Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Scale
BILLAbout the role
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
BILL is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Scale team. As a leader in the Scale team, you will be modernizing the platform, providing best practices, building and evangelizing the core frameworks and services leveraged by the entire engineering org. You will build scalable, resilient, and performant systems using AWS technologies that power $10B+ total payment volume each month across millions of transactions.
We’d love to chat if you have:
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related area
- 8+ years developing systems/software for large business environment platforms on Java
- 3+ years of experience leading design and implementation of complex distributed systems and robust, highly scalable, and performant SaaS applications
- Experience with AWS: ECS, lambda, SQS, SNS, S3, Kinesis, etc.
- Experience with database design for SQL (Oracle, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB)
- Experience with build tools like Gradle and implementing CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent teamwork and communication
- Ability to lead large projects, influence and gain alignment across cross-functional boundaries, coach and mentor more junior engineers
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$175,000—$210,000 USDZone 2- CA (Non San Francisco Bay Area), Austin TX, Massachusetts$157,500—$189,000 USDZone 3 -Utah (includes Utah office), Houston TX (office), Florida, North Carolina$148,800—$178,500 USDLet’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
- And much more
For positions that are in office we support a hybrid work environment with on-site and remote work days. Check out our LinkedIn Life Page for each location and discover BILL.
We live our culture and values every day
At BILL, we’re different by design—it's our culture. Our CEO is a trusted entrepreneur who lives our cultural values: Humble, Authentic, Passionate, Accountable, and Fun. People here love being their authentic selves, contributing unique experiences, sharing ideas, perspectives, and intellectual curiosity. We celebrate our diversity as the heart and soul of how we work, grow, and succeed together. Inspiring people with meaningful career experiences they love really does make the dream work and our successes just keep getting better. There’s no limit to what we can build and where we can go from here. We’d love you to join us.
BILL is proudly an Equal Opportunity Employer whe
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