Gusto · 1 day ago
Principal Software Engineer, Growth
Denver, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$215K/yr - $252K/yr
12+ years expGusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy, providing essential services like payroll and HR. The Principal Software Engineer, Growth will lead engineering efforts to embed AI capabilities across the Growth platform, focusing on building adaptive and data-driven systems to drive revenue growth.
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Responsibilities
Define, iterate, and execute on initiatives contributing to Growth’s technical roadmap to drive revenue growth
Champion AI-native patterns in Growth systems — designing for learning loops, feedback-driven iteration, and safe model usage in customer-facing contexts
Help establish best practices for experimentation, evaluation, and observability in AI-augmented Growth experiences
Partner with cross-functional teams to tackle complex and ambiguous problems, translating them into engineering solutions that drive our customer acquisition and ACV expansion platform forward
Collaborate with AI platform and data science teams to integrate model-driven insights into Growth workflows — such as lead scoring, onboarding personalization, intelligent upsell recommendations, and AI/ML-driven comms platform
Execute in different horizons based on Growth’s overall goals. This means at times, embedding in a team for multiple months/quarters to deliver complex projects, and at other times, kicking off ambiguous initiatives and helping teams drive alignment and build momentum
Execute in different capacities based on the needs of the org and initiative. Dive deep into the hardest technical areas while delegating the rest to partnering teams
Engage with all development teams across Gusto to align and drive towards long-term maintainability and stability of our systems
Mentor and provide guidance to software engineers, fostering growth and development
Actively participate in code reviews and maintain code quality
Qualification
Required
12+ years of professional software development experience
Curiosity and ability to operate in an AI-native environment — integrating intelligence, automation, and experimentation into how we grow the business
Hands-on experience building large-scale, complex systems in a wide range of domains
Web architecture expertise, including observability and performance
Experience in highly cross-functional environments for highly complex products
Experience as tech lead, overseeing large initiatives across multiple teams
Experience in scaling Engineering organizations
Preferred
Experience designing or implementing product experiences incorporating ML and AI — from recommendations to intelligent onboarding or personalization systems
Experience building complex revenue systems that span multiple growth areas: acquisition, expansion, experimentation, marketing, and sales automation tools/integrations
Experience in experimentation and user experience optimization
Experience working closely with Revenue teams
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)s
Stock equity
Company
Gusto
Gusto is an HR and payroll platform that simplifies complex tasks, empowering businesses to focus on what matters most.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (19)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$746.1MKey Investors
Friends & Family CapitalT. Rowe PriceAkkadian Ventures
2023-01-28Series Unknown
2022-05-12Series E· $55M
2021-08-10Series E· $175M
Leadership Team
Josh Reeves
Head of Gusto (CEO) and Co-Founder. Building Gusto for the Long Term.
Edward Kim
Co-founder and Head of Technology
Recent News
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