2 hours ago
Base Salary
$163k - $247k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the PEO onboarding experience from discovery and commitment through customer setup.
- Set technical direction by turning ambiguous product bets into designs, sequencing, and durable abstractions.
- Build high-quality, accurate software in a regulated domain.
- Partner with application teams to integrate domains into a coherent customer journey and negotiate unclear ownership boundaries.
- Use AI tools in engineering workflows and help build AI-assisted guidance into the onboarding experience.
- Instrument the onboarding funnel, define success metrics, and use experiments to guide product decisions.
- Raise engineering standards through reviews, testing strategy, observability, and sound delivery tradeoffs.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including meaningful ownership of customer-facing product surfaces in a large production codebase.
- Strong full-stack experience with mature server-side systems and modern component-based frontend development.
- Ruby on Rails and React/TypeScript experience are desirable.
- Demonstrated AI fluency, including practical use of AI tooling in day-to-day engineering work.
- Ability to take ambiguous business needs, shape them into buildable solutions, and ship with high ownership.
- Strong cross-team collaboration and influence, with a record of leveling up other engineers.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Growth experience involving funnels, conversion, plan or product configuration, or customer provisioning systems is a bonus.
Benefits
- Competitive base pay, benefits, and RSU equity are provided.
- Employees based in Denver, San Francisco, or New York are expected to work from the office approximately 2–3 days per week or more depending on the role.
- Approved non-office work requires a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection.
- The role is available in Denver, most remote locations, San Francisco, and New York, with location-specific compensation ranges.
Tech Stack
Categories
Full StackGrowth Engineering
About Gusto
Gusto builds cloud software that handles payroll, benefits, HR, and compliance for small businesses in the U.S., sold as a subscription with integrated services. Its platform runs payroll, files taxes, administers health insurance and 401(k)s, and offers tools for onboarding and time tracking. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company says it serves 500,000+ small businesses nationwide.