What are the responsibilities and job description for the Distinguished Engineer - Payments position at BILL?
Innovate with purpose
At BILL, 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 By replacing outdated financial processes with innovative tools, we help businesses—from startups to established brands—make smarter decisions and gain control of their operations.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.
Make Your Impact Within a Rapidly Growing Fintech Company
Join BILL’s Payments team as a Distinguished Engineer to drive innovation behind our platform that moves billions of dollars daily. You’ll be at the heart of enabling SMBs to streamline their financial workflows. Resilient and innovative, Payments and Financial Services teams are both the backbone and the revenue drivers at Bill.com. We play a mission critical role in transacting over $300B annually safely across various payment products.
San Jose pay range
$236,800—$296,000 USD
What’s in it for you?
Redefining how businesses automate their work is a fast-paced, exciting, and fun environment. But we also have benefits and perks to ensure the magic isn’t only experienced by our customers, but by our employees as well.
Here is a preview of some of the amazing benefits here at BILL:
BILL is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity and inclusion. We believe our best ideas come from the unique stories, perspectives, and experiences of our team members. We welcome people of all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to bring their authentic selves and contribute to our culture.
We are committed to a transparent, inclusive hiring process that reflects our values. If you need accommodations at any stage, please contact interviewaccommodations@hq.bill.com.
Our Applicant Privacy Notice describes how BILL treats the personal information it receives from applicants.
At BILL, 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.
Make Your Impact Within a Rapidly Growing Fintech Company
Join BILL’s Payments team as a Distinguished Engineer to drive innovation behind our platform that moves billions of dollars daily. You’ll be at the heart of enabling SMBs to streamline their financial workflows. Resilient and innovative, Payments and Financial Services teams are both the backbone and the revenue drivers at Bill.com. We play a mission critical role in transacting over $300B annually safely across various payment products.
- Leadership qualities: Proven thought leadership, persuasive abilities, passion for excellence, and humility to collaborate across teams.
- Hands-on experience: Self-driven engineer with a track record of building and scaling for diverse workloads.
- Payments modernization: Expertise in modernizing cloud platform infrastructure to ensure stability and reliability.
- Strong fundamentals: Solid foundation in software engineering and distributed systems, with a focus on scale, safety, and engineering excellence.
- Diverse Payments, Risk, Financial Services experience.
- Problem-solving mindset: High standards of excellence, backed by experience, with an incremental approach to tackling big challenges.
- Autonomy: Ability to independently choose areas for deep technical exploration with a focus on impactful improvements.
- Collaboration skills: Skilled at working across teams to foster a collaborative environment that drives innovation.
- Passion for excellence: Commitment to continuous improvement and alignment with the company’s goals and values.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent — advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in fintech building at scale
- Hands-on in programming languages like Java, Python, or Go
- Proficient in cloud computing infrastructure and the underlying concepts
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication (written and verbal) skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Public-facing impact (publications, talks, articles, open source contributions, etc.) is a big plus
San Jose pay range
$236,800—$296,000 USD
What’s in it for you?
Redefining how businesses automate their work is a fast-paced, exciting, and fun environment. But we also have benefits and perks to ensure the magic isn’t only experienced by our customers, but by our employees as well.
Here is a preview of some of the amazing benefits here at BILL:
- 100% paid employee health, dental, and vision plans (choose HMO, PPO, or HDHP)
- HSA & FSA accounts
- Life Insurance, Long & Short-term disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 11 Observed holidays and wellness days and flexible time off
- Employee Stock Purchase Program with employee discounts
- Wellness & Fitness initiatives
- Employee recognition and referral programs
- And much more
BILL is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity and inclusion. We believe our best ideas come from the unique stories, perspectives, and experiences of our team members. We welcome people of all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to bring their authentic selves and contribute to our culture.
We are committed to a transparent, inclusive hiring process that reflects our values. If you need accommodations at any stage, please contact interviewaccommodations@hq.bill.com.
Our Applicant Privacy Notice describes how BILL treats the personal information it receives from applicants.
Salary : $236,800 - $296,000
