Senior Staff Software Engineer, Embedded Payroll , Developer Experience

Gusto

about 1 month ago

Denver, CO, USA +5 more

Senior / Staff+

H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$200k - $230k/yr

Responsibilities

Identify high-leverage opportunities to improve developer experience across APIs, tooling, documentation, and workflows.
Partner with internal teams to define a vision for reducing integration friction with Embedded Payroll.
Engage with external developers to understand pain points and validate solutions.
Design and evolve APIs and interfaces focusing on clarity and maintainability.
Build and maintain developer-facing tools and libraries to enhance velocity and reliability.
Lead by example through hands-on development and shipping well-designed code.
Set and promote best practices for reliability and observability in developer-facing systems.

12+ years of professional software development experience with ownership of engineering initiatives.
Deep backend engineering expertise with experience in large, production-grade systems.
Proven experience designing APIs and developer tools with a focus on usability and documentation.
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across teams.
Strong business acumen to align technical direction with business priorities.
Curiosity and effectiveness in leveraging automation and experimentation for reliable API design.