Staff Software Engineer - Product Engineering at Gusto

About GustoAt Gusto, we are dedicated to empowering small businesses by simplifying the complexities of payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR. This allows business owners to devote their time to what they do best: serving their customers. With teams located in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we proudly support over 400,000 small businesses nationwide. Join us in building an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse community we serve. Discover more about our Total Rewards philosophy.We are seeking experienced engineers to contribute to our customer-facing product teams, focusing on developing innovative features and enhancing our platform. As a Staff Software Engineer at Gusto, you will lead projects from inception to execution, influencing feature specifications, building backend APIs, crafting frontend code, and implementing continuous improvements for deployed functionalities. If you are passionate about creating impactful software solutions that drive change in the modern economy, we invite you to join our team!Key Responsibilities:Design, develop, and test Gusto’s comprehensive product suite, which includes Payroll, Benefits, HR, Time, Tax Credits, and more.Guide and mentor fellow engineers in tackling challenging technical problems in complex domains at scale.Contribute to scaling one of the largest Ruby/Rails and JavaScript/React applications globally.Work collaboratively with our Product Management and Design teams to identify customer pain points, devise solutions, and prototype, iterate, and launch features on a daily basis.Create products that our customers truly love.

About Gusto Gusto supports over 400,000 small businesses nationwide by handling payroll, health insurance, 401(k) plans, and HR services. This work helps business owners focus on what matters most to them and their customers. With offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, Gusto aims to build a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities it serves. Full-time employees receive competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and equity in the form of RSUs. Compensation varies by role, level, and location. Details about Gusto’s approach to rewards can be found on their Total Rewards philosophy page. AI plays a key role in daily operations at Gusto. Team members are expected to use AI tools relevant to their work and continue building their skills as technology evolves. The level of AI experience required depends on the position and will be assessed during the interview process. Role Overview: Staff Software Engineer – Payments & Risk Gusto is hiring experienced full-stack engineers for teams working on payments and risk platforms. These systems serve small business owners every day. Staff Software Engineers in this group work across the full lifecycle of payments or risk systems: shaping architecture early in design, building internal features and APIs, and maintaining performance after launch. The work includes engineering the core business engine, providing reliable backend services for product teams, and setting a high standard for engineering practices. Team Focus Areas Payments: The Payments team manages all financial transaction operations for Gusto’s products. This includes ensuring secure fund transfers among partners, employers, employees, and government agencies. Engineers on this team build new payment features for both U.S. and international markets and help redesign the payments platform to support future growth. Risk: The Risk team develops systems that protect Gusto and its clients from financial risks. This work shapes experiences that keep customers and the company safe. Location This role is based in San Francisco, CA (hybrid) or New York, NY (hybrid).

About GustoAt Gusto, we are dedicated to empowering the small business economy. Our services simplify complex tasks like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR, allowing business owners to concentrate on their passion and customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we proudly support over 400,000 small businesses nationwide, committed to creating a workplace that reflects and honors the customers we serve. Discover more about our Total Rewards philosophy.About the Role:We are seeking passionate Mobile iOS Engineers who are eager to craft exceptional user experiences. In this role, you will develop features that are not only functional but also intuitive and delightful for our users. You will take charge of scaling our shared services while staying current with the latest iOS advancements. Collaborating with teams from Product Management, Identity, Security, System Design, and Infrastructure, you will build solutions that make a significant impact. If you are enthusiastic about creating elegant, scalable applications and want to be part of a supportive, innovative mobile team, we would love to connect with you!About the Team:At Gusto, we are at a transformative stage with over 1M+ monthly active users and the recent launch of our employer experiences on mobile. Our mission is to address the real challenges faced by small business owners and their employees, with mobile technology being crucial for delivering effective solutions. As a member of our mobile team, you will be at the forefront of this change, collaborating with talented engineers and designers passionate about providing a seamless mobile experience. Together, we aim to empower small business owners and their teams to succeed. If you are ready to make a difference in the mobile landscape at Gusto, we want you on our team!Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:Architect, build, test, and enhance Gusto’s native iOS app, along with supporting mobile web views that elevate user experience.Develop, iterate, and refine product features that integrate core business functions, work tools, value-added services, and financial products.Collaborate closely with our product management, design, and partner teams...

Join Gusto as a Staff Software Engineer specializing in Observability, where you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our software's performance and reliability. Utilize your expertise to develop and implement monitoring solutions that provide insights into application behavior, ensuring a seamless experience for our users.Your contributions will directly impact our engineering processes and product quality. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve issues proactively, while also driving initiatives to improve system observability.

About GustoAt Gusto, we are dedicated to empowering small businesses by managing essential services like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR, allowing owners to focus on their passions and customers. With offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we proudly support over 400,000 small businesses nationwide, fostering a workplace that reflects and celebrates the diverse customers we serve. Explore our Total Rewards philosophy. About the Role:We are seeking a seasoned engineer with extensive knowledge in distributed data systems to help shape the future of Gusto's storage architecture. In this impactful role, you will oversee intricate migrations, design high-scale systems, and establish benchmarks for automation, resilience, and security. Your work in implementing distributed database solutions will facilitate Gusto's ongoing growth and scalability.About the Team:The Datastores Infrastructure Engineering team is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the data platforms that drive Gusto's products, including MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, and S3. We are committed to ensuring that our infrastructure is consistent, dependable, and equipped to support Gusto's expanding requirements. As we transition to self-hosted distributed databases, our focus lies in minimizing the blast radius, enhancing operational resilience, and enabling sustainable scalability.Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:Architect, deploy, and manage the complete lifecycle of distributed database systems (TiDB) on Kubernetes at scale, ensuring high availability, data consistency, and operational excellence.Coordinate complex, zero-downtime migrations from monolithic to distributed architectures, including vertical sharding to isolate Product Services.Define and implement efficiency enhancements across the storage infrastructure through query optimization, caching strategies, and workload management.Establish standards and develop reliable automation to maintain data consistency, integrity, and security across distributed systems.Continuously enhance operational excellence by decreasing on-call burdens with sustainable, long-term solutions.Collaborate with product engineering teams and technical partners to enable rapid and reliable product development.

Join Gusto as a Staff Software Engineer specializing in Core Platforms, where you will drive the development of innovative software solutions that power our platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect and implement scalable systems that enhance the user experience for our clients. This role is essential in shaping and evolving our technology stack, ensuring that we maintain a competitive edge in the industry.

About GustoAt Gusto, our mission is to empower the small business economy. We take care of the complex tasks—such as payroll, health insurance, 401(k) plans, and HR—allowing business owners to concentrate on their craft and their customers. With teams located in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we proudly support over 400,000 small businesses nationwide, while fostering a workplace that reflects and celebrates the diverse clientele we serve. Discover more about our Total Rewards philosophy.About the RoleIn your role as a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Entity Management team, you will spearhead the technical development of an innovative product designed to alleviate compliance burdens for entrepreneurs, enabling them to focus on business growth without the stress of paperwork. Your responsibilities will include executing pivotal technical initiatives as outlined in the team roadmap, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, and mentoring other engineers. If you are driven by innovation and aspire to make a significant impact, we encourage you to join our dynamic team.About the TeamThe Entity Management team is dedicated to creating and maintaining tools that assist small businesses in navigating the entire lifecycle of their legal and compliance requirements, including incorporation. We support business owners from the initial step of incorporation throughout ongoing compliance, account monitoring, and even dissolution when necessary. Our mission is to simplify and automate these complex, time-consuming processes, allowing business owners to focus on growth without the worry of regulatory issues.Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:Implement the technical roadmap for the new product within your team’s scope, ensuring it aligns with overall business objectives and Entity Management goals.Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Design, Customer Support, and Marketing, to deliver high-quality solutions.Mentor and support engineering team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.Develop and refine the team’s software development processes and technical approaches to ensure efficient and effective project execution.Lead the implementation of new functionality, ensuring adherence to best practices in software development.

About GustoAt Gusto, our mission is to empower the small business economy. We tackle essential services like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR, allowing business owners to concentrate on their passion and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we proudly support over 400,000 small businesses across the nation, while fostering a workplace that reflects and honors the diverse customers we serve. Discover more about our Total Rewards philosophy.About the Role:We are seeking experienced engineers to join our teams focused on enhancing core platform capabilities, optimizing existing systems for scalability, and shaping the future of Gusto's Payroll and Tax systems. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead projects from inception to completion, influencing initial feature specifications, optimizing systems towards desired outcomes, executing projects, and maintaining the code that underpins key user experiences. If you are passionate about developing sophisticated software that has a significant impact on the modern economy, we invite you to join us!About the Team:The Payroll team is the core of Gusto’s operations. The Pay Group teams (responsible for payroll and tax) oversee the product, operational, and service aspects that Gusto utilizes to onboard clients, process payroll, calculate taxes and deductions, pay and file with tax authorities, and ensure compliance on behalf of our clients. This domain is intricate and offers opportunities to engage in system design that simplifies processes for both internal and external customers.Sub-Teams:Tax Accuracy: This group is responsible for gathering and maintaining the essential information required to ensure timely and accurate tax payments and filings for our clients, consisting of multiple teams covering various aspects of the process.Ledger: This team is developing a payroll ledger to monitor accrual accounting for payroll-related monetary movements, beginning to support the payroll domain, risk management, payments, and accounting.Engine: This team collaborates closely with the payroll compliance team to facilitate compliant payroll processes, such as minimum wage adjustments and regular pay rates.

We are seeking a visionary Head of Engineering to lead our dynamic team at Gusto. As the Head of Engineering, you will play a critical role in shaping our technology strategy and driving innovative engineering solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the direction of our engineering practices and to mentor and grow our talented engineering team.

Join Gusto as a Staff Product Designer specializing in benefits, where your design expertise will shape the future of our innovative products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric solutions that enhance the benefits experience for our customers. You will have the opportunity to influence design strategies and contribute to the overall vision of our product offerings.

Join Gusto as a Principal Software Engineer in our Money Group, where you will play a pivotal role in transforming the way businesses manage their finances. You will lead a team of talented engineers, driving innovation and excellence in our software development processes. Your expertise will help shape our product offerings, ensuring they are both robust and user-friendly.In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management and design, to deliver high-quality software solutions. You will be responsible for architectural decisions, mentoring junior engineers, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

About GustoAt Gusto, we are dedicated to empowering the small business economy. We take care of the complex tasks like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR, allowing business owners to concentrate on their passions and their customers. With teams located in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we proudly support over 400,000 small businesses nationwide, while fostering a workplace that represents and celebrates the diverse communities we serve. Discover more about our Total Rewards philosophy.Symmetry Software, a division of Gusto, serves as the payroll backbone for software and payroll platforms, facilitating the paychecks of more than 64 million workers annually. Our fully integrated suite of payroll tax APIs and software tools empowers companies to address tax compliance challenges and develop applications throughout the payroll process.What Product Management Looks Like at Symmetry:Our Product team is streamlined, giving you significant impact and ownership. We value small, empowered teams that operate quickly with minimal overhead. You will combine strong product insights with proficiency in AI tools to automate inefficiencies and enhance creativity and performance.We are builders at heart. Roles are intentionally fluid, and our Product Managers do whatever it takes to drive results. You will prototype, automate, design, and deploy solutions, leveraging AI as your co-creator to transform challenges into robust solutions that deliver rapid customer value.We are committed to enhancing the payroll industry. Our technology influences over 64 million paychecks in the U.S. each year. We are motivated by profound customer empathy and an unwavering drive for innovation.We embrace change. Our fast-paced environment allows Product Managers to flourish in ambiguity, merging curiosity, experimentation, and AI-driven craftsmanship to redefine how products (and work itself) are developed at Symmetry.About the Role:We are seeking a visionary product leader to spearhead the creation of new business lines focused on payroll tax products. This role, centered on developing new initiatives from scratch, will grant you considerable autonomy to lead discovery, strategy, and execution for innovative payroll tax products. You will be tasked with delivering impactful business results, including new revenue streams and enhancing existing revenue.

Join our team as a Senior Software Engineer focused on our Data Platform at Gusto. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in designing and building scalable data systems that drive business decisions and enhance our platform's capabilities. Your contributions will directly impact our ability to deliver exceptional services to our customers.You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring that our data architecture is robust, efficient, and aligned with our business goals. If you are passionate about data engineering and are looking for a place to innovate and grow, we want to hear from you!

Join Gusto as a Staff Product Designer focused on retirement solutions, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping user experiences that empower individuals to plan for their financial futures. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design innovative products that reflect our commitment to enhancing the lives of our customers.

Join Gusto as a Staff Product Designer and help us shape the future of our product offerings. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative design solutions that enhance the user experience. We are looking for someone with a passion for design and a commitment to excellence.

About GustoAt Gusto, we are dedicated to empowering the small business economy. We take care of essential services such as payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR, allowing business owners to concentrate on their passion and serving their customers. With teams based in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we proudly support over 400,000 small businesses nationwide, and we are committed to building a workplace that reflects and celebrates the diversity of our customers. Discover more about our Total Rewards philosophy. About the Role:We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff Data Scientist with a minimum of 7 years of experience in a business environment. In this pivotal role, you will utilize experimentation, statistical inference, and causal analysis to drive strategic decision-making that enhances our organization's success. The ideal candidate is a trusted data storyteller with strong statistical and programming skills, passionate about using these abilities to support small businesses in thriving.About the Team:In this position, you will collaborate closely with our Product, Engineering, Design, Finance, and other Data teams to become an expert in your domain's data, define and track metrics that provide insights into our business performance, and delve into our Payroll, Benefits, and HR data to deliver valuable insights and answer critical questions. You will also implement AI-assisted methodologies to accelerate analysis, enhance rigor, and broaden the impact of insights throughout Gusto. We have multiple senior roles open, each focusing on a different segment of our business.Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:Lead: Tackle ambiguous challenges, design analytical frameworks, and introduce scalable structures across multiple product domains.Strategic Partnership: Work alongside product managers, engineering leads, designers, and operations teams to proactively identify opportunities, align on strategies, and steer data-informed decision-making.Analytical Rigor: Employ advanced statistical methods, causal inference, experimentation, and AI-assisted analytics to identify product performance drivers, distinguishing signal from noise.Experimentation & Analysis: Conduct rigorous experimentation to validate hypotheses and inform product iterations.

About GustoAt Gusto, we are dedicated to empowering small businesses to flourish. Our comprehensive solutions encompass payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR, allowing business owners to concentrate on what they do best: serving their customers and mastering their craft. With teams located in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we proudly support over 400,000 small businesses nationwide, while striving to cultivate a workplace that reflects and honors our diverse clientele. Discover more about our Total Rewards philosophy.About the Role:We are seeking an experienced and driven Principal Data Scientist with over 10 years of expertise to join our Product team. In this pivotal role, you will utilize your skills in experimentation, statistical inference, and causal analysis to influence strategic decision-making that propels our organizational success. The ideal candidate is a compelling data storyteller with robust statistical and programming capabilities, passionate about leveraging data to support small business growth.In this position, you will collaborate closely with our Product, Engineering, Design, Finance, and other Data teams to become an authority on your domain's data, establish and monitor key metrics to assess business performance, and analyze our Payroll, Benefits, and HR data to extract actionable insights. Additionally, you will adopt AI-assisted methodologies to enhance analysis efficiency, improve rigor, and broaden the dissemination of insights across Gusto.We have multiple senior Data Scientist roles available at this senior level, each concentrating on various critical business areas.Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:Strategic Leadership: Develop the analytical strategy for a significant product or business segment. Pinpoint high-impact opportunities, set long-term objectives for measurement and experimentation, and synchronize executive stakeholders on data-driven initiatives.Execution Excellence: Drive the implementation of comprehensive analytical roadmaps that influence company strategy. Ensure alignment and uphold consistent analytical rigor and metric integrity across product domains.Scaled Impact: Beyond being an expert in statistical methods and fostering impact...

About Us:At Ambience Healthcare, we are pioneering an AI intelligence platform that brings a human touch back to healthcare, enabling health systems nationwide to achieve impressive returns on investment.Our innovative technology allows healthcare providers to concentrate on what matters most—their patients—by alleviating the administrative workloads that detract from their essential tasks. Ambience provides real-time, coding-aware documentation alongside clinical workflow support across various settings, including ambulatory, emergency, and inpatient care, at the leading healthcare institutions across North America.Our teams work with unwavering determination and a sense of ownership to create the best solutions for our health system partners. We value openness, positivity, and thoughtful engagement, and we hold each other to high standards because we understand the significance of the challenges we're tackling.Ambience has been recognized as the top firm for enhancing clinician experiences in the KLAS Research Emerging Solutions Top 20 Report, celebrated by Fast Company as one of the Next Big Things in Tech, acknowledged by Inc. as one of the best AI companies in healthcare, and named a LinkedIn Top Startup in 2024 and 2025. We are proud to be backed by Oak HC/FT, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), OpenAI Startup Fund, and Kleiner Perkins—and we are only beginning our journey.The Role:As a Staff Software Engineer on the AI Platform team, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining the core infrastructure that supports healthcare providers using our platform daily in their patient care efforts. Being part of the OpenAI portfolio means you will work alongside some of the industry's foremost experts in AI and gain exposure to the latest advancements in technology.In the initial six months, you will lay the groundwork for long-term success by enhancing platform observability, reliability, and scalability. As a technical leader, you will oversee the entire lifecycle of significant technical projects within our AI stack, from system design to the deployment of your code.Our engineering positions operate in a hybrid model, requiring presence in our San Francisco office three days a week.What You’ll Do:Design and architect key product features using the latest AI advancements to create a seamless user experience.Proactively identify potential system bottlenecks and re-architect critical components before they impact our clients.Lead strategic product initiatives that enhance iteration speed while maintaining quality and reliability.

Founded in 2007, Airbnb has transformed the way people travel by connecting over 5 million hosts with more than 2 billion guests worldwide. Our platform offers unique accommodations and experiences that foster authentic community connections. The Team You Will JoinThe Airfam Products team is dedicated to enhancing productivity for every Airbnb employee by creating a cohesive digital headquarters experience. As part of a dynamic 10-member cross-functional team consisting of engineers, designers, researchers, and product managers, you will contribute to platforms utilized by Airbnb's global workforce.Our portfolio features One Airbnb (the company’s internal cultural hub with enterprise search, employee profiles, and AI-driven chat), OneChat (Airbnb's secure enterprise ChatGPT for seamless LLM interactions), and a range of tools designed to help employees find information, connect with colleagues, and accomplish tasks efficiently.You will report directly to the Engineering Manager and collaborate closely with the Employee Experience Tools & Technologies (TNT) team, Product Managers, UX Designers, and Data Scientists. Our team is pioneering AI-driven employee experience innovations, developing systems that reshape how thousands of employees engage with their work on a daily basis. Your ImpactAs a Staff Engineer on the Airfam Products team, you will serve as the technical backbone for Airbnb's next generation of AI-powered employee experience platforms. The tools you develop, the architectural decisions you make, and the mentorship you provide to fellow engineers will significantly boost productivity across Airbnb's global workforce. You will:Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable software solutions.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.Engage in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.

Join Gusto as a Retirement Developer Infrastructure Engineer to shape and enhance our retirement offerings. You will play a crucial role in developing infrastructure that supports our retirement solutions while ensuring seamless integration and high performance.