Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Monetization)

4 months ago

San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAMid Level

H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$220k - $405k/yr

Responsibilities

Design, build, and own the billing platform and monetization systems powering Perplexity’s paid experiences.
Lead features from problem definition and technical design through implementation and launch.
Build billing API abstractions that support new SKUs, pricing models, and monetization experiments.
Develop and operate subscription, invoicing, and usage-based billing systems for consumer and enterprise plans.
Improve reliability through customer-impact-based SLOs, proactive monitoring, and alerting for revenue-affecting issues.
Partner with Finance, Data Science, Growth, Security, Support, and go-to-market teams to maintain accurate, auditable, compliant billing data and improve payment coverage and authorization rates.
Build internal tooling that helps Support and Finance diagnose and resolve billing issues.

At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
Direct experience building or scaling billing, payments, subscription, or monetization systems.
Deep familiarity with payment processors such as Stripe or Square, including subscriptions, invoicing, disputes, refunds, and webhooks.
Strong backend engineering skills in Python and the ability to reason about complex distributed systems.
Experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, and making data-informed prioritization decisions.
Strong product judgment and the ability to translate user and stakeholder problems into effective technical solutions.
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Finance, Support, or Growth stakeholders.
At least 2 years of hands-on experience with Stripe APIs and SDKs is preferred.
Experience with usage-based or metered billing, including metering agent actions, tokens, or other non-traditional units, is preferred.
Experience with Apple and Google Play in-app purchase billing, growth experimentation, PLG or self-serve SaaS monetization, pricing experiments, A/B testing, regulatory billing, or full-stack development is preferred.

201-500 employees

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