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Gusto

Staff Software Engineer

Gusto

. Own end-to-end delivery of net-new product areas from technical design through shipping .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesLead💰 $197,000 - $247,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
GraphQLReactRubyRuby on RailsTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own end-to-end delivery of net-new product areas from technical design through shipping
  • Use AI to improve engineering workflows and help build AI-native product experiences, including MCP tools
  • Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and GTM to identify problems, prototype solutions, and iterate quickly
  • Make architecture and data-modeling decisions for novel problems
  • Build and maintain full-stack features, including backend APIs and frontend UI
  • Contribute to product framing, design tradeoffs, and GTM considerations
  • Help define engineering practices and technical foundations for an early-stage team
  • Build the next chapter of Gusto Solo, an all-in-one platform for solopreneurs and their accountants

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Track record of shipping full-stack features end to end
  • Proficiency across a full-stack toolkit, such as Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript, and GraphQL
  • Judgment to choose the right tool for the problem
  • Demonstrated ownership of 0→1 or greenfield projects
  • Comfortable setting direction amid ambiguity
  • Genuine, habitual use of AI tools in day-to-day engineering work
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Track record of strong cross-functional partnership
  • AI experience requirements will be assessed during the interview process

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive base pay
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Equity (RSUs)
  • Two-day travel to a Gusto office for onboarding
  • Secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection required when working outside a Gusto office