Product Engineer (Billing)

Job Description

We’re seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our growing team. You will work as part of the engineering team to:

• Deliver projects related to pricing plans and billing
• Develop our billing integration with a thirdparty service, strengthening our endtoend billing experience.
• Take ownership of the entire product lifecycle, from writing code to product ideation and strategic decisionmaking.
• Work closely with UXUI designers and product managers to shape features.

• Because we’re an earlystage and fully remote company, we’re looking for a strongly motivated individual who can help move the product forward. The ability to think on your feet, collaborate with highly technical teams, and comfort working asynchronously are essential.

  Responsibilities:

  • Work as part of a team of engineers to design, build, test, and document core billing software components.
  • Integrate with thirdparty billing platforms (e.g., Stripe, Orb) as needed
  • Develop metering, pricing, and rating logic for usagebased 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 billingrelated 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 billingrelated issues.

  • What We Are Looking For:

    • Experience in backend software engineering, with a strong focus on billing, payments, or financial systems.
    • Deep knowledge of SaaS billing models, including subscriptions, usagebased pricing, proration, discounts, and entitlements.
    • Proven experience integrating with thirdparty billing platforms such as Stripe, Orb, Zuora, etc, or building custom billing systems.
    • Experience designing and managing distributed systems, microservices, and eventdriven 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 productionquality 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.

    • As a company, we strive to maintain fair and equitable compensation practices within our team across all roles and all levels. Tailscales compensation package includes base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The salary range displayed on each job posting represents the target range for a new hires base salary. Individual offers may vary based on experience and skill set.

      CAN Pay Ranges
      $218,420—$273,360 CAD
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      What We Offer
      • An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self. We recognize the impact of diverse voices and backgrounds on the growth of our people, product, and company. And that flexibility in how and when you work empowers our team to integrate work and life.
      • A competitive total compensation package. This includes a base salary, an equity incentive plan and variable commission (for quotabased roles).
      • Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period. Take advantage of coverage for health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family!
      • Remote first company—most of our teams work fully remotely. Enjoy a change of scenery wherever you can get wifi, participate in virtual and inperson social events, and leverage our corporate coworking program to visit WeWork (or other similar spaces near you). Some roles require inoffice collaboration depending on team needs, which will be clearly noted in the job description.
      • Connect with other Tailscalars IRL. Attend our annual company retreat, participate in teamdepartment offsites, or use your individual travel budget to meet up with team members in Canada, the US, or the UK.
      • Support for your personal and professional development. Grow your career thoughtfully with $1500 USD annually for professional development, or take advantage of mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
      • Paid time off and a healthy worklife integration. Our flexible, paid time off program supports you for any situation life throws your way, whether moving homes or travelling the world!
      • A buildyourown home office setup. You choose your own companyowned laptop (Mac or PC), receive a monthly home internet reimbursement, and $1000 USD to customize your workstation to make it your own.
      • Generous parental leave program from your first day. We care about your life outside of work and encourage new parents to take advantage of parental leave topups for up to 26 weeks.

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