Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Gusto is a company on a mission to grow the small business economy by handling payroll, health insurance, and more for small businesses. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect, build, and maintain their data infrastructure, collaborating closely with teams across the company to achieve their goals.

Responsibilities:

• 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:

• 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