163K–247K USD / year
Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
DevOpsHybrid — Denver, CO; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA
Published on 2026-10-06
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About this role
As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll build automation and enhance the foundational systems for Gusto's products within a DevOps environment. The role focuses on AWS infrastructure, Infrastructure-as-Code, operational standards, and migrating applications among other key responsibilities.
About the company
Gusto is a digital platform that provides payroll, benefits, and human resource management solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. The company focuses on simplifying HR processes and ensuring compliance, while also offering tools for employee engagement and retirement planning.
The team
Cloud Infrastructure team
Stack
AWSTerraformOpenTofuSpacelift
What you'll do
- Build and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu
- Improve speed and reliability of Spacelift workflows
- Migrate production services to AWS multi-account architecture
- Strengthen disaster recovery and compliance readiness
- Refactor infrastructure code for maintainability
- Support engineering teams with cloud infrastructure
- Leverage AI-assisted tools for faster development
- Participate in on-call rotation
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering
- Deep AWS expertise across various domains
- Mastery in Infrastructure as Code management
- Experience with multi-account AWS governance
- Hands-on with IaC orchestration platforms
- Experience with production infrastructure for SaaS
- Track record of driving infrastructure initiatives
Nice to have
- Experience with Terraform/OpenTofu at large scale
- Compliance experience (SOC 2, PCI, NIST)
- Solid cloud networking foundations