Gusto

Principal Engineer

Gusto

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about 1 month ago
Denver, CO, USA +2 more
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H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$189k - $237k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Function as a Technical Lead within the Integrated Benefits team.
  • Design, build, and test technical foundations for Voluntary Life and Disability products.
  • Architect complex, interconnected technical systems in a Ruby on Rails environment.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve architectural puzzles.
  • Mentor and grow fellow engineers within a high-performing team.
  • Drive the product development process from feature specs to code maintenance.
  • Build tools and shared capabilities to improve engineering productivity.
  • Apply AI tools to accelerate development and stay updated on emerging frameworks.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of relevant professional experience in software engineering.
  • Proficiency in Ruby on Rails with a focus on maintainable, structured code.
  • Strong knowledge of data structures, data modeling, and system design.
  • Experience influencing product and team direction across multiple teams.
  • Experience with platform products and service extraction or componentization.
  • Experience engineering and supporting large-scale systems in production.

Tech Stack

RubyRuby on Rails

Categories

AI & MLBackendFull Stack