Software Engineer, Product Infrastructure

Los Angeles, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 197000 - 247000

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Gusto

At Gusto were on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stufflike payroll health insurance 401(k)s and HRso owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver San Francisco and New York were proud to support more than 400000 small businesses across the country and were building a workplace that represents and celebrates the customers we serve. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.

About the Role:

Gustos Partnerships Engineering team is building the connective tissue that lets small businesses use the tools they love. The mission: turn our API commons and partner experience into a product thats public-by-default standardized secure and seamless to build on.

Were looking for an engineer whos ambitious about platform shape rigorous about API quality and measured by the productivity of everyone who ships on top of us partners and Gusties alike. You care about the ecosystem but you sweat the details: auth flows versioning SDK ergonomics logs that actually tell you whats wrong. Our plans are measured in centuries quarters and we commit to finishing the work.

What youll do

Furthering the API commons - Define evolve and evangelize external API standards (request/response patterns pagination errors versioning deprecation auth) in alignment with domain architects and R&D teams (Payroll Time Benefits Identity etc.).
Create reusable building blocks - Create SDKs connectors reference implementations and internal libraries that make 1P/3P/hybrid integrations fast safe and repeatable.
Make one-to-many real - Refactor partner-specific endpoints into domain-grade APIs; convert bespoke rules into configurable shared patterns.
Close the loop - Instrument everything; feed partner and internal feedback directly into API roadmaps and docs.
Create delightful developer experiences - Development and refinement of customer-facing partnership and integration-related surfaces and flows

Youre a great fit if you

Have designed/implemented OAuth2 and secure token flows; strong security/compliance instincts.
Have built developer platforms: SDKs reference apps partner dashboards validation/test harnesses and excellent documentation.
Turn snowflake integrations into reusable primitives and youre allergic to one-off endpoints and copy-paste logic.
Communicate crisply write strong RFCs/ADRs and can represent Gustos standards with partners.

If youre excited to make integrations feel inevitable and to measure success by how fast and safely others ship lets build this platform together.

Heres what were looking for:

Ability to write well-structured easily maintainable well-documented code
Prototype iterate and launch quickly
Find the shortest path to a solution
Always focused on what projects and tasks are most effective and impactful
Comfort running experiments and iterating in public
A self-directed approach to solving problems
Ruby on Rails Experience a plus
Nice to haves:

Experience with React GraphQL or Typescript

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $163000-$204000 /yr in Denver & most remote locations and $197000-$247000 /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 Gustos 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.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds not just because its the right thing to do but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses you will find a home at Gusto.

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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Required Experience:

About GustoAt Gusto were on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stufflike payroll health insurance 401(k)s and HRso owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver San Francisco and New York were proud to support more than 400000 small businesses acro...