Advance Gusto’s Tax platform with AI guardrails, fault-tolerant systems, and maintainable code that supports accurate payroll compliance. Work from Gusto’s stated office locations with designated in-office days.

This Senior Staff Engineer role combines platform engineering with responsible AI adoption across a highly complex tax domain. You will build systems for setup, calculation, payments, filings, and communications while helping engineers use AI effectively. The position requires clear technical communication, informed tradeoffs, and collaboration across teams.

Key Responsibilities

Build maintainable, structured, and well-documented platform code

Enable secure agentic AI interaction with tax concepts

Lead scalable solutions for complex and ambiguous problems





Mentor engineers on effective AI usage and strategy

Improve foundational architecture, reliability, and team effectiveness

Requirements

At least 10+ years of engineering experience

Experience with multiple general-purpose programming languages

Experience building and testing large-scale production systems

Understanding of current AI tools and their limitations

Bonus experience with Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, and React

Use AI fluency, system architecture, and reliability expertise to strengthen Gusto’s tax compliance technology.

📌 Senior Staff Engineer AI Tax Systems (Prince Edward Island)
🏢 Gusto
📍 Prince Edward Island