The opportunity
About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers.
What they're looking for
- + years of software engineering experience building and operating large-scale: infrastructure systems, with deep hands-on expertise in streaming infrastructure (Kafka) and/or non-relational datastores (DynamoDB or similar) in production at scale
- Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals—partitioning,: replication, consistency models, and failure modes—and proven experience coordinating migrations or topology changes in production with minimal disruption
- Experience running production infrastructure in the cloud, including caching: systems like Redis/ValKey and streaming platforms like Kafka, with a track record of driving infrastructure optimization at scale
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to simplify technical: complexity and collaborate on technical direction across teams