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Gusto·Toronto, Canada·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 for Gusto's benefits platform focusing on AI-native capabilities and scalability.
  • Design and build full-stack solutions enabling customers to explore, apply, and maintain benefits.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, and Operations to translate business needs into technical solutions.
  • Mentor engineers and establish best practices for AI-driven design patterns and platform scalability.
  • Drive the technical roadmap aligned with Gusto's AI-native strategy and ensure high-quality, well-tested code.

What you should know

  • Opportunity to work on AI-driven personalization and scalable full-stack web applications in a growing benefits platform.
  • Role requires balancing pragmatic execution with long-term architectural vision in a fast-evolving AI-native context.
  • Work closely with multiple teams, offering a chance to influence both technical and business outcomes.
  • Hybrid onsite role based in Toronto with expectations for 2-3 days per week in the office.
  • Candidates should be comfortable with rapid experimentation, continuous learning, and mentoring peers.

About the company

  • Gusto is a mission-driven company focused on growing the small business economy through payroll, benefits, and HR solutions.
  • Supports over 400,000 small businesses across the U.S. with a strong presence in Denver, San Francisco, and New York.
  • Values diversity and inclusion, hiring from a wide variety of backgrounds to strengthen the company culture.
  • Emphasizes a collaborative and cross-functional work environment involving engineering, marketing, sales, and operations.
  • Committed to equal opportunity employment and providing accommodations to enable candidates to perform at their best.

Key required skills

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsAPI developmentData modelingCI/CDAI toolsRuby on Rails

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