Backend Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering
Core
Backend engineer serving strategic enterprise users by solving complex integration and billing problems, designing scalable platform solutions, and collaborating with AI agents to automate context-heavy work.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (forward deployed)
Builds
Reusable platform capabilities for Revenue Suite, Payments, and adjacent products (Billing, Invoicing, Global LPMs)
Domain
Financial infrastructure / Enterprise SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Backend systems design, distributed systems, API design, data modeling, complex problem-solving, architectural guidance, user-facing engineering judgment
Preferred skills
Financial automation/billing products, multi-product integration, extensibility models, large enterprise user experience, AI-augmented engineering workflows
Technologies
Stripe platform, AI agents, LLM-powered tooling
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; Build reusable customization frameworks and architectural patterns; Resolve critical technical challenges across the stack; Inform product roadmap based on field observations; Improve engineering standards and tooling.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
