Staff Software Engineer, Billing

📋 Description

• Own and evolve the infrastructure supporting Billing Platform services: compute, storage
• Design and maintain IaC (Terraform) for billing system infrastructure on AWS; set module patterns
• Build and own observability systems — metrics, logging, alerting — with a focus on billing accuracy
• Define deployment patterns and runbooks that work well in an AI-agent-assisted development
• Partner with software engineers on service design — bringing infrastructure constraints and
• Identify systemic risks and drive improvements that span team or organizational boundaries

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in platform, infrastructure, or SRE roles supporting production SaaS systems at scale
• Deep AWS expertise: ECS or EKS, RDS (Postgres preferred), networking, IAM, cost management — you've
• Expert-level Terraform; you've designed reusable module patterns and set standards others follow
• Experience building and owning observability stacks (Datadog, Grafana, or similar) at an
• Strong familiarity with CI/CD systems — Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent — including pipeline
• Kubernetes at an operational and architectural level

🎁 Benefits

• Remote-first by design – Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and
• Flexibility that fits your life – We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.
• Time to recharge – Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year
• Home office support – Set up your workspace for comfort and success.
• Technology stipend – Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.
• Learning & development – Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued