Staff Software Engineer, HR Experiences
GustoPayroll & company
New York, United States$199,000–$247,000Lead
Y Combinator
T. Rowe Price
CapitalG
Sands Capital
Fidelity
Generation Investment Management
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Builds HR guidance and AI tools for small businesses.
- •Gusto is seeking seasoned full-stack software engineers to join their HR Experience team.
- •This role involves building compliant HR guidance and documentation, and using AI to enhance HR Partner effectiveness for small businesses.
- •Key Responsibilities Design, build, and test Gusto's HR experience for employers and employees.
- •Develop AI tools and agents to automate HR workflows.
- •Mentor other engineers on complex technical problems.
- •Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-loved products.
- •Requirements 8+ years of software development experience.
- •Experience owning multi-quarter projects with measurable customer impact.
- •Experience driving large, cross-functional projects through ambiguity.
- •Actively uses agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex).
- •Experience with or strong interest in building AI agents.
Required skills
Ruby on RailsJavaScriptReact
Domain expertise
hrtechproductivity
Benefits & perks
equity (RSUs), health insurance, 401(k)s
Tech stack
Ruby on RailsJavaScriptReact