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Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Monetization)

Perplexity· AI Products
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San Francisco, New York City$220k - $405kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Monetization-focused software engineer responsible for designing, building, and operating Perplexity's billing and monetization systems powering Computer and paid experiences, including subscriptions, usage-based billing, and enterprise contracts.

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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:PythonPostgreSQLBilling systems
Nice to have:Stripe

Benefits

  • Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more.
  • Full-time employees outside the U.S. enjoy a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region of residence.
Last updated Jul 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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