Jobs at Gusto

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Gusto is a cloud‑based payroll, benefits, and HR platform that serves over 100,000 small businesses worldwide. Since its 2011 launch, the company has positioned itself as a fintech pioneer, offering a user‑friendly interface combined with robust compliance tools that streamline HR operations for startups and mid‑size firms.

Gusto hires across engineering, product, data science, sales, marketing, customer success, finance, and legal. Technical candidates can expect a stack that includes Go, Ruby on Rails, React, and GraphQL, while product teams focus on rapid iteration in an agile environment. Non‑tech roles find flexible remote policies, high equity potential, and a culture that emphasizes transparency and continuous learning.

Job Transparency’s listings give applicants a clear view of each role’s salary range, benefit perks, and real‑time employee sentiment. By comparing Gusto’s compensation benchmarks against industry averages, candidates can negotiate confidently and filter opportunities that match their career goals and location preferences.

Senior Software Engineer, WebApp Architecture

Company: Gusto

Location: Seattle, WA

Posted Dec 13, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. Gusto serves over 300,000 businesses nationwide and is committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace. The WebApp Architecture team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help scale their frontend engineering. The ideal candidate should have experience building large-scale applications using TypeScript, React, and Jest.

Partner Relationship Manager

Company: Gusto

Location: New York City, NY

Posted Dec 11, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. Gusto serves over 300,000 businesses nationwide and is committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace. The Partner Manager role involves launching, managing, and growing partners that power their HR and Talent products. The role requires excellent communication, project management, and data-driven analysis skills. The company offers a cash compensation amount of $150,000 - $180,000 in San Francisco and New York, and $124,000 - $149,000 in Denver and most remote locations.

Staff Software Engineer - Ruby Infrastructure

Company: Gusto, Inc.

Location: USA

Posted Dec 14, 2024

The role of a Staff Engineer on the Product Infrastructure RubyRails team involves working on developer productivity improvements at the core of the language and framework Gusto uses for its main applications. The team, with a charter focused on Developer Productivity, seeks to improve it through their work on tools, systems, and organizational processes. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience with software development and architecture using RubyRails, experience in building tooling, and great communication skills.

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Platform

Company: Gusto

Location: New York City, NY

Posted Dec 14, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. With offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, they serve over 300,000 businesses nationwide. The company is committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace. The role of a Senior Machine Learning Engineer involves working closely with applied science practitioners and engineers to build and deploy ML infrastructure solutions at scale.

Workforce Management Planner

Company: Gusto

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Posted Dec 13, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. Gusto serves over 300,000 businesses nationwide and is committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace. They are looking for a forecast and capacity planner to help uplevel the team and propel the company to the next level of success.

Product Operations Manager

Company: Gusto

Location: Greater Denver Area

Posted Dec 14, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. With offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, they serve over 300,000 businesses nationwide. They are committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace and are looking for a strategic customer-focused leader to develop actionable insights and strategies for their product and service.

WFM Administrator

Company: Gusto

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Posted Dec 12, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. With offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, they serve over 300,000 businesses nationwide. The Workforce Management Administrator role involves delivering exceptional customer experiences, improving productivity and performance reporting, leading WFM optimization tool implementations, and handling management operational procedures. The role requires 5 years of relevant Workforce Management experience, prior experience with workforce optimization software, and strong data analysis skills.

Principal Product Manager, Payments

Company: Gusto

Location: Seattle, WA

Posted Dec 15, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. Gusto serves over 300,000 businesses nationwide and is committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace. The role of Principal Manager Payments involves building technology for payment rails and methods across the US. The team works on ensuring payment solutions for small and medium businesses and millions of their employees. The role requires 8+ years of experience in payments or related fields, familiarity with payments regulations, and excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Staff Software Engineer, Ruby Modularity

Company: Gusto

Location: New York City, NY

Posted Dec 11, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. With offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, they serve over 300,000 businesses nationwide. They are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join their Ruby Modularity team to improve application architecture. The role requires 10+ years of hands-on software development experience, 5+ years of experience with Ruby Rails and modularization techniques, and experience leading large-scope technical projects.

Engineering Manager, Growth

Company: Gusto

Location: USA

Posted Dec 11, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. With offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, they serve over 300,000 businesses nationwide. The company is committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace. The role of Engineering Manager for the Payroll Onboarding Team involves empowering a team of engineers to make the flow simple and easy for companies new to Gusto. The team is tasked with leveraging technologies like OCR and AI to build a human-centric onboarding flow. The company offers a competitive cash compensation amount for this role, with final offer amounts determined by multiple factors.

Staff Product Designer, Tax Credits

Company: Gusto

Location: New York City, NY

Posted Dec 13, 2024

Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401ks, expert HR and team management tools. With offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, they serve over 300,000 businesses nationwide. Their mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, starting with their collaborative and inclusive workplace. The Product Design team at Gusto is a cross-functional group of 60 creatives focused on Design, Research, Writing, Ops, and Frontend Development, working together to build understanding and empathy for small business employees. They work closely with Product Engineering, Data, and Marketing to design, build, and ship experiences that make a difference. The Tax Credits team is bringing to life an emerging market product for customers, aiming to help them navigate complex tax credit regulations and unlock financial opportunities. The team is committed to simplifying and demystifying tax credits to drive customer value and revenue for the business. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of Product Design experience, with a focus on enabling simple, easy-to-use experiences in complex domains like payroll benefits, finance, or banking. They should have a proven track record of designing great UX for complex workflows and crafting end-to-end experience visions and frameworks. The role requires strong communication and collaboration skills, as well as the ability to embrace ambiguous situations and add clarity. The compensation package includes competitive compensation with a strong emphasis on equity-based compensation and ownership in Gusto.

Senior Brand Media Manager

Company: Gusto, Inc.

Location: USA

Posted Dec 13, 2024

The role involves strategizing, executing, and optimizing best-in-class brand media campaigns to drive brand awareness and customer acquisition metrics. This includes developing media resource allocation, owning campaigns from end-to-end, driving development of target audience and consumption habits, managing budget, and driving continuous improvements. The role also involves leading media agency partners, driving reporting on campaign effectiveness, and working closely with internal teams.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is it like to work at Gusto?
Gusto fosters a collaborative, data‑driven culture with an emphasis on transparency and work‑life balance. Employees benefit from generous paid time off, unlimited vacation, flexible remote options, and a well‑structured equity program. The company encourages experimentation, holds regular all‑hands meetings, and invests in professional development through learning stipends and mentorship opportunities.
What types of positions are available at Gusto?
Gusto’s 603 openings span engineering (frontend, backend, DevOps, security), product management, data science, UX/UI design, sales engineering, marketing, customer success, finance, legal, and operations. The company prioritizes roles that drive product innovation, automate compliance workflows, and expand the platform’s global footprint.
How can I stand out as a Gusto applicant?
Research Gusto’s mission to simplify HR for small businesses and highlight how your experience aligns with that goal. Quantify past impact—e.g., reduced onboarding time by 30% or increased pipeline velocity by 25%—and showcase technical or product achievements in your portfolio. Tailor your cover letter to demonstrate your passion for fintech, emphasize continuous learning, and prepare to discuss how you would improve Gusto’s platform or culture.

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