Senior Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Gusto's Time engineering team as a Senior Backend Engineer (L5) and play a key role in shaping the future of how businesses manage time. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and scaling high-performance APIs that power our time tracking and payroll integrations. You'll have the opportunity to lead projects, collaborate with talented engineers, and mentor others while contributing to a product that impacts millions of users. This is a chance to make a real difference in how businesses operate and help them streamline their most valuable resource: time. The Time engineering team is a passionate and collaborative group dedicated to building intuitive and reliable time management solutions for Gusto's customers. We value innovation, ownership, and continuous learning.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend development
• 8+ years of experience building and maintaining backend systems
• 3+ years of experience designing, developing, and deploying RESTful APIs
• Strong understanding of API design principles and best practices
• Experience with relational databases and data modeling
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, Python, Go)
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with written communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs for time tracking, scheduling, and payroll integration
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to define API specifications and ensure seamless integration with other Gusto products
• Lead the technical design and implementation of new features and enhancements to our time management platform
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical guidance and support
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving our engineering practices
• Work with large-scale data stores and optimize for performance and reliability
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to time-tracking and API functionality

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ruby on Rails is a plus
• Prior experience in a technical leadership role is a plus

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k)s
• 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)