Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform
About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers.
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Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform at Gusto in Canada - Toronto. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers.
Day-to-day expectations
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- 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.
- At least 7 years of software engineering experience.
- Experience building solutions in the cloud, AWS preferred (Redshift, MSK, EMR).
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- 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.
- At least 7 years of software engineering experience.
- Experience building solutions in the cloud, AWS preferred (Redshift, MSK, EMR).
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- 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.
- At least 7 years of software engineering experience.
- Experience building solutions in the cloud, AWS preferred (Redshift, MSK, EMR).
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