well as designing and developing robust, distributed systems using multiple general-purpose programming languages
• Experience influencing and guiding the work of multiple teams on scaling, refactoring, and optimizing legacy products
• Experience architecting, building, and testing large-scale production level code that is maintainable, structured, and well-documented
• An aptitude and interest in bringing clarity and simplicity to complex and ambiguous problems
• Ability to communicate technical complexity and help facilitate informed tradeoffs

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test the infrastructure that enables our Risk policy and experience teams to efficiently build unique, custom tailored experiences for any existing or emerging products Gusto offers its customers
• Help scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and TypeScript/React applications in the world
• Collaborate on complex and ambiguous problems with partnerships from Engineering, Product Management, Design, Data Science, Operations, and other cross-functional teams
• Build the software platform that powers multiple 1st and 3rd party products and serves millions of businesses
• Mentor and grow fellow engineers working to create holistic and scalable solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in one of these domains is highly preferred: Payments and/or Risk
• Experience with Ruby on Rails, Typescript, and React

Benefits

• Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $191,000-$225,000 in Denver & most remote locations, and $225,000-$265,000 in San Francisco and New York
• 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)
• When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required