financial Engineer - Infrastructure San Jose, California,

Distinguished Engineer - Infrastructure
San Jose, California, United States
Innovate with purpose

We believe in empowering the businesses that drive our economy. By replacing outdated financial processes with innovative tools, we help businesses—from startups to established brands—make smarter decisions and gain control of their operations. And we don’t stop there: we’re creating the future of financial automation so businesses can spend more time on what matters.

Working here means you become part of a vision-driven team that’s ready to tackle challenges and build cutting-edge solutions. We value purpose, drive, and curiosity—and we thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. Whether in one of our offices in San Jose, CA, Draper, UT, or working remotely, BILLders collaborate to deliver real impact for businesses that need more time in their busy weeks.

At BILL, we listen, learn, and lead—fostering collaboration and a drive for continuous growth. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that values each person’s unique skills and experiences. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we’d love to hear from you—you might be just what we’re looking for, whether in this role or another.

Let’s give businesses more time for what matters.

Join the Infrastructure team as a seasoned architect and help drive innovation behind our platform that moves billions of dollars weekly. You’ll be at the heart of enabling SMBs to streamline their financial workflows while empowering our developers to build and scale effortlessly. As part of the Infra team, you'll lead the development of shared infrastructure, data platforms, and tools that create a world-class developer experience, using a platform engineering approach to drive agility, collaboration, and quality. In your first year, you'll take on the exciting challenge of shaping infrastructure across multiple AWS regions, applying cutting-edge software development practices to drive efficiency and innovation.

We are looking for a few key attributes in the ideal candidate:

1. Leadership qualities: Proven thought leadership, persuasive abilities, passion for excellence, and humility to collaborate across teams.
2. Hands-on experience: Self-driven engineer with a track record of building and scaling infrastructure for diverse workloads.
3. Infrastructure modernization: Expertise in modernizing infrastructure to ensure stability and reliability for internal teams and customers.
4. Strong fundamentals: Solid foundation in software engineering and distributed systems, with a focus on repeatability, safety, and availability.
5. Diverse infrastructure experience: Exposure to online, data, and ML infrastructure is a plus.
6. Problem-solving mindset: High standards of excellence, backed by experience, with an incremental approach to tackling big challenges.
7. Autonomy: Ability to independently choose areas for deep technical exploration with a focus on impactful improvements.
8. Collaboration skills: Skilled at working across teams to foster a collaborative environment that drives innovation.
9. Passion for excellence: Commitment to continuous improvement and alignment with the company’s goals and values.

We would love to chat if you have the following qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent — advanced degree preferred.
2. Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in e-commerce or fintech companies building and operating infrastructure at scale on AWS.
3. Hands-on in programming languages like Java, Python, or Go.
4. Proficient in cloud computing infrastructure and the underlying concepts.
5. Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
6. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
7. Public-facing impact (publications, talks, articles, open source contributions, etc.) is a big plus.

The estimated salary range for this role is noted below for our San Jose-based role. 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 above. 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.

San Jose pay range:
$236,800 - $296,000 USD