Work as part of a team of engineers to design, build, test, and document core billing software components.
Integrate with third-party billing platforms (e.g., Stripe, Metronome) as needed
Develop metering, pricing, and rating logic for usage-based and subscription billing models.
Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of customer usage data.
Monitor and maintain billing systems to ensure high availability and data integrity.
Build automation tools for recurring billing tasks, reconciliation, and reporting.
Collaborate with product, sales, and finance teams to support custom billing requirements.
Work closely with finance, product, support, and engineering teams to support accurate billing, revenue reporting, and customer inquiries.
Act as a technical expert in billing-related discussions and planning.
Champion engineering excellence by driving code quality, architectural reviews, and design documentation.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, fostering a culture of learning and knowledge sharing.
Establish observability, alerting, and error handling across the billing pipeline to ensure high availability and responsiveness.
Lead incident response and root cause analysis for billing-related issues.

Experience in backend software engineering, with a strong focus on billing, payments, or financial systems.
Deep knowledge of SaaS billing models, including subscriptions, usage-based pricing, proration, discounts, and entitlements.
Proven experience integrating with third-party billing platforms such as Stripe, Metronome, Orb, Zuora, etc, or building custom billing systems.
Experience designing and managing distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
Proficient with SQL and data modeling, especially for financial and usage data.
Solid understanding of APIs and experience building or integrating internal billing APIs.
Strong proficiency in Go, or comfortable writing production-quality code in another language and eager to work with Go
Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self.
A competitive total compensation package including base salary, equity incentive plan and variable commission (for quota-based roles).
Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period including health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family.
Remote first company—most of our teams work fully remotely.
Employer-funded retirement contributions: Tailscale will match your retirement contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to a maximum annual employer contribution equal to 0.75% of your eligible compensation.
Connect with other Tailscalars IRL: annual company retreat, team off-sites, and in-person collaboration with teammates across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.
Support for your personal and professional development: $1500 USD annually for professional development, mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration with a flexible, paid time off program.
A build-your-own home office setup: choose your own company-owned laptop (Mac or PC), monthly home internet reimbursement, and $500 USD to customize your workstation.
Paid parental leave program: 20 weeks for birthing parents, 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.

Remote (Worldwide)

Language: English (implied by posting in English)
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Tailscale is hiring a Billing Engineer