Gusto is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead HR Labs, a new team using AI to change how HR expertise is delivered to small businesses. You will be responsible for leading a small team building novel AI-powered tools and experiences, requiring close engagement with both technical and product work.
What You'll Do
- Set technical direction for a team building novel AI-powered tools and experiences.
- Work closely with product and design to shape what the team builds.
- Help engineers navigate a fast-moving, ambiguous problem space.
- Coach, mentor, and grow a small team of engineers with diverse skill sets.
- Build a team culture that values craft, speed, and intellectual honesty.
- Identify where the bottleneck is and shift your own focus accordingly.
What We're Looking For
- A strong engineering foundation to engage with technical decisions at depth.
- Management experience leading high-performing teams.
- A holistic thinker connecting business context, user needs, and technical tradeoffs.
- Genuine interest in AI and what it makes possible.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity.
- A bias towards action.
- Care for craft and user experience.
Nice to Have
- Experience managing teams building AI-powered products or working with LLMs, agents, or AI-driven workflows.
- Experience in a high-growth or early-stage environment where you wore multiple hats.
- Background as a generalist comfortable context-switching across frontend, backend, or multiple domains.
- Experience in, or interest working in, Ruby on Rails.
- You've founded a company — or it's something you see yourself doing someday.
Team & Environment
You will lead a small team within HR Labs, a new team inside Gusto.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $200,000/yr to $247,000/yr for New York City
- Equity: Stock equity is additional
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position open to candidates in Denver, San Francisco, or New York City.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
