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Gusto·New York, United States·onsite

Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Benefits

Posted 1 month ago
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Ruby on RailsReactNext.jsTypeScript

About the role

What you'll do

  • Lead architectural improvements to Gusto's benefits platform focusing on AI-native capabilities and scalability.
  • Design and build full-stack platform features enabling customers to explore, apply, and maintain benefits.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, and Operations to align technical solutions with business needs.
  • Mentor engineers and establish best practices for AI-driven design patterns and high-quality, well-tested code.
  • Drive the technical roadmap ensuring alignment with Gusto’s AI-native strategy and scalable platform goals.

What you should know

  • Role requires balancing pragmatic execution with long-term architectural thinking in a fast-evolving AI context.
  • Opportunity to work on AI-powered personalization and intelligent customer-facing benefits experiences.
  • Work environment involves strong cross-functional collaboration with business and technical teams.
  • Candidates should be comfortable with mentoring and leading within a large engineering organization.
  • Hybrid onsite work expected 2-3 days per week in New York, supporting a blend of remote and office presence.

About the company

  • Gusto is a mission-driven company focused on growing the small business economy by simplifying payroll, benefits, and HR.
  • Supports over 400,000 small businesses across the U.S. with offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York.
  • Values diversity and inclusion, hiring from a wide variety of backgrounds to strengthen the company culture.
  • Committed to equal opportunity employment and providing accommodations to ensure candidate success.
  • Emphasizes a hybrid work model with physical offices and flexible remote work policies.

Key required skills

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsAPI developmentData modelingCI/CDObservabilityAI toolsRuby on Rails

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