HubSpot · 2 months ago
Principal Software Engineer - Commerce
Cambridge, MA, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$314K/yr - $502K/yrHubSpot is an AI-powered customer platform that provides software, integrations, and resources for businesses to connect marketing, sales, and service. The Principal Software Engineer will shape the technical future of Commerce Hub by building a robust platform for billing and payments while leading architectural direction and mentoring teams.
Social MediaSaaSBig DataMarketingAnalyticsCopywriting
Responsibilities
Build a simple, consistent, extensible platform
Shape the technical roadmap across CPQ, Billing, and Payments with strong, opinionated patterns
Define and evolve core domain models so pricing, products, contracts, invoices, and payments behave predictably everywhere
Create frameworks that make the platform easy to extend without adding complexity
Write code regularly. Lead design reviews and build high-impact systems end-to-end
Own large multi-team initiatives that span CPQ, Billing and Payments
Take prototypes to production at scale
Set patterns for extensibility, contract boundaries, financial correctness, event-driven consistency, and how AI/agents safely interact with commerce objects
Push for simplicity where the domain wants to get complicated, and consistency where surfaces can drift
Influence product strategy across CPQ, Buyer Portal, and Revenue OS
Help teams make clear tradeoffs between speed, correctness, compliance, and long-term platform health
Mentor senior engineers and tech leads
Drive thoughtful design decisions and guide learnings from incidents and large migrations
Help teams align on patterns that reduce complexity and increase reliability
Qualification
Required
Proven experience building and scaling distributed systems with strict correctness requirements
Background working with complex state machines, financial flows, or high-integrity data models
Strong architectural instincts with a bias toward simplicity, consistency, and well-defined boundaries
The ability to work horizontally across many teams and get alignment on platform patterns
A habit of turning ambiguity into clear plans and working software—and staying hands-on every step of the way
Benefits
Some roles are eligible to participate in HubSpot’s equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs)
Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay
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Company
HubSpot
HubSpot develops cloud-based, inbound marketing software that allows businesses to transform the way that they market online.
Founded in 2006
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$100.5MKey Investors
Scale Venture PartnersMatrixGeneral Catalyst
2014-10-10IPO
2012-11-05Series E· $35M
2011-03-08Series D· $32M
Leadership Team
Yamini Rangan
Chief Executive Officer
Dharmesh Shah
Founder and CTO
Recent News
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