Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Sr. Staff Software Engineer role stands out in SaaS because it sits at the intersection of product engineering and regulated workflows. Building an “entity management” product to reduce compliance burden signals a platform-style domain where reliability, auditability, and lifecycle automation matter as much as feature delivery—common traits in SaaS products that become foundational systems for customers.
From a SaaS career perspective, the role offers leverage in areas that translate across many subscription businesses: setting technical direction for a new product line, integrating new capabilities into legacy systems, and aligning engineering decisions with go-to-market and support considerations. The emphasis on cross-functional collaboration also mirrors how mature SaaS organizations ship—where product, design, support, and marketing inputs shape what gets built and how it’s operated over time.
This position is best suited to senior engineers who prefer broad ownership and influence over a narrow execution lane. It fits someone comfortable balancing greenfield development with modernization work, and who enjoys mentoring while also acting as a technical point of clarity for non-technical stakeholders. An on-site onboarding requirement suggests a role that benefits from early, high-bandwidth alignment.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About the Role
As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer on the Entity Management team, you will spearhead the development of a new product that will remove the burden of compliance for our entrepreneurs, helping them focus on growing their business without worrying about paperwork. You will be responsible for defining the technical roadmap, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, managing daily team operations, and mentoring and guiding engineers. If you are passionate about driving innovation and making a significant impact, we would love to have you join our team.
About the Team
The Entity Management team is responsible for building and maintaining tools that help small businesses manage the entire lifecycle of their legal and compliance needs, including incorporation. This means supporting business owners from the very first step of getting their company incorporated, all the way through ongoing compliance, account monitoring, and even dissolution if needed. The team’s mission is to simplify and automate these often complex, time-consuming processes, so business owners can focus on growing their business without worrying about government regulations.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
- Define and execute the technical roadmap for the new product, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Design, Customer Support, and Marketing, to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Mentor and guide engineers on the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Develop the team’s software development process and technical approaches to ensure efficient and effective project execution.
- Drive the implementation of new functionality in legacy systems to enhance support for the new customer base.
- Act as the technical leader for the team, pioneering solutions and overcoming challenges to innovate and drive the project forward.
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain code quality standards.
Here’s what we're looking for:
- 12+ years of professional software development experience.
- Proven experience in leading the development of greenfield products and/or features. Ruby on Rails, Typescript, and React experience is preferred but not required.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Design, and Marketing.
- Strong mentorship skills with a track record of fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement within a team.
- Experience acting as a technical leader, solving complex problems, and driving innovation.
- Ability to develop and enhance the team’s software development processes and technical approaches.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred but not mandatory).
Please note that travel to Gusto’s Denver office for onboarding is required for this position. If you have any questions regarding this requirement, please share with your recruiter.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $225,000/yr to $275,000/yr for San Francisco CA. Stock equity is additional. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
