197K–247K USD / year
Staff Software Engineer, PEO
FullstackHybrid — San Francisco, CA
Published on 2026-10-06
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About this role
As a Staff Engineer on the PEO Growth team at Gusto, you'll be responsible for the customer onboarding experience for small businesses. Your role includes shaping technical direction, integrating across teams, and using AI tools to enhance the onboarding process.
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
PEO Growth team
Stack
Ruby on RailsReactTypeScript
What you'll do
- Own the PEO onboarding experience end to end
- Set technical direction and turn product bets into designs
- Build in a regulated domain with emphasis on quality
- Partner across teams to create a coherent customer journey
- Use AI for coding, review, and debugging
- Define and measure onboarding success metrics
- Raise engineering standards in a fast-paced environment
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong full-stack capabilities in server-side and frontend
- Demonstrated fluency in AI tools
- Ability to work with ambiguity and take ownership
- Strong collaboration skills across teams
Nice to have
- Experience in growth metrics and funnels
Benefits
- Equity (RSUs)
- Competitive base pay and benefits