Product Infrastructure Engineer

Summary

Join Gusto's WebApp Architecture team as a frontend engineer to help scale our frontend engineering by promoting modern practices and providing the tools and patterns that keep engineers productive and ambitious. You will own problems, not just code, and identify ways to make Gusto's codebase more effective at scale. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with TypeScript, React, and Jest, and a commitment to long-term projects. You will collaborate with fellow engineers, participate in rigorous discussions, and integrate and improve tooling. Gusto offers competitive salaries, benefits, and a collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with software development and architecture
• 5+ years of experience and in React and Typescript
• Great communicator: We regularly make changes to how product engineers work, and must be able to effectively plan, document, consult, and collaborate with them. The ability to use anecdotes and data to illustrate the impact of your work

Responsibilities

• Own problems, not just code
• Identify ways to make Gusto's codebase more effective at scale
• Participate in thorough, rigorous discussions about how to measure and solve problems
• Support, up-level, and mentor fellow engineers through Slack, pairing sessions, and presentations
• Collaborate and communicate changes with the engineering org through ADRs
• Integrate, add, build, and improve tooling to support Gusto's frontend development
• Run migrations to improve Gusto's codebase using a combination of collaboration, manual upgrades, and codemods
• Enforce and promote patterns and practices through custom analysis

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and/or interest in GraphQL, Ruby, Rails, architecture, developer tooling, and agile and lean software development
• Experience and/or interest in building tooling that makes your engineering colleagues successful

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k)s
• Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $142,000/yr to $226,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $172,000/yr to $265,000/yr for San Francisco & New York
• 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)
• When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required