Join Gusto as a Staff Software Engineer to enhance the benefits renewal process for small businesses using cutting-edge technology.
Posted by employer 2 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 4 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
40% coding
AI in the day-to-day
AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto; team members are expected to engage with AI tools relevant to their role.
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Software Engineer on the Benefits Renewals team at Gusto, the engineer will design, build, and enhance products that streamline the benefits renewal process for small businesses. Proficiency in Ruby on Rails and JavaScript, along with experience in managing complex, cross-functional projects, is essential for success. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in software development who are eager to mentor others and tackle challenging technical problems. Gusto emphasizes collaboration and innovation, particularly in leveraging AI tools to improve product capabilities.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze July 31, 2026. Last confirmed on Gusto's careers page October 17, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Fullstack roles (median ~$165,000).
- Starts above 33% of 36 comparable staff fullstack roles in United States that list React we track (median $200,000 across 15 companies). See React salary trends
- React appears in 65% of 80 comparable staff fullstack roles in United States; Rails appears in 2.5% of 80 comparable staff fullstack roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, Benefit Renewals role remote?
- It's hybrid — Gusto expects some on-site time in Denver, CO.
- What's the salary range?
- Gusto lists $197,000–$247,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Benefit Renewals role.
- Where is the role based?
- Gusto is hiring for this position in Denver, CO.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: JavaScript, Rails, React, Ruby.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Gusto targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, Benefit Renewals role at Gusto.
From the original posting
About Gusto
We're looking for a full-stack software engineer to join the Benefits Renewals team! Each year, customers need to review and update their benefits. This team powers the workflows that guide employers and employees through the renewal process, helping them stay compliant and retain the coverage that works best for them.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll operate across the full product lifecycle: shaping features from early spec and design through to launch and long-term iteration. That means writing clean frontend code, designing and building reliable backend APIs, influencing product direction, and taking ownership of what happens after a feature ships.
If you're drawn to work that combines technical craft with real-world impact — helping power the livelihoods of millions using Gusto products — join us!
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
- Design, build, and test products in Benefits. Improve the user experience when renewing benefits, for both our external and internal customers. Automate the complex manual processes in health insurance to reduce errors and save time.
- Mentor other engineers to help solve some of the hardest technical problems out there in very complex domains and at a large scale
- Help scale one of the largest Ruby/Rails and Javascript/React applications in the world
- Collaborate with our Product Management, Data, Design, and Platform Engineering teams to understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then prototype, iterate, and launch daily
- Build products that our customers genuinely love
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Successful applicants typically have 8+ years of software development experience
- Experience owning multi-quarter projects that solve complex engineering problems and make measurable customer impact at scale
- Experience driving large, cross-functional projects end-to-end through ambiguity — scoping, sequencing, and unblocking without needing the problem pre-broken-down; aligning multiple stakeholders and working with multiple teams
- Experience with implementing A/B tests or experimentation.
Experience leveraging AI tools or systems to accelerate development, improve testing, and deliver new product capabilities
- Curiosity and experimentation with emerging AI frameworks, applying and sharing best practices to evaluate and scale AI use safely across teams
- Ability to mentor engineers to maximize their performance and impact
Others:
- Experience in, or interest working in, Ruby on Rails
- Appreciation for a collaborative, test-driven environment
- Ability to build well-structured, maintainable, well-documented code
- Ability to effectively communicate across engineering teams and with business stakeholders
Please note that travel to Gusto's office for onboarding is required for this position. If you have any questions regarding this requirement, please share with your recruiter.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $197,000–$247,000 for San Francisco & 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.
At Gusto, we don't use titles the traditional way, as a signal of rank or hierarchy. Instead, our titles describe two things at once — your craft (what you do, e.g. Engineering, Design) and your scope of ownership (what you're accountable for) — which is why you'll see something like "Head of X" instead of a rank word like "Director" that tells you neither. Because of this, the title on this posting may look different from what you'd expect based on the scope and seniority of the role, and from how similar roles are typically titled elsewhere. If you have questions about how this role compares to your current title or level, your recruiter can help translate.
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