Retirement Developer Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

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. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve. All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy . AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process. About the Role: You'll be a key engineer focused on building and owning the systems that make Gusto Retirement engineers productive and happy. This is a very hands-on role: owning AI-powered developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure services end-to-end, shipping production improvements, and solving real developer productivity and infrastructure problems. We're building an AI-native engineering culture, and this role is at the center of it: you'll be a force multiplier that helps Gusto Retirement engineers ship more, faster, by putting the right tools in their hands. You'll partner closely with engineering teams across the Retirement area to turn developer pain points into reliable, automated solutions, and you'll help set the technical direction for how we build and operate these systems over time. If you like working on core systems that multiply team velocity, enjoy getting things shipped, and want to shape long-term platform strategy, you'll be a great fit. About the Team: The Retirement Developer Infrastructure team owns the tools and systems that power Gusto Retirement engineering. We're a senior team that works on CI/CD pipelines, observability, developer tooling, database performance, and much more. The work is complex and often cross-functional, so we stay focused, collaborate closely, and keep tight ownership of what we build. We work closely with all Retirement Engineering teams and product, but we're responsible for execution and reliability end-to-end. Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day: Build and own AI-powered developer tooling including AI coding tools, LLM-integrated workflows, and automation that help Retirement engineers ship faster and more efficiently. Design, build, and ship CI/CD systems, infrastructure serv

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