Senior Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Gusto's Developer Productivity - Local Environments team as a Staff Software Engineer and play a key role in enhancing the local development experience for our software engineering team. You will define, maintain, and improve local development environments, troubleshoot issues, streamline setups, and explore innovative AI solutions to optimize development. Collaborate with engineers across teams to understand their needs and provide effective solutions. This role requires 12+ years of software development experience, expertise in Rails and Ruby, and a proven track record of improving developer productivity. The position offers a competitive salary, stock equity, and the opportunity to work in a collaborative and inclusive environment. Gusto offers physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City with a hybrid work model.

Requirements

• 12+ years of software development experience
• Systems thinker with a strong ability to communicate effectively
• Comfortable with architectural thinking and delivering solutions through code
• Experience with Rails and Ruby, including developer tooling for large engineering teams
• Ability to work with colleagues as both customers and partners
• Active working knowledge and architecture experience with Ruby
• Experience with asynchronous processing using Sidekiq and/or Kafka
• Proven track record of improving developer productivity through tooling and infrastructure enhancements

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for improvement and drive initiatives to enhance the efficiency and reliability of development environments with a focus on building faster developer feedback loops leveraging emerging AI technologies balanced with established practices and tool chains
• Contribute to the development and improvement of internal platforms and tools related to development environments
• Work closely with software engineers to understand their pain points and requirements related to local development
• Collaborate with other infrastructure and platform teams to ensure seamless integration of development environments with other systems
• Proactively monitor and maintain the health and stability of standard development environments
• Diagnose and resolve issues related to local setups, including operating system configurations, networking, dependencies, and tooling

Benefits

• Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $190,000/yr to $210,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $220,000/yr to $250,000/yr in New York, Seattle & San Francisco Bay Area
• Stock equity is additional
• 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)