Staff Software Engineer, Time and Scheduling

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

Design, build, and test Gusto core products across the Time domain
Mentor other engineers to help solve some of the hardest technical problems out there in very complex domains and at a large scale
Help scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and Javascript/React applications in the world
Collaborate with our Product Management, Data, Design, and Platform Engineering teams to understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then prototype, iterate, and launch daily
Build products that our customers genuinely love
Here’s what we’re looking for:

Successful applicants typically have 8+ years of software development experience
Experience building scalable solutions that eliminate customer pain; passion for creating memorable experiences for customers
Experience leveraging AI tools or systems to accelerate development, improve testing, and deliver new product capabilities
Curiosity and experimentation with emerging AI frameworks, applying and sharing best practices to evaluate and scale AI use safely across teams
Experience owning multi-quarter projects that solve complex engineering problems and make measurable customer impact at scale
Experience with large scale refactors, performance and reliability issues, and a strong sense of ownership over all aspects of your product area
Ability to mentor engineers to maximize their performance and impact
Others:

Experience in, or interest working in, Ruby on Rails
Appreciation for a collaborative, test-driven environment
Ability to build well-structured, maintainable, well-documented code
Ability to effectively communicate across engineering teams and with business stakeholders.

Skills Required
8+ years of software development experience
Experience building scalable solutions that eliminate customer pain
Experience leveraging AI tools or systems to accelerate development, improve testing, and deliver new product capabilities
Curiosity and experimentation with emerging AI frameworks and applying best practices to evaluate and scale AI safely
Experience owning multi‑quarter projects that solve complex engineering problems and make measurable customer impact at scale
Experience with large scale refactors, performance and reliability issues
Ability to mentor engineers to maximize their performance and impact
Experience with JavaScript and React
Experience in, or interest working in, Ruby on Rails
Appreciation for a collaborative, test‑driven environment
Ability to build well‑structured, maintainable, well‑documented code
Ability to effectively communicate across engineering teams and with business stakeholders