Senior Staff Mobile Platform Engineer, Android

 

About Gusto

At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff—like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR—so owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we’re proud to support more than 400,000 small businesses across the country, and we’re building a workplace that represents and celebrates the customers we serve. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy. 

About the Role

We’re on the lookout for talented Mobile Android Engineers with 12+ years of experience who are passionate about creating amazing user experiences. In this role, you’ll have the chance to help accelerate mobile engineering at Gusto by leading initiatives that will establish and improve our architecture patterns, foundational functionality, and test infrastructure. We want you to take ownership of scaling our shared services while keeping up with the latest in the Android world. You’ll work closely with teams across Product, Identity, Security, System Design, and Infrastructure, collaborating to build solutions that really make a difference. If you’re excited about building elegant, scalable apps and being part of a supportive, innovative mobile team, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Team

At Gusto, we’re excited to be at a pivotal moment in our journey with over 1M+ monthly active users and the recent launch of our employer experiences on mobile. Our mission is to tackle the real challenges faced by small business owners and their employees, and we believe that mobile is key to delivering impactful solutions. As part of our mobile team, you’ll be at the forefront of this transformation, working alongside talented engineers and designers who are passionate about creating a seamless mobile experience. Together, we’re building a platform that empowers everyone—small business owners and their teams—to thrive. If you’re ready to make a difference in the mobile landscape at Gusto, we want you on board!

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day

• Architect, build, test, and refine Gusto’s Android app, along with supporting mobile web views that enhance user experience.
• Build a strong mobile foundation that feature teams can build on top of.
• Develop platform components and common features that enhance scalability, consistency, and maintainability throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Work cross-functionally with teams in product apps, identity, security, design systems, and infrastructure to deliver world-class experiences right into our customers' hands.
• Enhance and maintain our Android mobile infrastructure, including build pipelines, testing automation, and the release process, to ensure smooth operations.
• Create a product that our customers truly love—don’t just take our word for it; see what our customers  have to say.

Here’s what we're looking for

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in Kotlin and Android software engineering, with at least 12 years in mobile software engineering overall.
• Excellent communication skills and a knack for building strong cross-functional partnerships.
• Experience in developing platform components and common features that enhance scalability, consistency, and maintainability throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Experience with analytics and monitoring tools to track app performance / health and user engagement.
• Experience with mobile infrastructure, including CI/CD, automated testing environments, and build & release systems.
• Strong critical thinking abilities and a keen attention to detail.
• A willingness to learn continuously and a passion for mentoring others on the team.

Bonus Points

• Strong knowledge of Compose and/or GraphQL.
• Proficiency or familiarity with MVVM architecture.

 

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $223,000-$265,000 for San Francisco & New York and $189,000-$225,000 for Denver. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including role level, 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. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.

Note: The San Francisco office e