Staff Software Engineer, PEO Benefits

gusto; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 140.000 - 213.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Stock equity

Hybrid work model

Onboarding travel

Zusammenfassung

gusto is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to build a new PEO Benefits platform from the ground up. The role covers the full product lifecycle, blending backend API work with frontend craft in a large Rails and React application.

You will design, develop, and test experiences, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, data, design, and platform teams to ship iterative improvements based on user feedback and measurements.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Ability to own multi-quarter projects end-to-end.
• Experience driving large cross-functional initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with AI tools or systems.
• Curiosity with emerging AI frameworks.
• Strong communication with non-technical stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, and test the PEO Benefits experience.
• Develop backend APIs and frontend code in Rails and React.
• Mentor engineers on challenging problems.
• Partner with product, data, design, and platform engineering.
• Own post-launch quality and iterate on feedback.

Kenntnisse

Cross-functional leadership

Architectural design

Backend API development

Frontend development

AI tooling

Communication

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React

Jobbeschreibung

Role overview

A Staff Software Engineer is needed to help build out a new Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Benefits platform from the ground up. The offering is anchored by a national master health plan designed to unlock materially lower healthcare costs for small businesses through pooled purchasing power, a capability most new PEOs struggle to deliver. The role spans the full product lifecycle, from early specification and architectural decisions through launch and long-term iteration, blending backend API work with clean frontend craft.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test the PEO Benefits experience, including benefits shopping flows, plan recommendation features, carrier integrations, and tooling that automates operational and customer support processes
• Develop reliable backend APIs and well-structured frontend code within a large-scale Ruby on Rails and React application
• Mentor engineers working on technically demanding problems in complex domains
• Partner with product management, data, design, and platform engineering to identify customer pain points, shape solutions, and ship iteratively
• Take ownership of post-launch quality, iterating on features based on real-world feedback

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Demonstrated ability to own multi-quarter projects that solve complex engineering problems and produce measurable customer impact at scale
• Experience driving large, cross-functional initiatives end-to-end through ambiguity, including scoping, sequencing, stakeholder alignment, and unblocking without hand-holding
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools or systems to accelerate development, improve testing, or ship new capabilities
• Curiosity and experimentation with emerging AI frameworks, with a willingness to share best practices for safe evaluation and scaling across teams
• Strong communication skills across engineering teams and with non-technical business stakeholders

Nice to have

• 3+ years of experience with PEO products, ideally building PEO flows directly in a high-growth environment
• Working knowledge of Ruby on Rails
• Comfort in a collaborative, test-driven engineering culture
• Track record of writing well-structured, maintainable, and well-documented code

Benefits and work setup

• Cash compensation targeted at $163,000-$204,000 for most remote locations and Denver-based candidates, and $197,000-$247,000 for San Francisco and New York-based candidates, with additional stock equity
• Full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity
• Hybrid model with in-office expectations of approximately 2-3 days per week for employees based near designated office hubs
• Secure, reliable internet connection required for remote and home-based work days
• Travel to a designated office required for onboarding