Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Gusto

Senior Software Engineer architecting, building, and maintaining data infrastructure at Gusto. Collaborating closely with Data Science and Business Intelligence teams to achieve their goals.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timeCalifornia, Colorado, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $163,000 - $204,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAmazon RedshiftAWSCloudKafkaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect, build, and refine our infrastructure and tools that enable other teams to work with data.
Efficiently handle vast amounts of clickstream, database, and third party application data, processing in batch and real-time.
Take full ownership of the solutions you build, working with stakeholders to develop requirements, implement solutions, monitor production, and troubleshoot problems that arise.
Work as part of a team. We value team players who share their knowledge and like collaborating with others.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 7 years of software engineering experience.
Experience building solutions in the cloud, AWS preferred (Redshift, MSK, EMR).
Experience with OLAP databases (Clickhouse).
Experience building data pipelines at scale, Airflow and Python preferred.
Experience with streaming systems desired (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar).
Ability to turn vague requirements into clear deliverables with minimal guidance.
Experience building and maintaining a modern data stack in production.

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive base pay
benefits
equity (RSUs)

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringcloud solutionsOLAP databasesdata pipelinesAirflowPythonstreaming systemsKafkaKinesisdata stack

Soft Skills

team playercollaborationproblem-solvingstakeholder engagementrequirement analysisownershipcommunicationknowledge sharingtroubleshootingindependence