Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

About the Role

Join Gusto's Data Platform team as a Senior Software Engineer to architect, build, and maintain the data infrastructure that powers our mission to grow the small business economy.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and refine infrastructure and tools that enable other teams to work with data.
• Efficiently process vast amounts of clickstream, database, and third-party application data in batch and real-time.
• Take full ownership of solutions, from developing requirements with stakeholders to implementing, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate effectively with team members, sharing knowledge and contributing to a team-oriented environment.

Requirements

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

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with streaming systems (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar).