[Remote] Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Monetization)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Perplexity is an innovative AI company that launched its defining product, Computer, aimed at transforming knowledge into action. The monetization engineer will be responsible for designing and building the billing platform and monetization systems that support various revenue paths, ensuring reliability and compliance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.


Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and own the billing platform and monetization systems that power Computer and every paid experience across Perplexity
  • Lead features end-to-end, from problem definition through technical design, implementation, and launch, including the billing API abstractions that let product teams ship new SKUs, pricing models, and monetization experiments with minimal friction
  • Build and operate the subscription, invoicing, and usage-based billing systems that serve millions of users across consumer and enterprise plans
  • Hill-climb on reliability: tiered SLOs organized by customer impact, proactive monitoring, and alerting to catch revenue-affecting issues before customers do
  • Partner closely with Finance, Data Science, Growth, Security, Support, and go-to-market teams to keep billing data accurate, auditable, and compliant, and to expand payment method coverage and optimize authorization rates globally
  • Build internal tooling that empowers Support and Finance to diagnose and resolve billing issues quickly

Skills

  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Direct experience building or scaling billing, payments, subscription, or monetization systems
  • Deep familiarity with payment processors (Stripe, Square, etc.), including subscriptions, invoicing, disputes, refunds, and webhooks
  • Demonstrated experience and appetite for building in-house billing solutions that rival leading best-in-class buy options
  • Strong backend engineering skills in Python with the ability to reason about complex distributed systems
  • Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and making data-informed decisions to prioritize work
  • Strong product judgment, you translate user and stakeholder problems into simple, effective technical solutions
  • Self-motivated with strong ownership instincts, you ship major features ahead of schedule and drive improvements without asking for permission
  • Track record of cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Support, or Growth stakeholders
  • Genuine interest and adoption of AI products and willingness to learn quickly
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with the Stripe APIs and SDKs
  • Experience with usage-based or metered billing models, especially metering agent actions, tokens, or other non-traditional units
  • Experience with Apple and Google Play in-app purchase billing
  • Familiarity with growth experimentation and PLG/self-serve SaaS monetization
  • Experience building platform constructs that support pricing experiments and A/B testing
  • Full-stack experience (our frontend is Next.js/React/TypeScript)
  • Experience in a regulatory or compliance-heavy billing environment
  • Time spent at a fast-growing startup or on a high-ownership engineering team

Company Overview

  • Perplexity is an AI-powered platform that retrieves, analyzes information from the web to deliver structured answers with cited sources. It was founded in 2022, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.perplexity.ai.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Perplexity has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2026, 12 in 2025, 7 in 2024, 2 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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