Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Payments Platform

Innovate with purpose

At BILL, we believe in empowering the businesses that drive our economy. By replacing outdated financial processes with innovative tools, we help businesses—from startups to established brands—make smarter decisions and gain control of their operations. And we don’t stop there: we’re creating the future of financial automation so businesses can spend more time on what matters.

Working here means you become part of a vision-driven team that’s ready to tackle challenges and build cutting-edge solutions. We value purpose, drive, and curiosity—and we thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. Whether in one of our offices in San Jose, CA, Draper, UT, or working remotely, BILLders collaborate to deliver real impact for businesses that need more time in their busy weeks.

At BILL, we listen, learn, and lead—fostering collaboration and a drive for continuous growth. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that values each person’s unique skills and experiences. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we’d love to hear from you—you might be just what we’re looking for, whether in this role or another.

✨ Let’s give businesses more time for what matters.

Make your impact within a rapidly growing Fintech Company

Resilient and innovative, the Payments Team functions as the backbone and revenue driver for Bill, playing a mission-critical role in moving over $140B+ annually across various payment methods. If you're looking for a company that values work-life balance, offers career growth, values innovation, and provides endless opportunities to solve new challenges that make a difference in people's everyday lives, then Bill might be a place for you to explore!

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support a team of engineers in achieving a high level of technical excellence and stability
• Deliver new end-to-end capabilities for platform product build and delivery
• Lead the team to try out ideas and learn fast through rapid experimentation
• Work with team architects, product managers and other engineering managers to deliver capabilities 
• Manage and develop processes to help the team to do best work and interface effectively with the rest of the BILL
• Develop your engineers through coaching, mentoring and performance management
• Work with Talent Acquisition to hire engineers and interns as you scale the team. Participate in university recruiting and other events
• Maintain high standards for operational excellence and engineering rigor
• Serve as the scrum master for your team’s deliverables and take ownership from design through development and production support
• Review plans, code, and provide technical guidance to your engineers
• Contribute to plans, progress and outcomes at monthly reviews and company meetings

We’d love to chat if you have:

• BS Computer Science or Engineering
• 10+ years overall software development experience with at least 2+ years in a management role 
• Experience working with and influencing cross-functional teams, advocating for the long-term platform approach
• Experience leading teams of engineers in a SaaS environment, and able to drive decisions to support tech efficiencies and trade-offs
• Track record for delivering platform product  
• Experience with more advanced or cutting-edge technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Serverless Architectures, AI/ML frameworks, Advanced Cloud Services).
• Experience leading Engineers through complex problem-solving in large-scale distributed systems, performance optimization, and high-availability systems.
• Experience building payment platforms is a must.

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The estimated salary  range for this role is noted below for our San Jose based role.  Our ranges for each role and job level are based on a variety of factors including candidate experience, expertise, and geographic location and may vary from the amounts listed above. The role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending & health savings account, paid holidays, paid time off, and other company benefits.

San Jose pay range$209,300—$261,700 USD

What’s in it for you? 

Redefining how businesses automate their work is a fast-paced, exciting, and fun environment. But we also have benefits and perks to ensure the magic isn’t only experienced by our customers, but by our employees as well. 

Here is a preview of some of the amazing benefits here at BILL:

• 100% paid employee health, dental, and vision plans (choose HMO,