Gusto
Staff Software Engineer, Core Products
New York, NY · Staff+ · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$163k-$204kDetected 1 day ago
JavaScriptRubyReactRailsFull-Stack DevelopmentPlatform EngineeringA/B TestingProduct ManagementRecruiting
About the role
- We're looking for seasoned full-stack software engineers to join the teams behind Gusto's customer-facing products - the features and experiences that small business owners and their employees rely on every day.
- If you're drawn to work that combines technical craft with real-world impact - helping power the livelihoods of millions using Gusto products - join us!
- Mentor other engineers to help solve some of the hardest technical problems out there in very complex domains and at a large scale
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with our Product Management, Data, Design, and Platform Engineering teams to understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then prototype, iterate, and launch daily
- shaping features from early spec and design through to launch and long-term iteration.
- That means writing clean frontend code, designing and building reliable backend APIs, influencing product direction, and taking ownership of what happens after a feature ships.
- As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll operate across the full product lifecycle: shaping features from early spec and design through to launch and long-term iteration.
- With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve.
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 with large scale refactors, performance and reliability issues, and a strong sense of ownership over all aspects of your product area
- Ability to mentor engineers to maximize their performance and impact
Compensation
- All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success.
Benefits
- We handle the hard stuff - payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR - so owners can focus on their craft and their customers.
- All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) - because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success.
- Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
- Design, build, and test Gusto core products such as Payroll, Benefits, HR, Retirement, Gusto Money, Gusto Solo, and Gusto Pro, among others
- Stock equity is additional.
Company info
- Experience building scalable solutions that eliminate customer pain; passion for creating memorable experiences for customers
- Build products that our customers genuinely love
- At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy.
- AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto.
This listing is sourced directly from Gusto's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.