Senior Staff Software Engineer, Pricing & Packaging (Hybrid)

Gusto; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 223,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Benefits and equity options

Job summary

Gusto is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead technical initiatives for its Commerce Platform in San Francisco. You will oversee architecture, collaborate across teams, and ensure system reliability for 500,000+ small businesses.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of software engineering experience, a strong grasp of AI integration, and excellent communication skills. This role offers competitive compensation and equity options.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years in a tech lead or staff engineer role.
• Mastery in at least one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and architecture for the Commerce Platform.
• Partner with product management to define the technical roadmap.
• Mentor engineers through design and code reviews.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Programming languages mastery (e.g. Ruby, Java, Python, Go)

Distributed systems

API design

Service reliability practices

AI tools experience

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Gusto is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead technical initiatives for its Commerce Platform in San Francisco. You will oversee architecture, collaborate across teams, and ensure system reliability for 500,000+ small businesses.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of software engineering experience, a strong grasp of AI integration, and excellent communication skills. This role offers competitive compensation and equity options.