• Storage Infrastructure Engineer @ Gusto

  San Francisco, Denver, New York, Seattle WA Remote locations vary

  Gusto’s Storage Infrastructure Engineering team builds consistent, scalable, and secure storage infrastructure using tools like terraform to manage technologies like Mysql, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, S3, and Vitess.

  Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

  • Design and implement production grade systems that optimize for resiliency while limiting complexity
  • Plan and execute complex and challenging migrations that help Gusto move forward from legacy systems to more efficient, scalable, modern designs.
  • Establish standards and build deterministic automation while optimizing for data consistency and security
  • Continually improve the on call experience by proposing and implementing long term oriented solutions while optimizing for the sustainability of on call.

  Here’s what we're looking for:

  • 5 years experience with a scripting language like bash or python, as well as linux
  • 2 years of experience working in depth with database technologies like Mysql, Postgres, or Vitess
  • 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 doing whatever it takes to get work done in service of our peers as well as the entire Gusto customer base.
  • Effective communicator that can simplify complex topics and communicate persuasive ideas

  Potentially Relevant Experience:

  • Experience designing elegant but simple systems that optimize for resiliency, but can be easily maintained and operated upon
  • Experience with cloud platforms like AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure and correlated IaaS management tools such Terraform (preferred) or pulumi
  • Experience migrating to a horizontally sharded database system
  • Experience leading incident remediation for complex system

our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $175,000/yr to $220,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $216,000/yr to $265,000/yr for San Francisco & New York. Stock equity is additional. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.