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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.
