Sr. Platform Engineer

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At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff—like payroll, health insurance, 401(k) s, and HR—so owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we’re proud to support more than 400,000 small businesses across the country, and we’re building a workplace that represents and celebrates the customers we serve.

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• Design and implement an internal platform for engineers to build and deploy production‑grade systems in a self‑service manner
• Establish standards and build deterministic automation while optimizing for user accessibility and system reliability
• Collaborate with Infrastructure and Developer Productivity teams to deliver capabilities that delight our internal users
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to support the deployment of supported platform services and the management of the underlying infrastructure

• 5+ years experience with modern programming languages, ideally Golang, Ruby, and/or Type Script
• 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes, ideally using Crossplane to manage Infrastructure as Code
• Strong work ethic and self‑starter who finds a way to operate effectively amidst ambiguity
• Systems Thinking approach to complex systems who seeks to identify small changes that can create big impact
• Resilient problem solver capable of prioritizing the work necessary to serve our peers and the entire Gusto customer base
• Effective communicator that can simplify complex topics and communicate persuasive ideas

• Experience designing elegant but simple systems that optimize for engineering user experience, reliability, and security
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure and correlated IaaS management tools such as Terraform
• Experience leading incident remediation for complex systems

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $163,000–$204,000 /yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $197,000–$247,000 /yr for San Francisco, Seattle & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2‑3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.

Note:

The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.

When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non‑office days for hybrid employees.

Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.

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