Gusto

Product Designer, Contractors

New York, NY; San Francisco, CA · Staff+ · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 14 days ago

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About the role

As a staff product designer, you'll help bring our contractor products to maturity.
This is a unique opportunity to make major experience changes to established, business critical workflows.
all the way to launching new features and iterating on existing ones.

This isn't a future aspiration - it's how we work now, and it's changing what the design role looks like at Gusto and across the industry.
You'll be the IC design leader across this area, driving foundational shifts to our platform and customer experiences.
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.
Our Contractors team helps small and medium business owners (SMBs) hire, manage, and pay domestic and international contractors.
We also help contractors manage their client engagements and build their own thriving businesses.

8+ years of product design experience with demonstrated impact in complex domains.
Strong collaboration experience with partners in product, engineering, research, and data.
Strong communication skills with the ability to align teams around shared goals.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required.

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 & New York.

We handle the hard stuff - payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR - so owners can focus on their craft and their customers.
All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) - because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success.
Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.

Contractors play a huge role in our economy, and are becoming more prevalent every year.
Contract work offers flexibility and independence for workers, and hiring contractors helps small business owners scale quickly and access specialized skills.
using AI to prototype ideas quickly, shorten customer feedback loops, and ship quality UX directly to customers.
At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy.
AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto.

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