Senior Staff Software Engineer, Time

About the Role:

Join Gusto's Time engineering team as a Senior Backend Engineer (L5) and play a key role in shaping the future of how businesses manage time. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and scaling high-performance APIs that power our time tracking and payroll integrations. You'll have the opportunity to lead projects, collaborate with talented engineers, and mentor others while contributing to a product that impacts millions of users. This is a chance to make a real difference in how businesses operate and help them streamline their most valuable resource: time.

About the Team:

The Time engineering team is a passionate and collaborative group dedicated to building intuitive and reliable time management solutions for Gusto's customers. We value innovation, ownership, and continuous learning. We're a tight-knit team that enjoys tackling complex challenges and celebrating our successes together. As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to a product that makes a real difference, and grow your skills alongside some of the best engineers in the industry.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs for time tracking, scheduling, and payroll integration.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to define API specifications and ensure seamless integration with other Gusto products.
• Lead the technical design and implementation of new features and enhancements to our time management platform.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical guidance and support.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving our engineering practices.
• Work with large-scale data stores and optimize for performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to time-tracking and API functionality.

Here’s what we're looking for:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend development.
• 8+ years of experience building and maintaining backend systems.
• 3+ years of experience designing, developing, and deploying RESTful APIs.
• Strong understanding of API design principles and best practices.
• Experience with relational databases and data modeling.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, Python, Go).
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with written communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails is a plus.
• Prior experience in a technical leadership role is a plus.

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $170,000-$202,000 in Denver, $185,000-$219,000 for Los Angeles and most remote locations, $199,000-$247,000 for San Francisco, New York, and Seattle. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience, level, and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.