# Staff Software Engineer, Time and Scheduling

**Company:** [Gusto](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gusto)
**Location:** New York, NY, Atlanta, GA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $197k – $247k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React, backend apis, AI Tools, ai frameworks, test-driven development, Performance Optimization, reliability engineering
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Build and scale customer-facing Time and Scheduling products across frontend and backend systems, while shaping product direction and mentoring engineers. The role requires 8+ years of software development experience, large-scale engineering ownership, and experience with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and React.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and test Gusto core products across the Time domain.
- Mentor engineers while helping solve complex technical problems at large scale.
- Scale a large Ruby on Rails and JavaScript/React application.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Data, Design, and Platform Engineering to understand customer pain points, develop solutions, prototype, iterate, and launch products.
- Own features and products across the full lifecycle, from specification and design through launch and long-term iteration.
- Build frontend code, design and implement reliable backend APIs, and own post-launch outcomes.

## Requirements
- Typically **8+ years of software development experience**.
- Experience building scalable solutions that address customer problems.
- Experience leveraging AI tools or systems to accelerate development, improve testing, and deliver product capabilities.
- Curiosity about emerging AI frameworks and ability to apply and share safe AI evaluation and scaling practices.
- Experience owning multi-quarter projects that solve complex engineering problems and deliver measurable customer impact at scale.
- Experience with large-scale refactors, performance, and reliability challenges.
- Strong product ownership and ability to mentor engineers.
- Experience in, or interest in, Ruby on Rails.
- Appreciation for collaborative, test-driven development.
- Ability to build well-structured, maintainable, well-documented code.
- Effective communication across engineering teams and with business stakeholders.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Cash compensation targeted at **$163,000–$204,000** in Denver and most remote locations.
- Cash compensation targeted at **$197,000–$247,000** in San Francisco and New York.
- Stock equity is additional.
- Full-time employees receive benefits and equity (RSUs).
- Travel to a Gusto office for onboarding is required.
- Employees based in New York City are expected to work from the office approximately 2–3 days per week or more depending on the role.

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