Staff Software Engineer — Scale Ruby on Rails & React

The Wrap; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 197,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (RSUs)

Hybrid work model

Total Rewards

Job summary

Gusto is seeking a seasoned Staff Software Engineer to join the teams behind our customer-facing products. You will design, build, and own features across Payroll, Benefits, HR, Retirement, and related platforms, influencing direction and taking responsibility after launch.

You will work across Ruby on Rails and JavaScript/React at scale, mentoring engineers, collaborating with Product, Data, Design, and Platform teams to prototype, iterate, and ship daily, delivering products our customers

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience
• Passion for creating memorable experiences for customers
• Experience leveraging AI tools or systems to accelerate development
• Curiosity and experimentation with emerging AI frameworks
• Ownership of multi-quarter projects that solve complex engineering problems
• Experience with large-scale refactors, performance and reliability issues
• Ability to mentor engineers to maximize performance and impact

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test Gusto core products such as Payroll, Benefits, HR, Retirement, Gusto Money, Gusto Solo, and Gusto Pro
• Mentor other engineers to solve complex problems at scale
• Help scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and Javascript/React applications in the world
• Collaborate with PM, Data, Design, and Platform Eng to prototype, iterate, and launch daily
• Build products that customers genuinely love

Skills

Software engineering

Mentor others

AI experience

System design

Ruby on Rails

Tools

Ruby on Rails

JavaScript / React

Job description

Gusto is seeking a seasoned Staff Software Engineer to join the teams behind our customer-facing products. You will design, build, and own features across Payroll, Benefits, HR, Retirement, and related platforms, influencing direction and taking responsibility after launch.

You will work across Ruby on Rails and JavaScript/React at scale, mentoring engineers, collaborating with Product, Data, Design, and Platform teams to prototype, iterate, and ship daily, delivering products our customers