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Gusto

Sales Engineer

Gusto

. Provide technical feasibility assessments for ambiguous Enterprise opportunities .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeUnited StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $88,000 - $181,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in technical discovery, compliance fluency, and building production systems in client-facing environments. Capable of translating technical requirements into business cases and delivering effective solutions in highly regulated categories.

Highest-signal resume keywords
5+ Years Customer-Facing Technical ExperienceProduction Systems DevelopmentREST APIs and WebhooksCompliance and Payroll FluencyTechnical Discovery and Ambiguity Navigation

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Hard Skills
Technical Feasibility AssessmentsRequirements GatheringProofs of Concept DevelopmentData ModelingIdempotencyFailure ModesAgentic WorkflowsMCP PatternsSolution Patterns CreationDeployment Documentation
Soft Skills
Entrepreneurial MindsetEmpathy for ClientsInfluencing AudiencesCollaboration with StakeholdersCommunication Skills
Industry Keywords
Compliance DecisionsTax ID ReconciliationClient SuccessSales InsightsEnterprise OpportunitiesHR/Payroll IntegrationSecurity Review ProcessesMEDDPICC Deal Frameworks

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide technical feasibility assessments for ambiguous Enterprise opportunities
  • Own technical discovery and requirements gathering for complex opportunities
  • Build working proofs of concept for proposed agents
  • Translate deployments into business cases covering hours saved, risk reduced, and compliance simplified
  • Embed with clients and write production code for compliance decisions
  • Diagnose and resolve data issues, jurisdiction mapping, and tax ID reconciliation problems
  • Keep technical teams and business stakeholders aligned as requirements evolve
  • Deliver builds and runbooks for Client Success
  • Feed sales and implementation insights into product and go-to-market strategy
  • Create solution patterns, demo flows, and deployment documentation
  • Act as a customer-facing technical bridge across engineering, solution architecture, agentic AI, and customer delivery

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Demonstrated 5+ years of hands-on experience in a customer-facing technical role such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer, AI Engineer, Implementation Engineer, Solutions Architect, Technical Consultant, or similar
  • Proven track record of shipping production systems in ambiguous, client-facing environments
  • Experience with REST APIs, webhooks, event-driven systems, auth patterns, data modeling, idempotency, and failure modes
  • Experience building production systems in highly regulated categories
  • Payroll, tax, or compliance fluency deep enough to run a conversation with a client's compliance team without a translator
  • Experience with agentic workflows beyond prototypes, including MCP or function-calling patterns, evaluation and reliability practices
  • Deep technical discovery skills and ability to navigate ambiguity
  • Ability to scope technical solutions from ambiguous opportunities, build subscription business cases, and ship reusable patterns
  • Ability to present to and influence audiences ranging from engineers to executive sponsors
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, passion for Gusto's mission, and empathy for clients
  • Bonus: experience with an HR/payroll platform's integration surface, enterprise procurement or security review processes, or MEDDPICC-style deal frameworks
  • Reliable, consistent internet connection when approved to work outside a Gusto office

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive base pay
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k)s
  • Equity (RSUs)
  • Hybrid work arrangements
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans