Backend Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Core
Backend engineer serving strategic enterprise users by solving complex integration, billing, and multi-product payment problems using AI-augmented workflows and direct user engagement.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (forward deployed)
Builds
Reusable platform capabilities, integration frameworks, and architectural patterns for enterprise billing and payments
Domain
Financial infrastructure / Payments / Enterprise SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend systems design, distributed systems, API design, data modeling, complex problem solving, user engagement, architectural guidance
Preferred skills
Financial automation/billing products, multi-product integration, extensibility models, large enterprise user experience, AI-augmented engineering
Technologies
Stripe Billing, Tax, Revenue Recognition, LLM-powered tooling, AI agents
Responsibilities
Work alongside AI agents to maintain integration maps and perform automated state reconciliation; Engage directly with enterprise users to translate business requirements into technical solutions; Design and deploy products across multi-product boundaries (Payments, Invoicing, Global LPMs); Build reusable customization frameworks and architectural patterns; Provide architectural guidance and optimize integration performance; Resolve critical technical challenges across the stack; Inform product roadmap based on field observations; Improve engineering standards and tooling
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
