Sr Staff Software Engineer, Integrated Benefits

10+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership on complex platform or product engineering projects.

Able to build maintainable, structured, well-documented code, with specific proficiency in Ruby on Rails and a strong focus on architectural patterns.

Strong knowledge of data structures, data modeling, and system design, particularly within complex, interconnected systems.

Experience working across multiple teams, influencing both product and team direction by advocating for technical health and reusability.

Experience working on platform products which are depended upon throughout the company, ideally involving service extraction or componentization.

Experience engineering, designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production, ensuring high reliability and scalability.

We're hiring a Staff-level engineer to join our Integrated Benefits team that works on improving our existing systems for extensibility and scalability, and building the future of Gusto's Benefits ecosystem. As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll lead complex technical projects end-to-end by contributing to feature specs, designing solutions that move existing systems toward desired end states, executing on projects, and maintaining code that powers core experiences for the Integrated Benefits team.

The Integrated Benefits team focuses on the integration of users' existing benefits providers and the development of Voluntary Life and Disability (vLiDi) products. In this role, you will operate as a

Builder

, focusing on the architecture of complex and interconnected technical systems. You will have a scaled impact across the wider Benefits engineering organization by augmenting our Product Engineering culture with reusable capabilities and solid technical foundations. We are looking for engineers who are ready to solve deep, ambiguous architectural puzzles and apply AI tools to accelerate development and deliver new product capabilities. If you’re interested in building elegant software with far-reaching effects in our modern economy, join us!

Serve as a technical leader within the Integrated Benefits team, mentoring engineers on your team and contributing technical expertise to cross-team initiatives within the Benefits organization.

The Integrated Benefits (IB) team operates with a heart for complex challenge within the larger Gusto Benefits organization, serving as the critical link for users' existing benefits providers and the development of Voluntary Life and Disability (vLiDi) products. Our work enables customers to work with an external broker while still leveraging Gusto’s people platform to seamlessly integrate and manage their benefits. We offer the unique opportunity to solve deep, ambiguous architectural puzzles and integrate our systems with the org-wide push for AI. This high-performing, independent group values humor and casual connection, fostering an environment that enjoys pairing and problem-solving together.