Teams at Gusto

In this role, you'll architect and manage distributed database systems, oversee complex migrations, optimize performance, and mentor engineers, driving operational excellence.

Own and build Gusto's AI assistant (Gus) and platform experiences end-to-end. Architect and implement scalable AI-native web experiences, create self-serve patterns for teams, collaborate with ML/product on prompts and escalation flows, run experiments, mentor engineers, and help scale a large Ruby on Rails and React application serving millions of users.

Lead strategy, roadmap, and execution for Gusto's Tax Platform systems that calculate, track, pay, reconcile, and file tax liabilities. Modernize legacy systems, improve correctness, traceability, and reliability, partner cross-functionally (Engineering, Compliance, Legal, CX, Data Science), and tie platform work to customer outcomes while driving incremental delivery and clear success metrics.