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Gusto · 4 days ago
Head of Engineering, Commerce
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Onsite
Director
$214K/yr - $246K/yr
10+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Drive the cross-functional strategy, execution, and impact for Commerce teams in partnership with Product, Design, and Data leadership
Work across the company to drive understanding and adoption of platform capabilities and patterns in a systematic, measurable way across Gusto
Build 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
Empower a team of senior engineers - operating in an architect capacity as well as engineering people empowerers (managers) - creating alignment, clarity, and high morale; drive quick but informed decision making and helping them get unblocked
As a key stakeholder, contribute to the broader Gusto communication of vision, strategy, and stakeholder alignment via monthly and quarterly reviews
Hold a high standard for our User Experience by thinking across our stack (data models and architectural decisions that also impact 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
Qualification
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Required
Demonstrated experience scaling platform products, including proven strategies to drive internal adoption of new methods, patterns, and capabilities
Strong technical acumen with the ability to understand and debate tradeoffs and approaches in building scalable architecture and data models
Sharp skills as a builder — even as you’ve become a strategic leader, you are fundamentally a builder who can jump into problem-solving with team members when they need support
High standard, systems-first approach, and strong point of view for the user experience informed by customer empathy, research, data, and customer support insights
Led highly distributed engineering teams and managers for a minimum of 5 years, with hands-on development experience for a minimum of 10 years
Strong product opinions, including the ability to tell a product story that is clear and inspiring; work with teams to map dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs to increase velocity and make the vision real
The ability to inspire and motivate a cross-functional team, including PMs, designers, engineers, data scientists, and other partners
Tenacity, directness, and the ability to build relationships across the organization - including with app leads and execs - designed to increase understanding of what we’re doing and why, and to drive the velocity of adoption of our platform capabilities
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
Technical leader who can bridge technology and business and can speak to the impact they’ve had in specific, tangible, and non-jargon-y terms
Great collaborator who knows how to work effectively with cross-functional partners and drive alignment
Has likely held senior leadership titles with a focus on platform products; product-minded leaders in other crafts who fit the profile are also welcome to apply
Excellent technical acumen with the ability to architect, design, and discuss tradeoffs
Strong opinions and high standards around the user experience — is particularly adept at thinking about systems, cohesiveness, and how to approach governance
Has managed senior people in the past and knows how to align them, when to give space, and when/how to coach and motivate
Preferred
Ideal candidates will have seen a platform through a period of growth, transition, or change and will have proven methodologies and tangible examples of how they’ve driven adoption
Benefits
Health Insurance
401(k)s
Expert HR
Team Management Tools
Company
Gusto
Gusto provides a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management solution for businesses.
1,001-5,000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (14)
2022 (31)
2021 (32)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$746.1MKey Investors
Friends & Family CapitalT. Rowe PriceAkkadian Ventures
2023-01-28Series Unknown· Undisclosed
2022-05-12Series E· $55M
2021-08-10Series E· $175M
Leadership Team
Edward Kim
Co-Founder and Head of EPD
Josh Reeves
Co-Founder & Head of Gusto
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