Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Monetization)

## Responsibilities - Design, build, and own the billing platform and monetization systems that power Computer and every paid experience across Perplexity. - Lead features end-to-end, from problem definition through technical design, implementation, and launch, including the billing API abstractions that let product teams ship new SKUs, pricing models, and monetization experiments with minimal friction. - Build and operate the subscription, invoicing, and usage-based billing systems that serve millions of users across consumer and enterprise plans. - Hill-climb on reliability: tiered SLOs organized by customer impact, proactive monitoring, and alerting to catch revenue-affecting issues before customers do. - Partner closely with Finance, Data Science, Growth, Security, Support, and go-to-market teams to keep billing data accurate, auditable, and compliant, and to expand payment method coverage and optimize authorization rates globally. - Build internal tooling that empowers Support and Finance to diagnose and resolve billing issues quickly. ## Requirements - 4+ years of professional software engineering experience. - Direct experience building or scaling billing, payments, subscription, or monetization systems. - Deep familiarity with payment processors (Stripe, Square, etc.), including subscriptions, invoicing, disputes, refunds, and webhooks. - Demonstrated experience and appetite for building in-house billing solutions that rival leading best-in-class buy options. - Strong backend engineering skills in Python with the ability to reason about complex distributed systems. - Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and making data-informed decisions to prioritize work. - Strong product judgment, you translate user and stakeholder problems into simple, effective technical solutions. - Self-motivated with strong ownership instincts, you ship major features ahead of schedule and drive improvements without asking for permission. - Track record of cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Support, or Growth stakeholders. - Genuine interest and adoption of AI products and willingness to learn quickly. ## Nice to Have - 2+ years of hands-on experience with the Stripe APIs and SDKs. - Experience with usage-based or metered billing models, especially metering agent actions, tokens, or other non-traditional units. - Experience with Apple and Google Play in-app purchase billing. - Familiarity with growth experimentation and PLG/self-serve SaaS monetization. - Experience building platform constructs that support pricing experiments and A/B testing. - Full-stack experience (our frontend is Next.js/React/TypeScript). - Experience in a regulatory or compliance-heavy billing environment. - Time spent at a fast-growing startup or on a high-ownership engineering team. ## Benefits - Craftsmanship. We build high quality, tasteful products targeting both the AI native and AI curious. - Ownership. You identify the problem, design the solution and ship it. - Entrepreneurship. We think like founders, act with urgency, and hustle to deliver for each other and our users. - Scholarship. Work among highly talented peers, pursuing knowledge and truth, upleveling ourselves, our teams, and our products. - Partnership. We amplify each others' strengths, break down silos, and give selflessly to help our colleagues deliver excellence.