Staff Software Engineer, Unified Services Platform
Gusto, Inc. · Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
Posted about 2 months ago · $163,000–$204,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 63 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 on the Unified Services Platform at Gusto, you will design, build, and maintain scalable Apex solutions on the Salesforce platform to support Sales and Customer Experience teams. You will also utilize AI coding assistants throughout the development lifecycle, oversee improvements to deployed features, and contribute to codebases beyond Salesforce. This role involves applying best practices in Salesforce platform architecture and change management while ensuring code quality and maintainability.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- 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
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 4+ years developing on the Salesforce platform in Apex
- Salesforce Platform Developer I and/or Application Architect certification(s)
- Strong understanding of Salesforce platform architecture
- Experience using the sf CLI and Salesforce change/release management best practices
- Fluent use of AI coding assistants in the development lifecycle
Nice to have
- Experience in regulated industries
- Ruby on Rails experience
What you get
- Competitive base pay
- Benefits
- Equity (RSUs)
Worth weighing
- Two-day travel to a Gusto office for onboarding is required
- Cash compensation varies by location and experience
- Office work expected 2-3 days per week for hybrid roles
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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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