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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Onboarding and Activation

Gusto · San Francisco, CA - Hybrid

Employment

Full-time

Workplace

Hybrid

About the role

Gusto is seeking a Staff Product Engineer for their Growth Onboarding team in San Francisco to own and reimagine the signup-to-activation experience for small business owners. In this hybrid role, you will work full-stack and cross-functionally to build proactive AI-driven onboarding solutions, turning net-new 0-to-1 problems into seamless customer journeys.

Key requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, including building and shipping customer-facing products at scale
  • Product-minded approach starting from the customer problem and key metrics, operating independently across product, design, and data
  • Demonstrated ability to move fast, execute with high quality, and iterate rather than waiting for certainty
  • Experience applying AI/LLM capabilities to real product problems with good judgment and a habit of using AI tools to work effectively
  • Founder mindset featuring high ownership, comfort with ambiguity and greenfield problems, and a bias toward action
  • Track record of raising the bar for teams through technical leadership, mentorship, and setting standards
  • Strong full-stack fundamentals and versatility to work across the front end, back end, and data
  • Ability to work from the San Francisco office on designated hybrid days approximately 2-3 days per week

Who should apply

An experienced, product-minded full-stack engineer with a founder mentality, extensive scaling background, and a passion for building AI-driven solutions to solve ambiguous 0-to-1 problems.

Key skills

Full-Stack EngineeringAI/LLM Product IntegrationTechnical LeadershipPrototypingData ModelingCross-Functional Collaboration

Application guidance

Candidates apply on the employer's official site.