Senior Staff Software Engineer Applied AI Payroll
Senior Staff Software Engineer Applied AI Payroll
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About Gusto
Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of fullservice payroll Gusto offers health insurance 401(k)s expert HR and team management tools. Today Gusto offices in Denver San Francisco and New York serve more than 400000 businesses nationwide.
Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life and it starts right here at Gusto. Thats why were committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
About the Role:
We are looking for someone to help us accelerate our payroll mission via intelligent use and integration of conversational and agentic AI into the products that serve small and medium business owners and their teams. This person should not only be familiar with AI technologies but should have experience applying them to enhance existing product experiences.
About the Team:
Payroll is the beating heart of Gustos business. Payroll Services teams are responsible for the product ops and service components Gusto uses to onboard customers process payrolls calculate taxes & deductions pay and file with tax agencies and maintain compliance on behalf of the customers. The domain is highly complex and offers the opportunity to engage in system design that simplifies this for customers both internal and external.
Heres what youll do daytoday:
- Deeply understand the customer journeyboth on and off the Gusto platformand identify highimpact opportunities to simplify automate and delight through AI.
- Design and build multiagent AI systems that collaborate effectively to automate key customer workflows and jobs to be done.
- Partner closely with engineers product managers designers and other crossfunctional teams to bring innovative AIpowered experiences to life quickly.
- Continuously iterate on AIdriven features to improve customer outcomes and drive measurable business impact.
- Support Payroll and Tax teams in applying AI to build more intuitive efficient and delightful experiences for both internal and external users.
Heres what were looking for:
- 12 years of software development experience
- Expertise in Agentic AI Machine Learning and LLMs is essential. You should be considered an expert in this field and have applied it to existing products
- Productminded and thrives in creative problemsolving seamlessly transitioning between engineering and product management roles to drive impactful solutions
- An aptitude and interest in bringing clarity and simplicity to complex and ambiguous problems
- Ability to communicate technical complexity and help facilitate informed tradeoffs
- Experience building products in highly regulated domains is desired but not required
- Experience in one of these domains is desired but not required: Payroll Taxes or Compliance
Please note that travel to Gustos Denver 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 $191000/yr to $237000/yr in Denver & most remote locations and $225000/yr to $279000/yr for San Francisco Seattle & 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.
Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver San Francisco and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 23 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles Gustos subsidiary whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office a secure reliable and consistent internet connection is required.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds not just because its the right thing to do but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses you will find a home at Gusto.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) marital status ancestry physical or mental disability genetic information veteran status gender identity or expression sexual orientation or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
