Head of Engineering

Summary

Gusto is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive the cross-functional strategy for their CX Platform team. The role involves leading a team of more than 60 people across various departments, driving the execution and impact of platform strategies, building a culture of enthusiasm for platform work, and contributing to Gusto's broader communication of vision and strategy. The position is based in Denver, San Francisco, or New York, with remote work options available.

Requirements

• 10+ years working on high-growth digital experiences, with at least four years focused on platform features
• Demonstrated experience scaling platform products end-to-end (architecture to UI) at a company with a modern tech stack

Responsibilities

• Driving the cross-functional strategy, execution, and impact for CX Platform teams
• Working across the company to increase understanding and adoption of platform capabilities and patterns in a systematic, measurable way
• Building a culture of enthusiasm for our platform work that leads to greater productivity and higher quality and cohesion of the experiences we ship to customers
• Empowering a team of senior engineers, operating in an architect capacity as well as engineering people empowerers (managers that create alignment, clarity, and high morale, driving quick but informed decision making and helping them get unblocked)
• Contributing to the broader Gusto communication of vision, strategy, expectations, and stakeholder alignment via monthly and quarterly reviews with executives
• Holding a high standard for our User Experience by thinking across our stack (data models and architectural decisions to the way those influence and impact what we show in the UI) and are a voice for front-end excellence
• Getting in the weeds with senior IC leaders across engineering, design, data, and product to discuss trade-offs, define the green path, and help advance great decisions

Preferred Qualifications

Ideal candidates will have seen a platform through growth, transition, or change and will have proven methodologies and tangible examples of how they’ve driven adoption

Benefits

• Cash compensation amount for this role is $222,000 -$256,000 in Denver & most major metro locations, and $261,000-$299,000 for San Francisco, Seattle, & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, 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
• When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required