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BILL · 1 day ago

Principal Software Engineer - Payments Platform

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$241K/yr - $301K/yr

15+ years exp

BILL is a fintech company focused on empowering businesses through innovative financial solutions. The Principal Software Engineer for the Payments Platform will lead efforts in modernizing cloud infrastructure, ensuring stability and reliability while driving innovation to support the company's rapid growth.

AppsBillingFinancial ServicesFinTechSaaS

No H1B

Responsibilities

Proven thought leadership, persuasive abilities, passion for excellence, and humility to collaborate across teams

Self-driven engineer with a track record of building and scaling for diverse workloads

Expertise in modernizing cloud platform infrastructure to ensure stability and reliability

Solid foundation in software engineering and distributed systems, with a focus on scale, safety, and engineering excellence

Diverse Payments, Risk, Financial Services experience

High standards of excellence, backed by experience, with an incremental approach to tackling big challenges

Ability to independently choose areas for deep technical exploration with a focus on impactful improvements

Skilled at working across teams to foster a collaborative environment that drives innovation

Commitment to continuous improvement and alignment with the company’s goals and values

Qualification

Payments modernizationCloud computing infrastructureJavaSoftware engineering fundamentalsGen AI technologiesPassion for excellenceLeadership qualitiesProblem-solving mindsetCollaboration skillsCommunication skills

Required

Proven thought leadership, persuasive abilities, passion for excellence, and humility to collaborate across teams

Self-driven engineer with a track record of building and scaling for diverse workloads

Expertise in modernizing cloud platform infrastructure to ensure stability and reliability

Solid foundation in software engineering and distributed systems, with a focus on scale, safety, and engineering excellence

Diverse Payments, Risk, Financial Services experience

High standards of excellence, backed by experience, with an incremental approach to tackling big challenges

Ability to independently choose areas for deep technical exploration with a focus on impactful improvements

Skilled at working across teams to foster a collaborative environment that drives innovation

Commitment to continuous improvement and alignment with the company's goals and values

Minimum of 15 years of experience in fintech building at scale

Hands-on with programming language Java

Proficient in cloud computing infrastructure and the underlying concepts

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Strong communication (written and verbal) skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent — advanced degree preferred

Experience leveraging Gen AI technologies to accelerate software engineering by designing prompts, rigorously evaluating outputs, and integrating LLMs

Public-facing impact (publications, talks, articles, open source contributions, etc.) is a big plus