Base Salary
$223k - $278k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end portions of the signup-to-activation experience, from data models through user interfaces.
- Invent, prototype, and ship net-new onboarding experiences, including thoughtful applications of AI.
- Partner with Product, Design, Data, customers, and engineering teams to frame problems, test hypotheses, and validate solutions.
- Identify where AI can reduce customer effort and integrate those experiences appropriately into onboarding.
- Design modular and reusable onboarding building blocks for new Gusto entry points.
- Provide technical direction, write high-quality code, conduct strong reviews, and mentor engineers.
- Make pragmatic scoping decisions, ship simple experiments, and iterate based on results.
Requirements
- 10–12+ years of software engineering experience, including building and shipping customer-facing products at scale.
- Strong full-stack fundamentals with the versatility to work across front end, back end, and data.
- Experience applying AI/LLM capabilities to real product problems and using AI tools to work effectively.
- Product-minded approach focused on customer problems and meaningful metrics.
- Ability to operate independently and collaborate across Product, Design, and Data.
- Track record of rapid, high-quality execution, technical leadership, mentorship, and setting engineering standards.
- Comfort with ambiguity, greenfield problems, high ownership, and outcome-focused decision-making.
Benefits
- Competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs).
- Hybrid work for employees based in Denver, San Francisco, New York City, or Scottsdale, with approximately 2–3 office days per week or more depending on the role.
- A secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required when working outside a Gusto office.
Categories
H1B sponsorship
Sponsorship for this role is unconfirmed.
Gusto’s past filings provide context. They do not guarantee sponsorship for a current opening.
H1B petition approvals by fiscal year
- FY 2026 · through Q213
1 initial/new employment approvals · 7 changes of employer
- FY 202545
10 initial/new employment approvals · 22 changes of employer
- FY 202448
10 initial/new employment approvals · 22 changes of employer
Counts are petitions, including continuing employment and amendments, rather than unique hires. Source: USCIS
Job fields receiving H1B certifications
Partial fiscal year, through Q3
- Software Developers25 · 57%
- Data Scientists5 · 11%
- Business Intelligence Analysts4 · 9%
- Computer and Information Systems Managers3 · 7%
- Web and Digital Interface Designers2 · 5%
Job fields come from government occupation codes, rather than internal departments. Counts are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals or unique hires. Withdrawn and denied cases are excluded.
Source: US Department of LaborMatched government employer: GUSTO INC
About Gusto
Gusto has been growing the small business economy for 15+ years. Not with just great technology, but with heart. We serve 500K+ businesses with payroll, HR, benefits, compliance, and more. Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we're the team in their corner. Licensing details: https://gusto.com/about/licenses