197K–247K USD / year
Staff Software Engineer, HR Experience
FullstackHybrid — New York, NY
Published on 2026-10-15
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About this role
In this role, you will own full-stack features for the HR Experience product, handling everything from design to implementation and monitoring. The position emphasizes clean coding, reliability, and cross-functional collaboration.
About the company
Gusto is a digital platform that provides payroll, benefits, and human resource management solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. The company focuses on simplifying HR processes and ensuring compliance, while also offering tools for employee engagement and retirement planning.
The team
HRX Engineering
Stack
Ruby on RailsNode.jsPython/DjangoReactTypeScript
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain features for HRX Engineering product
- Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code
- Participate in code reviews and sprint planning
- Partner with product and design for technical solutions
- Monitor and improve the reliability and performance of features
- Participate in on-call rotation for incident response
- Mentor less-tenured engineers
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in backend and frontend languages/frameworks
- Solid understanding of relational databases
- Comfortable owning projects end-to-end
- Grounded in software engineering fundamentals
- Experience partnering with cross-functional teams
- Clear communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience in HR tech or fintech
- Experience designing REST or GraphQL APIs
- Exposure to a11y best practices