Backend Software Engineer, Perplexity AI

• 2+ years experience using the Stripe APIs and SDKs
• Familiarity with payment networks, card authorizations, policies, invoicing, subscriptions, disputes, and refunds
• Experience working with large amounts of data, making data-based decisions to prioritize projects, including familiarity with relational and non-relational databases and modern data warehousing
• Strong programming skills with the ability to work across the full stack
• Proven track record in similar billing roles
• Self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership of tasks
• A passion for shipping quality products
• 4+ years of industry experience

Desirable

• Perplexity is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design and implement our next-generation billing systems
• This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and help revolutionize the way people search and interact online
• Spearhead new feature development to enable Perplexity’s growing billing needs
• Drive continuous improvements to the reliability, performance, accuracy, and security of our billing system
• Collaborate with peers across engineering, finance, and data science teams to ensure precise measurement and reporting
• Build in-product dashboards to visualize usage and billing
• Build tools to proactively monitor user experience and improve customer success
• Build tools to create and track discount codes and promos
• Tech Stack: Stripe | Python | Docker | AWS | Postgresql