Billing Engineer

Tailscale

Software Engineer at Tailscale focused on billing software development and third-party integrations. Collaborating with design and product teams to enhance product lifecycle and features.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $143,000 - $179,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoMicroservicesSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver projects related to pricing plans and billing.
Develop our billing integration with third party services, strengthening our end-to-end billing experience.
Take ownership of the entire product lifecycle, from writing code to product ideation and strategic decision-making.
Work closely with UX/UI designers and product managers to shape features.
Work as part of a team of engineers to design, build, test, and document core billing software components.
Integrate with third-party billing platforms (e.g., Stripe, Metronome) as needed.
Develop metering, pricing, and rating logic for usage-based and subscription billing models.
Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of customer usage data.
Monitor and maintain billing systems to ensure high availability and data integrity.
Build automation tools for recurring billing tasks, reconciliation, and reporting.
Collaborate with product, sales, and finance teams to support custom billing requirements.
Act as a technical expert in billing-related discussions and planning.
Champion engineering excellence by driving code quality, architectural reviews, and design documentation.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, fostering a culture of learning and knowledge sharing.
Establish observability, alerting, and error handling across the billing pipeline to ensure high availability and responsiveness.
Lead incident response and root cause analysis for billing-related issues.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in backend software engineering, with a strong focus on billing, payments, or financial systems.
Deep knowledge of SaaS billing models, including subscriptions, usage-based pricing, proration, discounts, and entitlements.
Proven experience integrating with third-party billing platforms such as Stripe, Metronome, Orb, Zuora, etc, or building custom billing systems.
Experience designing and managing distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
Proficient with SQL and data modeling, especially for financial and usage data.
Solid understanding of APIs and experience building or integrating internal billing APIs.
Strong proficiency in Go, or comfortable writing production-quality code in another language and eager to work with Go.
Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self.
A competitive total compensation package.
Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period.
Remote first company—most of our teams work fully remotely.
Employer-funded retirement contributions.
Connect with other Tailscalars IRL.
Support for your personal and professional development.
Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration.
A build-your-own home office setup.
Paid parental leave program.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Go ProgrammingSQLData ModelingAPI DevelopmentMicroservices ArchitectureEvent-Driven ArchitectureBilling System DesignAutomation Tools DevelopmentUsage-Based Pricing LogicSubscription Billing

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsTeam CollaborationMentorship