Staff Backend Engineer, Monetization Platform

Webhosting; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid holidays

Wellness days

Flexible vacation

Family planning

Mental health support

Job summary

Fastly in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Staff Backend Software Engineer for the Monetization Platform. You will design and own billing infrastructure, usage APIs, and backend services, from proposal through production rollout and on-call support.

You will mentor other engineers, turn ambiguous problems into actionable plans, collaborate with engineering, product, and billing, and help evolve tools and pipelines for Fastly's growing product catalog, focusing on stability, performance, and

Qualifications

• Design, ship, and own billing infrastructure, usage APIs, and backend services.
• Turn ambiguous problems into well-defined technical plans.
• Partner with stakeholders across engineering, product, business systems, and billing to align on requirements and deliver impactful solutions.
• Develop design and architecture documents for new systems and APIs.
• Evolve tools and pipelines powering billing, usage reporting, and orderability.
• Consider stability, performance, and scalability in designs and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Design and own billing infrastructure and APIs.
• Ship backend services from proposal to production rollout.
• Mentor other engineers and participate in on-call rotation.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and billing teams on requirements.
• Document designs and architectures for new systems.

Skills

Backend development

Billing systems

APIs

System design

On-call

Job description

Fastly in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Staff Backend Software Engineer for the Monetization Platform. You will design and own billing infrastructure, usage APIs, and backend services, from proposal through production rollout and on-call support.

You will mentor other engineers, turn ambiguous problems into actionable plans, collaborate with engineering, product, and billing, and help evolve tools and pipelines for Fastly's growing product catalog, focusing on stability, performance, and