Engineering Manager, Usage Platform
Stripe•5h ago
CanadaOnsiteFull-timeManager Level5+ yrs exp
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Engineering ManagerVp Engineering
- Engineering Manager, Usage Platform
- Who we are
- About Stripe
- Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue
- accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet
- we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
- About the team
- The Usage Platform team delivers low-latency, usage-based billing for companies offering AI-driven services. We own the infrastructure that makes this possible at scale, including usage ingestion and aggregation, replay handling, and alerting.
- What you'll do
- As the engineering manager for Usage Platform, you'll own the operational and technical direction of systems that handle high-throughput live traffic at scale
- you'll shape the team as it expands to support new use cases. You'll work closely with internal and external customers to build billing solutions that meet real-world needs.
- Responsibilities
- Lead a team responsible for usage ingestion, aggregation, replay handling, and alerting systems
- Own the technical strategy and roadmap for low-latency, usage-based billing infrastructure
- Drive operational excellence across billing infrastructure systems
- Hire and develop engineers as the team expands into new scope
- Partner with stakeholders across organizations to deliver billing solutions
- Work backwards from internal and external customer needs to define priorities and scope
- Define and uphold engineering standards across a team owning business-critical billing infrastructure
- Who you are
- We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
- Minimum requirements
- 4+ years of engineering management experience, directly managing and growing teams of 5+ engineers focused on building and shipping products at scale
- 8+ years of full-time software development experience
- Track record of leading engineering teams responsible for high-traffic, low-latency, and extensible systems
- Deep user empathy with a history of working backwards from internal and external customer needs
- Proven ability to drive rigorous decision-making and build strong partnerships across teams
- Ability to handle ambiguity, creatively solve complex challenges, and execute on competing high-impact priorities
- Demonstrated focus on system reliability, operational health, and incident response
- Preferred qualifications
- Experience building and leading distributed teams across multiple locations and time zones
- Track record of delivering shared infrastructure across multiple business units
- Background in billing, metering, or large-scale distributed systems
Required skills
Distributed Systems