# Engineering Manager, Billing Configuration

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Billing Systems, Billing Configuration, Software Architecture, Infrastructure, System Reliability, Incident Response, Low-Latency Systems, High-Traffic Systems, Operational Excellence
**Posted:** 2026-09-02

> Leads the team responsible for Stripe Billing’s configuration infrastructure, setting technical strategy, roadmap, and engineering standards while hiring and developing engineers. Requires 8+ years of software development experience and 4+ years managing engineering teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead a team responsible for the core architecture enabling billing configuration complexity and extensibility.
- Own the technical strategy and roadmap for billing configuration.
- Drive operational excellence across billing infrastructure systems.
- Hire and develop engineers as the team expands.
- Partner with stakeholders across organizations to deliver billing solutions.
- Define priorities and scope based on internal and external customer needs.
- Define and uphold engineering standards for business-critical billing infrastructure.

## Requirements
- 4+ years of engineering management experience, directly managing and growing teams of 5+ engineers building and shipping products at scale.
- 8+ years of full-time software development experience.
- Track record of leading teams responsible for high-traffic, low-latency, extensible systems.
- Strong user empathy and experience working backward from internal and external customer needs.
- Ability to drive rigorous decision-making and build strong cross-functional partnerships.
- Ability to handle ambiguity, solve complex challenges creatively, and execute on competing high-impact priorities.
- Demonstrated focus on system reliability, operational health, and incident response.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience building and leading distributed teams across multiple locations and time zones.
- Track record of delivering shared infrastructure across multiple business units.
- Background in billing, metering, or large-scale distributed systems.

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