Gusto · 1 day ago
Sr. Platform Engineer
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$163K/yr - $204K/yr
5+ years expGusto is on a mission to grow the small business economy by handling essential services like payroll and HR. They are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and implement an internal platform, establish automation standards, and collaborate with various teams to enhance internal user experiences.
Bookkeeping and PayrollEmployee BenefitsEnterprise SoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechHuman ResourcesSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Design and implement an internal platform for engineers to build and deploy production grade systems in a self-service manner
Establish standards and build deterministic automation while optimizing for user accessibility and system reliability
Collaborate with Infrastructure and Developer Productivity teams to deliver capabilities that delight our internal users
Participate in an on call rotation to support the deployment of supported platform services and the management of the underlying infrastructure
Qualification
Required
5+ years experience with modern programming languages, ideally Golang, Ruby, and/or TypeScript
3+ years of experience w/ Kubernetes, ideally using Crossplane to manage Infrastructure as Code
Strong work ethic and self starter who finds a way to operate effectively amidst ambiguity
Systems Thinking approach to complex systems who seeks to identify small changes that can create big impact
Resilient problem solver capable of prioritizing the work necessary to serve our peers as well as the entire Gusto customer base
Effective communicator that can simplify complex topics and communicate persuasive ideas
Preferred
Experience with cloud platforms like AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure and correlated IaaS management tools such Terraform
Experience leading incident remediation for complex systems
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)s
Company
Gusto
Gusto is an HR and payroll platform that simplifies complex tasks, empowering businesses to focus on what matters most.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$746.1MKey Investors
Friends & Family CapitalT. Rowe PriceAkkadian Ventures
2023-01-28Series Unknown
2022-05-12Series E· $55M
2021-08-10Series E· $175M
Leadership Team
Josh Reeves
Head of Gusto (CEO) and Co-Founder. Building Gusto for the Long Term.
Edward Kim
Co-founder and Head of Technology
Recent News
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