gusto
Staff Software Engineer, Product Engineer
At a Glance
- Location
- San Francisco, CA - Hybrid; Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; Seattle, WA - Remote; Los Angeles, CA - Remote; Toronto, Canada - Remote
- Work Regime
- remote
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Posted
- 2026-02-26T09:38:43-05:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Engineering
- Medical
Benefits & Perks
stuff—like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR—so owners can focus on
Requirements
Successful applicants typically have 8+ years of software development experience
Experience owning multi-quarter projects that solve complex engineering problems and make measurable customer impact at scale
Experience building scalable solutions that eliminate customer pain
Ability to effectively communicate across engineering teams and with business stakeholders
Experience in, or interest working in, Ruby on Rails
Ability to mentor engineers to maximize their performance and impact
Responsibilities
Architect, build, and test
Gusto’s product suite that spans across Payroll, Benefits, HR, Time, Tax Credits, and more
Mentor other engineers to help solve some of the hardest technical problems out there in very complex domains and at a large scale
Help scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and Javascript/React applications in the world
Collaborate with our Product Management and Design teams to understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then
prototype, iterate, and launch daily