Staff Software Engineer, Monetization
About the role
We're hiring a Staff Engineer to define and own the technical foundation of how Scribe monetizes. That means pricing infrastructure, entitlements, provisioning, customer and org hierarchy, packaging, and the revenue operations systems that tie it all together. You'll set the technical direction for mission-critical infrastructure serving 5M+ users and 600K+ organizations, anchor the billing engineering team, and co-own the monetization strategy from an engineering standpoint.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical vision and long-term architecture of Scribe's monetization platform: billing, pricing infrastructure, entitlements, provisioning, packaging, and customer/org hierarchy
- Set the technical standard for the billing engineering team, define engineering norms, lead high-stakes design decisions, and raise the level of junior engineers through review and mentorship
- Drive the design of systems that allow Scribe to launch new pricing models, tiers, and products without re-architecting from scratch
- Own the entitlements and access control layer — the boundary between billing state and product access
- Define and maintain the infrastructure Finance and Revenue Operations rely on: reconciliation pipelines, audit trails, reporting, and close processes
- Partner with Growth leads to keep monetization and growth systems coherent as they scale
- Collaborate with the Controller, Revenue Operations, Sales, and Product leadership to translate business requirements into durable system design
- Identify and eliminate architectural gaps that create financial risk, operational complexity, or product constraints
- Shape the technical direction for how self-serve subscriptions, enterprise invoicing, and sales-assisted purchasing coexist at scale
- Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and engineering culture on the monetization team
Requirements
10+ years of software engineering experience, with deep time in monetization, billing, or revenue-critical systems
Owned the technical strategy for a monetization platform not just executed on one someone else designed
Worked on systems where "incorrect" has a dollar sign attached revenue pipelines, financial reporting, or billing infrastructure in production
Reasoned across the full monetization stack: pricing models, subscription lifecycle, entitlements, provisioning, and financial reporting
Designed for evolution pricing will change, products will expand, and your architecture can absorb that without a rewrite
Lead through taste and rigor, where engineers around you get better as a natural consequence of working with you
Strong backend engineering fundamentals, Python and Django experience is a plus
Qualifications
Strong backend engineering fundamentals, Python and Django experience is a plus
Bonus Experience: designing entitlements or access control systems at scale
Experience with SaaS financial close processes, revenue recognition, or enterprise invoicing
Experience with multi-product or multi-tier pricing architecture
Exposure to revenue operations tooling (Salesforce CPQ, Rillet, or similar)
Prior experience as a technical anchor in a high-growth SaaS environment
Skills
Strong backend engineering fundamentals, Python and Django experience is a plus
Bonus Experience: designing entitlements or access control systems at scale
Experience with SaaS financial close processes, revenue recognition, or enterprise invoicing
Experience with multi-product or multi-tier pricing architecture
Exposure to revenue operations tooling (Salesforce CPQ, Rillet, or similar)
Prior experience as a technical anchor in a high-growth SaaS environment
Benefits
Compensation Range: $245K - $280K
Full-Time US Employee Benefits Include:
- Incredible teammates
- Ownership mindset (equity for all employees)
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible paid time off and company holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid parental leave
- Daily catered lunches (SF-based roles)
- Commuter benefits
- Home office stipend