Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure
Denver, COAll locationsDenver, COSan Francisco, CA, United StatesNew York, NY Hybrid
$183,000–$200,000 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About the role
We're looking for an experienced infrastructure engineer to help evolve how Gusto stores and accesses data as the company scales. You'll help build a platform that lets engineering teams provision and access new datastores, evaluate and stand up highly available, horizontally scalable storage systems, and continue strengthening the resilience of the databases our product already depends on. This is a high-impact role shaping both the tools and the technology choices behind Gusto's storage layer. We're looking for an experienced infrastructure engineer to help evolve how Gusto stores and accesses data as the company scales. This is a high-impact role shaping both the tools and the technology choices behind Gusto's storage layer.
What you'll bring
- 6+ years of software engineering experience building and operating large-scale infrastructure systems, with deep hands-on expertise in streaming infrastructure (Kafka) and/or non-relational datastores (DynamoDB or similar) in production at scale
- Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals—partitioning, replication, consistency models, and failure modes—and proven experience coordinating migrations or topology changes in production with minimal disruption
- Experience running production infrastructure in the cloud, including caching systems like Redis/ValKey and streaming platforms like Kafka, with a track record of driving infrastructure optimization at scale
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to simplify technical complexity and collaborate on technical direction across teams
- Curiosity and ability to operate in an AI-native environment, using AI tooling to drive improvements in query optimization, performance evaluation, and infrastructure automation
- Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
- Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City.
- The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
- Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
- When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required.
- This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.
- Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we.