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full-timeStaff Product Designer
Gusto · Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve. All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy . AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process. About the Role: Gusto’s looking to bring on several Staff Product Designers across our Money and HR Experience product organizations. These teams sit on some of the highest-stakes, most AI-native surfaces at Gusto, where small businesses make financial and people decisions that carry real impact, and where getting the experience right is what builds durable trust. That's exactly why judgment, taste, and craft matter here. As a Staff Product Designer, you'll own experiences end to end within a specific domain, turning ambiguity into clear, trustworthy products and helping define patterns that don't yet exist at Gusto. You'll be deeply embedded in the product quartet, driving design decisions in partnership with Product Managers and Engineers, and demonstrating high craft and storytelling every step of the way. This is one job posting for five open roles in Gusto Money, Banking, and HR Experiences product orgs. You'll be matched to the opportunity that best fits your strengths and interests. Here are the teams currently hiring: Consumer Banking: Consumer Banking builds financial products for the millions of employees paid through Gusto, anchored to Gusto Wallet — spend accounts, savings goals, paycheck splitting, and on-demand access to earned wages. Because Gusto runs payroll, the team sits at the source of income itself, helping workers smooth cash flow between paychecks, save automatically, and avoid predatory alternatives like payday lenders and overdraft fees. One of the fastest-growing engines in Gusto Banking, it moves at a startup pace while incubating 0→1 foundational technology in a regulated space where trust, reliability, and craft are everything. Gusto Money: MoneyOS is the team within Gusto Money focused on helping small businesses better understand, manage, and improve their financial position. This is an especially exciting moment for the team. The space is still taking shape, which means there’s real room to define the product, the patterns, and the customer expectations. MoneyOS works at the intersection of product strategy, financial systems, customer trust, and emerging AI-native ways of building—making it a strong fit for a designer who wants to have outsized influence on both what we build and how we build it. HR Experiences (HRX): HRX helps small businesses get expert HR help right inside the product — a customer simply says what they need, and Gusto takes the action, answers the question, or brings in a human expert when the stakes are high. You'll design AI-native experiences across a two-sided service — the everyday self-serve moments, the AI that guides and does the work, and the human HR experts who step in when it matters most — so it all feels like one Gusto, in a domain where judgment and trust matter enormously. Retirement: The Retirement team is helping shape a product that recently joined Gusto, with plenty of room for design to influence how the two experiences come together. Small businesses often avoid offering 401(k) plans because they seem complex, burdensome, and costly. This team designs intuitive, end-to-end experiences that help employers choose, manage, and track the right 401(k) plan for their business, while supporting financial wellness and smarter savings strategies for their employees. By evolving out-dated forms of 401(k) planning, this team seeks to make retirement benefits approachable and meaningful. Here's what you'll do day-to-day: Own design end to end in your domain — from framing ambiguous problems to shipping high-craft, accessible experiences that hide the underlying complexity from customers. Shape goals, priorities, and roadmap in partnership with your PM and engineering lead, balancing customer trust, business value, and technical realities. Translate ambiguous, often 0→1 strategy into clear scopes, flows, and interaction patterns — including patterns that don't yet exist at Gusto. Design the experience of AI thoughtfully — representing uncertainty, surfacing errors gracefully, preserving customer agency, and knowing when a human should step in. Gr
| Role | Staff Product Designer |
|---|---|
| Company | Gusto |
| Location | Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid |
| Type | full-time |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-15 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 1ApplicationSubmit your resume through the apply link.
- 2ScreeningRecruiter reviews your background against the role.
- 3AssessmentA technical test, assignment, or coding round, depending on the role.
- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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- What is the salary for this role?
- Gusto has not stated compensation in the listing. Check the original posting or ask during the application process.
- Is the Staff Product Designer position remote, hybrid or onsite?
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- Gusto has not listed a fixed deadline, so apply early in case the opening is filled.
- How do I apply for the Staff Product Designer role?
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