Retirement Developer Infrastructure Engineer, Gusto
$175-245k
Salary is dependent on location
1-2 days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Open for applications
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$175-245k
Salary is dependent on location
1-2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To grow the small business economy.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production products or platforms, with hands-on experience delivering AI-powered tooling, LLM integrations, coding assistants, or developer-facing automation to real users
- Strong CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and developer tooling background including experience with high-availability systems, database performance, and reliability-critical domains
- End-to-end ownership mindset comfortable owning systems and domains fully, including production support, operational work, and long-term roadmap planning across multiple quarters
- Proven track record of identifying and driving multi-quarter technical investments, not just executing scoped work with the judgment to balance short-term delivery against long-term technical health
- Collaborative and cross-functional experience working closely with engineering teams and non-engineering partners to identify, prioritize, and solve productivity and infrastructure problems at scale; a clear communicator who can lead project-level communication and advocate for technical investments
- Pragmatic and execution-focused, with experience in Ruby on Rails and modern infrastructure tools (or the ability to ramp quickly) and a bias toward solutions that make other engineers faster and more effective
What the job involves
- You'll be a key engineer focused on building and owning the systems that make Gusto Retirement engineers productive and happy
- This is a very hands-on role: owning AI-powered developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure services end-to-end, shipping production improvements, and solving real developer productivity and infrastructure problems
- We're building an AI-native engineering culture, and this role is at the center of it: you'll be a force multiplier that helps Gusto Retirement engineers ship more, faster, by putting the right tools in their hands
- You'll partner closely with engineering teams across the Retirement area to turn developer pain points into reliable, automated solutions, and you'll help set the technical direction for how we build and operate these systems over time
- If you like working on core systems that multiply team velocity, enjoy getting things shipped, and want to shape long-term platform strategy, you'll be a great fit
- The Retirement Developer Infrastructure team owns the tools and systems that power Gusto Retirement engineering
- We're a senior team that works on CI/CD pipelines, observability, developer tooling, database performance, and much more
- The work is complex and often cross-functional, so we stay focused, collaborate closely, and keep tight ownership of what we build
- We work closely with all Retirement Engineering teams and product, but we're responsible for execution and reliability end-to-end
- Build and own AI-powered developer tooling including AI coding tools, LLM-integrated workflows, and automation that help Retirement engineers ship faster and more efficiently
- Design, build, and ship CI/CD systems, infrastructure services, and deployment pipelines end-to-end, owning them across multiple quarters while setting and enforcing engineering quality standards with the observability to back them up
- Drive developer productivity by identifying bottlenecks, delivering scalable solutions, and proposing multi-quarter investments — spanning test automation, database performance, permissions systems, authentication, and third-party integrations (Honeycomb, Sentry, GitHub, etc.)
- Identify and execute on architectural improvements to data models, APIs, and system contracts; debug production infrastructure issues; and continuously raise the bar on reliability and operational tooling
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Retirement Engineering and Gusto platform teams on shared infrastructure through reviews, pairing, and technical consultation — contributing meaningfully to their direction
- Write clear, reliable, well-tested code that ships quickly, makes other engineers more productive, and reflects a high standard of craftsmanship — while mentoring teammates and strengthening engineering culture
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 400,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. And in 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that has seen it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to expand its platform, most recently partnering with Parafin to launch a payroll line of credit for small businesses. With a growing suite of services and a clear focus on supporting small businesses through changing economic conditions, Gusto looks set to sustain its momentum and further strengthen its position in the HR and payroll technology market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.3m
Company benefits
- Health and Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents. Family care and support, including family planning and fertility benefits. Gender-affirming care and support. A variety of mental health resources.
- Time Away: It's important to take time away for yourself or to take care of your family. Gusto offers paid vacation, sick time, bereavement, and holidays, paid leaves, sabbatical, and more!
- Free meals and refreshments: If you work at one of our offices, enjoy food, drinks, and snacks— on us. Conversation and community is an added bonus!
- Perks:
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(Co-Founder & CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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