Gusto
Gusto
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingHealthcareInsurance
Gusto is a business software platform that brings payroll, employee benefits, and core human resources operations together in one place. Its tools help small and midsize businesses automate payroll calculations, tax filings, direct deposits, deductions, and compliance workflows while connecting with other business systems. The platform also supports employee benefits, time and attendance, hiring and onboarding, talent management, and performance reviews. Gusto serves companies managing distributed or global teams, with dedicated solutions for accountants and APIs that let developers embed payroll capabilities into their own products.

Staff Software Engineer, PEO — Hybrid

Lead Gusto’s PEO onboarding experience from discovery through setup. Create compliant, AI-assisted product journeys that help small businesses become operational.

Description

  • Lead the PEO onboarding experience from initial discovery through setup
  • Translate ambiguous product opportunities into technical designs, delivery plans, and durable abstractions
  • Develop software in a regulated environment where accuracy and quality are essential
  • Work with application teams to connect their domains into a unified customer journey
  • Establish clear ownership boundaries across teams
  • Apply AI tools to coding, code review, debugging, and codebase exploration
  • Embed AI-powered guidance throughout the onboarding experience
  • Track the onboarding funnel, define success measures, evaluate results, and use experiments to improve it
  • Advance engineering practices through reviews, testing strategy, observability, and sound delivery decisions

Requirements

  • At least eight years of professional software engineering experience
  • Substantial experience owning customer-facing product areas in a large, production-scale codebase
  • Broad full-stack engineering capability
  • Comfort working with an established server-side codebase and a modern component-based frontend
  • Experience with Ruby on Rails and React/TypeScript is preferred
  • Proven fluency with AI and regular use of AI development tools
  • Ability to turn unclear business needs into practical solutions and deliver without complete specifications
  • Strong cross-team collaboration and influencing skills
  • Demonstrated success mentoring and developing other engineers
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
  • Experience working on growth initiatives is a plus

Benefits

  • Competitive base compensation
  • Health insurance coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Restricted stock units
  • A secure, dependable, consistent internet connection is required when working outside a Gusto office
  • Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans

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