Gusto, Inc. - Senior Staff Engineer

• Successful applicants have at least 10+ years of experience • Experience in designing and developing robust, distributed systems using multiple general-purpose programming languages • Experience influencing and guiding the work of multiple teams on scaling, refactoring, and optimizing legacy products • Experience architecting, building, and testing large-scale production level code • An aptitude and interest in bringing clarity and simplicity to complex and ambiguous problems • Ability to communicate technical complexity and help facilitate informed tradeoffs • Enthusiasm for a highly collaborative, test-driven environment • Able to build maintainable, structured, well-documented code • Experience building fault-tolerant, mission-critical software • Experience building products in highly regulated and high risk domains • Experience in one of these domains is preferred: Payroll, Taxes, or Compliance • Familiar with current AI tools (LLMs, Agents) and their shortcomings / benefits • Embeds AI in daily development workflow (scaffolding tests, summarizing docs) to measurably reduce cycle time. • Mentors engineers on effective AI usage and helps develop an AI strategy for other engineers • Bonus: Experience with Ruby on Rails, Typescript, and React • Our cash compensation for this role is targeted at $189,000–$236,000 per year in Denver and most remote locations, and $223,000–$278,000 per year in San Francisco and New York. Stock equity is offered in addition. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the ranges listed above. • Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale. • 2-3 days • Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas. • When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees. • Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.