Denver, Colorado, United States
Retirement Developer Infrastructure Engineer
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.
Company
Gusto
Compensation
Not listed
Schedule
Full-Time
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Retirement Developer Infrastructure Engineer at Gusto in Denver. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 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.
Responsibilities
Day-to-day expectations
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- 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 services, and deployment pipelines end-to-end, owning them across multiple quarters while setting and enforcing engineering quality standards with the observability to back them up.
- Drive developer productivity by identifying bottlenecks, delivering scalable solutions, and proposing multi-quarter investments — spanning test automation, database performance, permissions systems, authentication, and third-party integrations (Honeycomb, Sentry, GitHub, etc.).
- Identify and execute on architectural improvements to data models, APIs, and system contracts; debug production infrastructure issues; and continuously raise the bar on reliability and operational tooling.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Retirement Engineering and Gusto platform teams on shared infrastructure through reviews, pairing, and technical consultation — contributing meaningfully to their direction.
- Write clear, reliable, well-tested code that ships quickly, makes other engineers more productive, and reflects a high standard of craftsmanship — while mentoring teammates and strengthening engineering culture.
Requirements
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- 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 services, and deployment pipelines end-to-end, owning them across multiple quarters while setting and enforcing engineering quality standards with the observability to back them up.
- Drive developer productivity by identifying bottlenecks, delivering scalable solutions, and proposing multi-quarter investments — spanning test automation, database performance, permissions systems, authentication, and third-party integrations (Honeycomb, Sentry, GitHub, etc.).
- Identify and execute on architectural improvements to data models, APIs, and system contracts; debug production infrastructure issues; and continuously raise the bar on reliability and operational tooling.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Retirement Engineering and Gusto platform teams on shared infrastructure through reviews, pairing, and technical consultation — contributing meaningfully to their direction.
- Write clear, reliable, well-tested code that ships quickly, makes other engineers more productive, and reflects a high standard of craftsmanship — while mentoring teammates and strengthening engineering culture.
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- 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 services, and deployment pipelines end-to-end, owning them across multiple quarters while setting and enforcing engineering quality standards with the observability to back them up.
- Drive developer productivity by identifying bottlenecks, delivering scalable solutions, and proposing multi-quarter investments — spanning test automation, database performance, permissions systems, authentication, and third-party integrations (Honeycomb, Sentry, GitHub, etc.).
- Identify and execute on architectural improvements to data models, APIs, and system contracts; debug production infrastructure issues; and continuously raise the bar on reliability and operational tooling.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Retirement Engineering and Gusto platform teams on shared infrastructure through reviews, pairing, and technical consultation — contributing meaningfully to their direction.
- Write clear, reliable, well-tested code that ships quickly, makes other engineers more productive, and reflects a high standard of craftsmanship — while mentoring teammates and strengthening engineering culture.
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