Senior Billing Platform Engineer – AI Search

Tavily Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 147,200 - 224,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Parental leave

Remote work stipend

Life & disability insurance

Job summary

Tavily Inc. in New York is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build the billing platform for agentic search. You will own end-to-end metering, pricing models, and revenue integrity for a high-scale, usage-driven product.

The role requires building robust, auditable systems with strong Python/TypeScript skills, hands-on experience with billing ecosystems, and collaboration with product and security teams. Hybrid work in NYC is offered.

Qualifications

• 6+ years building production backend systems, with 3+ years on billing/metering.
• Experience with usage-based, metered billing and proration logic.
• Experience with subscription/recurring billing plus usage models.
• Experience with prepaid credits/wallets and auto top-up mechanics.
• Enterprise/contract billing with custom pricing and terms.
• End-to-end integration of third-party billing platforms (Stripe Billing, Metronome, Orb, Zuora).
• Strong Python and TypeScript/Node.js, Go a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate the billing platform end to end from usage events to invoices.
• Build metering and usage aggregation pipelines for billable amounts.
• Design prepaid credits/wallet systems with auto top-up and balance management.
• Support enterprise/contract billing with custom pricing and terms.
• Implement reconciliation, idempotency, and invoice accuracy safeguards.
• Lead migration to next-gen billing with minimal downtime.
• Define observability and quality metrics for billing correctness.
• Ensure SOX/compliance and financial audit readiness.

Skills

Python

TypeScript/Node.js

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Kinesis

Snowflake

Stripe Billing

Metronome

Orb

Zuora

Job description

Tavily Inc. in New York is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build the billing platform for agentic search. You will own end-to-end metering, pricing models, and revenue integrity for a high-scale, usage-driven product.

The role requires building robust, auditable systems with strong Python/TypeScript skills, hands-on experience with billing ecosystems, and collaboration with product and security teams. Hybrid work in NYC is offered.