Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Overview

Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure role at Gusto.

Gusto’s mission is to grow the small business economy by handling core business infrastructure such as payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR so that business owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, Gusto serves more than 400,000 small businesses across the country.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the vision for Gusto’s compute and networking platforms by setting strategy for Kubernetes, service mesh, and related systems that power our global SaaS platform.
• Lead architecture design, performance optimization, and security hardening of distributed systems at scale.
• Partner with engineering leaders to translate broad organizational goals into concrete, measurable technical outcomes.
• Treat infrastructure as a product by focusing on the developer experience, simplifying workflows, and acceleratin...