Software Engineer People Technology
Gusto is a payroll and HR platform that helps small businesses pay domestic and international employees, manage benefits, and automate compliance.
Maintainer signals as of 8/12/2026
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About Gusto
Gusto serves small and mid-sized businesses with payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and HR tools in one platform. Users can run payroll, manage health insurance, hire globally, and pay international contractors in local currency or USDC stablecoins. The platform automates payroll tax filings across multiple states and integrates with tools like QuickBooks and Xero.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own and develop PeopleOS and related internal tools, build integrations across HR systems, create MCP servers and AI-powered workflows, document technical systems, support releases, and troubleshoot issues affecting People technology.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of full-stack software engineering experience
- Python
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- REST API
- OAuth
- Rate limiting
- Pagination
- Error handling
- SaaS integration
- Anthropic Claude
- Prompt design
- Response parsing
- Internal tools
- Technical documentation
- HR data sensitivity
- MCP server architecture
- HRIS
- ATS
- LMS
- XML
- XSLT
- JSON
Responsibilities
- Own the PeopleOS technical platform
- Translate People Ops workflows into software
- Design build test and maintain HR system integrations
- Build custom MCP servers
- Integrate the Anthropic API into internal tools
- Design prompts and structured AI workflows
- Document integration specifications and data mappings
- Participate in sprint planning and stakeholder demos
- Troubleshoot issues and implement corrective actions
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
- Equity (RSUs)
