Staff Software Engineer, Billing Platform
Core
Design and ship production-critical billing infrastructure that turns product usage into revenue for Anthropic's AI systems (Claude.ai, Developer Platform, etc.), ensuring financial correctness and scaling with the business.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer, Billing Platform
Builds
Billing capabilities, payment flows, contract/entitlement models, revenue data pipelines, and integrations for third-party billing platforms.
Domain
Fintech / SaaS Billing / AI Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Backend system design, financial data integrity, idempotency and reconciliation logic, API contract design, build-vs-buy strategy for payments, payments stack ownership (authorization, fraud, dispute handling), enterprise B2B billing operations.
Preferred skills
Experience with billing/payments/subscription systems, third-party billing platform integration, revenue reconciliation pipelines, enterprise commerce (CPQ, quote-to-cash), payments optimization in self-serve environments.
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Design and ship end-to-end billing capabilities; build systems prioritizing correctness and audit trails; own interfaces between product teams and billing; make build-vs-buy decisions for payments; manage payments stack (fraud, authorization, cost); reduce manual work in enterprise billing; operate and monitor revenue pipelines.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with leadership
