Principal Software Engineer - Contractors Payroll at Gusto

You're a principal software engineer with over 15 years of professional experience, including significant time as a tech lead guiding multi-team projects and seasoned in building and scaling resilient backend systems. You also have experience using and evaluating AI tools for product development. **What makes it worth a look...** Gusto is hiring for a Principal Software Engineer in New York, offering a compensation of $251,000-$309,000 per year. This is a full-time, on-site role focused on their core payroll product, specifically the contractors payment system, with opportunities for hybrid work after initial onboarding. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have 15+ years of professional software development experience, with tech lead success across multiple teams. * Are experienced in building and maintaining resilient backend systems, including optimizing for performance and scalability. * Have expertise in developing and maintaining RESTful APIs, GraphQL endpoints, and backend services. * Have experience using AI tools for product development and understanding how to evaluate AI-driven outputs.