Staff Product Designer, Contractors

San Francisco, CA; New York, NY About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff1ike payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR1o owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we
9re proud to support more than 400,000 small businesses across the country, and we
9re building a workplace that represents and celebrates the customers we serve. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy. About Design at Gusto Design at Gusto is made up of over 80 creative, collaborative people who care deeply about our mission to empower small businesses and their employees. We're a cross-functional group that is always looking for opportunities to build understanding and empathy for the people who use Gusto. We don't care much about swim lanes and though we care deeply about quality and craft, we are never precious about it. We work closely with cross-functional partners in Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to design, build, and ship experiences that make a real difference. We believe great design can make hard things possible, even delightful. We are building an AI-native design organization 1and we mean that seriously. We're looking for designers who are already working this way: using AI to prototype ideas quickly, shorten customer feedback loops, and ship quality UX directly to customers. This isn't a future aspiration 1it's how we work now, and it's changing what the design role looks like at Gusto and across the industry. About the team 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. 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. About the role As a staff product designer, you
9ll help bring our contractor products to maturity. You
9ll be the IC design leader across this area, driving foundational shifts to our platform and customer experiences. This is a unique opportunity to make major experience changes to established, business critical workflows. As part of the cross-functional leadership team, you
9ll drive the entire product development process from setting the long-term vision to strategic planning; all the way to launching new features and iterating on existing ones. Here
9s what you
9ll 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,...