Sr Staff Software Engineer, Gusto Pro San Francisco, CA - Gusto

Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 300,000 businesses nationwide.

Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.

About the Role:

As a Senior Staff Engineer on the Gusto Pro team, you will drive technical strategy and execution for features that empower accounting firms to serve their clients more effectively. You’ll bring deep expertise and thought leadership in engineering excellence, influencing the team’s approach to solving complex challenges. Beyond delivering impactful projects, you’ll model and promote a culture of innovation, mentorship, and collaboration, helping the team grow and achieve exceptional results.

About the Team:

The Gusto Pro team creates tools tailored to accountants, with a mission to help them serve their clients efficiently and effectively. You’ll join a team of customer-obsessed engineers, designers, and product managers working to deliver features that streamline workflows, enhance user experiences, and improve Gusto Pro's scalability. We prioritize impact and measure accordingly to create tight feedback loops on which to iterate.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

1. Identify and solve high-impact problems involving a level of technical and/or organization complexity that requires understanding and coordination across multiple domains.
2. Consistently show up as an organizational leader, within the Gusto Pro group and beyond.
3. Work with engineers and leaders across team and organizational boundaries to elevate Gusto’s engineering quality and velocity.
4. Inform and maintain best practices for reliability and observability for the Gusto Pro group.
5. Communicate and negotiate the organizational investment for the creation or expansion of the Gusto Pro group’s systems and services.
6. Lead engineering-wide improvements to core data models and other foundational architecture.

Here’s what we're looking for:

1. Deep expertise in building maintainable systems at scale.
2. Experience providing technical leadership, including influencing architecture and design decisions for complex applications.
3. A track record of delivering high-quality software in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
4. Expertise in applying engineering best practices, such as code quality, testing strategies, and performance optimization.
5. Proven ability to mentor engineers and foster technical growth within a team.
6. Effective communication skills, with the ability to share knowledge and align teams on technical goals.
7. Experience in SaaS, fintech, or similar industries is a plus.

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $191,000/yr to $237,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $225,000/yr to $279,000/yr for San Francisco, Seattle, & New York. Stock equity is additional. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role).

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.

Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.