Staff Backend Engineer (Payments and Billing)
Core
Lead technical architecture and implementation of global payments and billing systems powering Scribd's subscription revenue engine.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (Payments and Billing)
Builds
Global payment processing, invoicing, reconciliation, and financial reliability systems for Scribd, Everand, Slideshare, and Fable.
Domain
Fintech / Subscription Services / Payments
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Distributed systems design, Transactional consistency, High-throughput architectures, SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL), Observability, Incident response, Technical leadership, AI agent workflows, Security compliance (PCI DSS)
Preferred skills
Ruby, Payment provider integration (Stripe, Adyen, Braintree), Fraud prevention, Large-scale migrations, AI code-review controls
Technologies
Stripe, Adyen, Braintree, Datadog, Sentry, AI Agents (Claude Code)
Responsibilities
Design and build backend services for subscription payments at global scale; Ensure compliance and security of financial systems through PCI DSS; Lead agentic engineering adoption and define guardrails for AI-assisted changes in PCI scope; Mentor engineers and shape cross-team technical strategy; Modernize legacy systems and eliminate technical debt using AI agents.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
