Distinguished Engineer - Infrastructure
BILL
Do the best work of your career as a champion for small and mid-size businesses.
BILL is a leader in financial automation software for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). As a champion of SMBs, we are dedicated to automating the future of finance so businesses can thrive. Hundreds of thousands of businesses trust BILL solutions to manage financial workflows, including payables, receivables, and spend and expense management. With BILL, businesses are connected to a network of millions of members, so they can pay or get paid faster. Through our automated solutions, we help SMBs simplify and control their finances, so they can confidently manage their businesses, and succeed on their terms.
BILL is a trusted partner of leading U.S. financial institutions, accounting firms, and accounting software providers. We have operations in San Jose, CA, Draper, UT, and are continuing to expand into other geographic locations. If you’re looking for a place that helps you do the best work of your career, look no further than BILL.
Join BILL’s Infrastructure team as a seasoned architect and help drive innovation behind our platform that moves billion 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.
At BILL, we value reliability, celebrating "boring" by ensuring high availability and seamless operations. By making things run smoothly behind the scenes, we give our team the stability to innovate and push boundaries. If you’re passionate about building infrastructure that empowers others to succeed, we’d love to have you on board!
We are looking for a few key attributes in the ideal candidate:
- 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 infrastructure for diverse workloads.
- Infrastructure modernization: Expertise in modernizing infrastructure to ensure stability and reliability for internal teams and customers.
- Strong fundamentals: Solid foundation in software engineering and distributed systems, with a focus on repeatability, safety, and availability.
- Diverse infrastructure experience: Exposure to online, data, and ML infrastructure is a plus.
- 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.
We would love to chat if you have the following qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent — advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in e-commerce or fintech companies building and operating infrastructure at scale on AWS
- 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 and interpersonal 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
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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.
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 below. 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. The estimated salary ranges noted below roles in the specific geographic zones
Let’s talk about benefits
- 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
For positions that are in office we support a hybrid work environment with on-site and remote work days. Check out our LinkedIn Life Page for each location and discover BILL.
We live our culture and values every day
At BILL, we’re different by design—it's our culture. Our CEO is a trusted entrepreneur who lives our cultural values: Humble, Authentic, Passionate, Accountable, and Fun. People here love being their authentic selves, contributing unique experiences, sharing ideas, perspectives, and intellectual curiosity. We celebrate our diversity as the heart and soul of how we work, grow, and succeed together. Inspiring people with meaningful career experiences they love really does make the dream work and our successes just keep getting better. There’s no limit to what we can build and where we can go from here. We’d love you to join us.
BILL is proudly an Equal Opportunity Employer where everyone is welcome. Our innovation and technology are inspired by an inclusive culture unlike any other. Everyone brings a different personal story and perspective and this diverse mix of minds, backgrounds, and experiences is where our greatest ideas come from. We welcome people of all races, ethnicities, ages, religions, abilities, genders, and sexual orientations to make us an even more vibrant company. We want everyone to bring their authentic selves here, to share our values, shape our vision, drive innovation, and become part of a culture we celebrate every day.
Our promise to our candidates is to be transparent, diligent, and engaging while guiding individuals through each step of our hiring process. At BILL we strive to achieve an inclusive and positive candidate experience that aligns with our core values and focuses on diversity.
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BILL Culture:
- Humble - We check our egos at the door. We are curious. We listen, accept feedback.
- Authentic - We earn and show trust by being real—embracing our authentic selves.
- Passionate - We care deeply about each other and our customers.
- Accountable - We are duty-bound to each other, our customers, and society.
- Fun - We wrap it all together by building connections and enjoying time spent together.
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