Senior Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Sync

Do the best work of your career as a champion for small and mid-size businesses.

BILL is a leader in financial automation software for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). As a champion of SMBs, we are dedicated to automating the future of finance so businesses can thrive. Hundreds of thousands of businesses trust BILL solutions to manage financial workflows, including payables, receivables, and spend and expense management. With BILL, businesses are connected to a network of millions of members, so they can pay or get paid faster. Through our automated solutions, we help SMBs simplify and control their finances, so they can confidently manage their businesses, and succeed on their terms. 

BILL is a trusted partner of leading U.S. financial institutions, accounting firms, and accounting software providers. We have operations in San Jose, CA, Draper, UT, Houston, TX and are continuing to expand into other geographic locations. If you’re looking for a place that helps you do the best work of your career, look no further than BILL.

Make your impact within a rapidly growing Fintech Company

The Sync team is responsible for building, maintaining, enhancing, and scaling two-way integration solutions between the BILL payment platform/network and major accounting software products used by its customers. Used by nearly 90% of our paying Small Business customers, sync is a core feature that allows our customers to keep their bills, payments and other data up to date in their accounting systems. 

As a Senior Staff Engineer on the sync team, you will be responsible for:

• Designing new sync integrations
• Executing complex data migrations
• Working cross functionally to integrate sync products with diverse systems
• Improving system reliability and observability
• Promoting a culture of quality 
• Mentoring junior engineers

We’d love to chat if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum 12  years of relevant experience in software engineering, including building enterprise platforms
• Expertise in building and maintaining large-scale, high-volume, high-availability, low-latency systems
• Expert-level knowledge of Java, SQL and NoSQL databases along with full-stack development
• Ability to mentor and guide other engineers in best practices and advanced technical concepts
• Proficiency in version control, code reviews, testing, and deployment automation
• Proficiency with monitoring, alerting, and reporting tools
• Cross-team collaboration with extreme ownership mindset
• Exceptional problem solving, critical thinking, communication skills, and a bias towards action
• Customer empathy
• Strong understanding of engineering, product, and design interoperation and communication

Nice to Have:

• Expertise with using AWS services to build microservices
• Familiar with frontend development with React and Angular
• Experience with tools like Splunk, Datadog, Mixpanel, LaunchDarkly etc.
• Accounting domain knowledge (knows the basics of double-entry accounting, General Ledger, AP/AR)
• Knowledge and experience in one of - accounting OR ERP OR FinTech (back-end, e.g., Payments) 
• Familiarity with using Generative AI in production applications with RAG

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 below. 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. The estimated salary  ranges noted below roles in the specific  geographic zones

Zone 1- San Francisco Bay Area CA (includes HQ), New York City, Seattle$197,200—$246,500 USDZone 2- CA (Non San Francisco Bay Area), Austin TX, Massachusetts$177,500—$221,900 USDZone 3 -Utah (includes Utah office), Houston TX (office), Florida, North Carolina$167,600—$209,500 USD

Let’s talk about benefits

• 100% paid employee health, dental, and vision plans (choose HMO, PPO, or HDHP)
• HSA & FSA accounts 
• Life Insurance, Long & Short-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 11+ Observed holidays and wellness days and flexible time off 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program with employee discounts
• Wellness & Fitness initiatives
• Employee recognition and referral programs