Sr Engineering Manager, HR Labs at Gusto

This role is designed for a technically-rooted leader who thrives in early-stage, "startup-within-a-company" environments. You are a senior engineer or current manager who stays close to the craft, capable of debating architecture and UX prototypes one moment and unblocking business bottlenecks the next. Experience with AI, LLMs, or agentic systems is highly valued, as you will be leading the "HR Labs" team to reinvent professional services through automation. As a New York-based role, you’ll join a high-impact team with a competitive salary range of $200k–$247k plus equity. The work model is hybrid (2-3 days on-site), offering a balance of deep focus and in-person collaboration. This is a unique opportunity to shape the product direction of a major AI bet for a company serving over 400,000 small businesses. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have a strong engineering background and can still navigate a Ruby on Rails codebase or complex system design. * Are obsessed with UX and believe that technical trade-offs should be driven by user needs. * Enjoy "founder-mode" management where the roadmap is ambiguous and speed is a priority. * Want to lead a diverse team of protypers and systems builders at the frontier of AI application.