Role Description

The Engineering Manager, Billing Systems is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for the architectural integrity, development, and maintenance of our core financial and billing infrastructure. This individual bridges the gap between high-level business strategy and technical execution, ensuring that our billing platforms are scalable, secure, and compliant with global financial standards. As a player-coach, you will lead a high-performing team of engineers while providing technical guardrails and ensuring the team has the architectural clarity to solve complex challenges.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Delivery: Lead the design and implementation of highly optimized, scalable billing services, predominantly utilizing Java, while maintaining and modernizing legacy components in VB6 and supporting auxiliary services in Python and Node.js.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Finance, Legal, and Product teams to translate complex business requirements into technical specifications.
• Strategic Architecture: Own the multi-year technical roadmap for billing systems, making informed design trade-offs regarding scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency across system boundaries.
• Compliance & Security: Ensure all financial systems adhere strictly to SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) and PCI-DSS requirements, implementing robust auditing, data encryption, and security best practices at a systemic level.
• Team Management: Manage team productivity by establishing clear KPIs, conducting constructive code reviews, and breaking down large initiatives into actionable milestones.
• Performance Optimization: Proactively identify and resolve systemic bottlenecks and deep technical debugging challenges to ensure 24/7 availability of critical billing functions.
• Operational Excellence: Advocate for and establish engineering standards, including comprehensive unit testing, documentation, and automated deployment pipelines.
• Vendor Management: Interface with third-party payment gateways and financial service providers to ensure seamless integration.
• Innovation: Participate in industry forums and stay current with emerging fintech trends to keep the organization at the forefront of billing technology.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required, assigned, or requested.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years leading cross-functional architectural initiatives in high-compliance environments (FinTech, Banking, or E-commerce).
• Expert Java Development: Extensive experience in building enterprise-grade backend systems using Java and associated frameworks.
• Polyglot Programming: Proficiency in managing or contributing to environments using Python, Node.js, and maintaining and preferably migrating legacy VB6 codebases.
• Financial Compliance Knowledge: Deep understanding of SOX and PCI compliance frameworks as they relate to software engineering and data storage.
• System Architecture: Mastery in designing distributed systems, including whiteboarding complex architectures and managing cross-team interactions.
• Analytical Thinking: Ability to leverage data-driven insights to solve ambiguous, open-ended problems within complex financial environments.
• Coaching & Mentorship: Proven ability to foster a culture of continuous learning, identifying growth opportunities for team members, and promoting career development.
• Change Management: Ability to lead teams through organizational or process transitions, ensuring clarity on the "why" behind strategic shifts.
• Engineering Leadership: Proficiency in managing complex workloads and dependencies across multi-team projects.

Requirements

• Prior experience working specifically on billing, payment processing, or financial ledger systems in a public company environment.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).

Benefits

• Fully remote within the U.S. (Los Angeles or Las Vegas preferred).
• Up to 10% travel.
• Must be able to sit for long periods, as well as handle long periods of screen time.
• Reliable, high-speed internet required.
• Salary range: $125,000 - $177,500 USD annually.
• Total compensation package may include annual performance bonus, ESPP, enhanced time off packages, and benefits.
• This job doesn't have an expiration date and will remain open until a qualified candidate is hired.