Staff Software Engineer, PEO
Core
Own the end-to-end PEO onboarding experience for small businesses, from discovery to full setup, ensuring a coherent customer journey across integrated systems.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Product Engineering)
Builds
The PEO onboarding product experience and the underlying integration architecture connecting multiple Gusto domains.
Domain
Fintech / HR Tech / Professional Employer Organization (PEO)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Full-stack engineering, system design, cross-team negotiation, funnel instrumentation, ambiguity management, AI tooling fluency
Preferred skills
Growth systems experience, Ruby on Rails, React/TypeScript
Technologies
Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript
Responsibilities
Own the PEO Onboarding experience end to end; Set technical direction for ambiguous product bets; Partner across app teams to integrate domains; Instrument the funnel and make data-driven decisions; Raise the engineering bar in testing and observability; Use AI as a normal part of engineering work.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
