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Gusto, Inc.

Senior Staff Software Engineer - Pricing and Packaging

Gusto, Inc. · San Francisco, CA

Posted about 3 months ago

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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
No
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

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About this role

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Pricing & Packaging team at Gusto, you will lead the technical direction of the internal Commerce Platform, focusing on architecture and delivery of systems that manage product pricing and packaging for small businesses. Your role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and leveraging AI tools to enhance engineering practices. You will also be responsible for ensuring platform reliability and performance while driving complex projects from inception to completion.

Our read on this posting2.4out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • At least 2 years in a tech lead or staff engineer role
  • Mastery in at least one programming language (e.g. Ruby, Java, Python, Go)
  • Deep experience building and operating large-scale backend platform systems in commerce, billing, subscription management, pricing and packaging
  • Strong command of distributed systems, API design, and service reliability practices
  • Experience defining and meeting SLOs in production environments

What you get

  • Competitive base pay
  • Benefits
  • Equity (RSUs)

Worth weighing

  • No specific technologies or frameworks mentioned, which may indicate a broad tech stack or legacy systems.
  • High-stakes platform work may involve significant pressure and responsibility.
  • Hybrid work model requires in-office presence 2-3 days per week for local employees.

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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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