Staff Product Designer, Contractors

Here’s What You’ll Do Day-to-day

• Drive end-to-end design strategy and execution across the contractors experience from discovery and visioning through iterative delivery and refinement.
• Partner with product, engineering, research, data, legal, compliance, operations, and support to define problem spaces, align on priorities, and deliver solutions that meet both customer and business needs.
• Translate insights from research and data into intuitive, scalable experiences that support a variety of customer workflows.
• Champion thoughtful, inclusive design by participating in design reviews, sharing feedback, and contributing to design standards and platform quality.
• Bring genuine AI fluency to your design practice, using it to prototype quickly, shorten feedback loops, and improve contractor experiences.
• Mentor and support fellow designers by offering thoughtful critique, sharing knowledge, and contributing to design community initiatives across Gusto.

Here’s What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of product design experience with demonstrated impact in complex domains.
• Proven ability to lead design direction at the product level and influence cross-functional partners.
• Strong collaboration experience with partners in product, engineering, research, and data.
• A portfolio that demonstrates high-quality interaction and visual design with thoughtful consideration for accessibility and end-to-end user experiences.
• Comfort translating ambiguity into clear design decisions and outcomes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to align teams around shared goals.
• Demonstrated AI fluency in your design practice. You're using AI to move faster, prototype more, and get to better decisions.

Compensation Details

At Gusto, we strive to provide rewards that empower employees to achieve their financial and personal goals. We offer competitive compensation packages with a strong emphasis on equity based compensation (ownership in Gusto).

To learn more about Gusto’s compensation philosophy and benefits offerings please view our Total Rewards Approach page.

Our cash compensation range for this role is $146,000/yr to $183,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $177,000/yr to $222,000/yr in San Francisco, Seattle & New York. 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. 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 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.

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