Staff Software Engineer, Retirement AI
Gusto, Inc. · Denver, CO;San Francisco, CA;New York, NY
Posted about 3 months ago · $187,000-$234,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Gusto, Inc.'s roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 49% of Gusto, Inc.'s roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Gusto, Inc.
- high 96 stale, 9 reposted of 97 open
- Hiring momentum
- 146 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Gusto, Inc.'s own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Gusto, Inc..
About this role
As a Staff Software Engineer for Retirement AI at Gusto, you will design, build, and ship production features that utilize large language models to address customer needs. Your role involves collaborating with product and design teams, making architectural decisions, and writing reliable code while ensuring smooth integration with existing systems. You will be part of a senior, focused team that values execution and quick iteration on ideas.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Gusto, Inc. as an employer.
What you need
- 7+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production products or platforms
- Hands-on experience implementing LLM-powered features (e.g., RAG flows, agents, tool loops, workflow automation with language models, etc)
- Strong engineering skills (e.g., services, APIs, data flows); comfortable spending most of your time coding
- Experience running or heavily contributing to a team’s execution: sprints, Jira, scoping, and cross-functional coordination
- Bias to action: you default to trying things, iterating, and learning, rather than getting stuck in analysis or waiting for direction
- Clear communicator who can work well with product, design, and other engineering teams without needing a formal management title
What you get
- Competitive base pay
- Benefits
- Equity (RSUs)
Worth weighing
- No salary listed for remote locations
- Office attendance required 2-3 days per week for employees in specific locations
- AI experience requirements will be assessed during the interview process
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Listed by Gusto, Inc. on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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