Gusto · 2 days ago
Staff Software Engineer, Product Engineer
Denver Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $204K/yr
8+ years expGusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy by handling essential services like payroll and HR. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to oversee projects, develop customer-facing products, and mentor other engineers while building scalable solutions.
Bookkeeping and PayrollEmployee BenefitsEnterprise SoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechHuman ResourcesSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Architect, build, and test Gusto’s product suite the spans across Payroll, Benefits, HR, Time, Tax Credits, and more
Mentor other engineers to help solve some of the hardest technical problems out there in very complex domains and at a large scale
Help scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and Javascript/React applications in the world
Collaborate with our Product Management and Design teams to understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then prototype, iterate, and launch daily
Build a product that our customers genuinely love
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software development experience
Experience owning multi-quarter projects that solve complex engineering problems and make measurable customer impact at scale
Experience building scalable solutions that eliminate customer pain
Ability to effectively communicate across engineering teams and with business stakeholders
Experience in, or interest working in, Ruby on Rails
Ability to mentor engineers to maximize their performance and impact
Experience with large scale refactors, performance and reliability issues, and a strong sense of ownership over all aspects of your product area
Passion for creating memorable experiences for customers
Appreciation for a collaborative, test-driven environment
Able to build well-structured, maintainable, well-documented code
Preferred
Experience leveraging AI tools or systems to accelerate development, improve testing, and deliver new product capabilities
Curiosity and experimentation with emerging AI frameworks, applying and sharing best practices to evaluate and scale AI use safely across teams
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)s
Stock equity is additional.
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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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (49)
2024 (54)
2023 (19)
2022 (37)
2021 (24)
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
General Catalyst
2025-12-30
Digital Commerce 360
2025-12-20
2025-12-19
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