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Senior Staff Engineer, Expansion Experiences

San Francisco, CA - HybridFull-time$191k–$240k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Own outcomes across the full expansion funnel for small businesses, shaping technical approach for recommendations and conversion journeys.

Role type

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Expansion Experiences)

Builds

Recommendations, nurture journeys, and self-serve conversion paths for Gusto's small business platform.

Domain

Fintech / HR Tech / Small Business SaaS

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Full-stack development, system architecture, experimental design, technical leadership, mentoring, AI tool integration, product sense, ambiguity navigation, large-scale refactors

Preferred skills

Ruby on Rails, React, GraphQL, TypeScript, growth/lifecycle context experience

Technologies

Ruby on Rails, React, GraphQL, TypeScript, AI tools

Responsibilities

Shape technical architecture for recommendations and conversion journeys; make scoping calls to ship MVPs; design experiments using noisy data; partner with Product, Design, and Data Science; mentor engineers and delegate work; leverage AI tools to accelerate development.

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope