Senior Staff Software Engineer, BenefitsNew$265K

The opportunity

At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers.

What you'll do

  • Architect and evolve our customer-facing web platforms with a focus on scale and performance

  • Design, build, and maintain shared services to enable rapid iteration on product offerings

  • Implement and optimize key workflows for a best-in-class customer experience.

  • Write high-quality, well-tested code across the stack, leveraging AI-powered: tools to accelerate development and improve reliability

  • Support, mentor, and up-level fellow engineers on the team, helping to: establish best practices for AI-native design patterns.

  • Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, Operations and leadership: to translate business needs into technical solutions that fit our needs now and in the future.

What they're looking for

  • Influence the technical roadmap for your area of the Benefits Advisory: platform, ensuring your work aligns with Gusto's AI-native strategy and team goals
  • + years of experience building scalable full-stack web applications with: expertise in both frontend (React, TypeScript) and backend (API development, data modeling, database schema design)
  • Extensive Experience building AI interfaces, iterating on prompts and maintaining high quality evals
  • Extensive Experience applying AI tools to accelerate full-stack development,: improve code quality, and build intelligent user experiences. Familiar with AI-driven personalization patterns and willing to experiment with AI techniques to improve the benefits shopping experience