Staff Software Engineer: AI-Powered Insurance Platform

Gusto; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Health insurance

Sabbatical

Job summary

Gusto is building the next generation of the business insurance purchase experience in the UK. This role focuses on shipping AI-powered features that simplify how businesses discover, evaluate, and purchase insurance.

You will design, build, and test core Business Insurance products, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and design teams to iterate end-to-end experiences in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years of doing customer facing products at scale.
• AI-native mindset with AI tools embedded in daily workflow.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Experience building, deploying and evaluating AI solutions in production.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test core Business Insurance products that are reliable and scalable.
• Design and implement innovative AI-powered Business Insurance experiences.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback and metrics once features are live.
• Partner with product, design and XF partners to refine ideas, shape scope, and iterate quickly on end-to-end experiences.
• Mentor and develop engineers on your team; promote pairing, code review, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Platform engineering

Ruby on Rails

Python

AI in production

Observability

Mentoring

Code review

Customer-facing products

Tools

APIs

Data flows

Documentation

Job description

Gusto is building the next generation of the business insurance purchase experience in the UK. This role focuses on shipping AI-powered features that simplify how businesses discover, evaluate, and purchase insurance.

You will design, build, and test core Business Insurance products, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and design teams to iterate end-to-end experiences in a fast-growing environment.