Staff Software Engineer, Local Environments Team at Gusto

**Who this is for** This role is designed for a heavyweight Ruby on Rails expert with over 10 years of experience who is passionate about developer experience (DX). You should be a systems thinker who enjoys building tools for other engineers rather than building product features. The ideal candidate has deep architectural knowledge and a modern interest in how AI can automate and accelerate local development environments. **Key highlights** The compensation is highly competitive, reaching up to $250k base depending on location, plus stock equity. While the role offers remote flexibility across several major US hubs and Toronto, those near San Francisco, Denver, or NYC will transition into a hybrid schedule (2-3 days in-office). This is a high-leverage position within the Developer Productivity organization, meaning your work directly impacts the daily happiness and velocity of hundreds of engineers. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have a decade of experience and deep expertise in the Ruby/Rails ecosystem. * Are excited about building internal platforms and CLI tools to streamline setup and troubleshooting. * Have worked with complex infrastructure like Kafka or Sidekiq for asynchronous processing. * Want to experiment with integrating AI and automation into the developer inner loop.