Engineering Manager, Billing Configuration

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The Billing Configuration team enables extensibility of all Billing concepts and owns the core infrastructure needed to manage configuration changes over time and custom billing logic use cases.

What you'll do

As the engineering manager for Billing Configuration, you’ll own the operational and technical direction of the platforms that let Stripe users and internal teams model, customize, and evolve how billing works. You’ll lead the team building the foundational configuration layer for Stripe Billing, enabling flexible products, pricing, eligibility, entitlements, and billing behavior. This team enables complex custom use cases and configuration changes over time. You’ll shape the team as it expands to support increasingly sophisticated use cases, working closely with internal and external customers to build reliable, extensible systems that make Stripe Billing adaptable to the real world.

Responsibilities

Lead a team responsible for the core architecture needed to enable billing configuration complexity and extensibility
Own the technical strategy and roadmap for billing configuration
Drive operational excellence across billing infrastructure systems
Hire and develop engineers as the team expands into new scope
Partner with stakeholders across organizations to deliver billing solutions
Work backwards from internal and external customer needs to define priorities and scope
Define and uphold engineering standards across a team owning business-critical billing infrastructure

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

4+ years of engineering management experience, directly managing and growing teams of 5+ engineers focused on building and shipping products at scale
8+ years of full-time software development experience
Track record of leading engineering teams responsible for high-traffic, low-latency, and extensible systems
Deep user empathy with a history of working backwards from internal and external customer needs
Proven ability to drive rigorous decision-making and build strong partnerships across teams
Ability to handle ambiguity, creatively solve complex challenges, and execute on competing high-impact priorities
Demonstrated focus on system reliability, operational health, and incident response

Preferred qualifications

Experience building and leading distributed teams across multiple locations and time zones
Track record of delivering shared infrastructure across multiple business units
Background in billing, metering, or large-scale distributed systems

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is CA$213,600 - CA$320,400. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

We look forward to hearing from you.

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.

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