IonQ is developing the world's most powerful full-stack quantum computer and needs to integrate billing and payments to meter and sell their products to customers, aiming to redefine industries like medicine, materials science, finance, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cryptography, and more.
Requirements
- Deep, expert-level knowledge (4+ years) of payment processing platforms, with extensive hands-on experience with the Stripe API for SaaS and/or Marketplace use cases (Stripe Billing, Connect, Invoicing, etc.)
- Strong understanding of transaction lifecycles, payment processing flows, and idempotency in distributed systems
- Past experience with usage-based billing and invoice reconciliation
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and data consistency patterns
- Proven experience designing and leading large-scale, cross-team technical projects from inception to completion
- Expertise programming backends in Go or JavaScript
- Familiarity with using AI in day to day coding
Responsibilities
- Architect and lead the design and building of our next-generation billing and payments platform.
- Author technical design documents, RFCs, and roadmaps that align with long-term business goals
- Act as the ultimate technical authority for the billing domain.
- Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical oversight to senior engineers and team leads across the organization.
- Spearhead the development of solutions for our most challenging technical problems, such as implementing sophisticated usage-based billing models or expanding into new international markets with complex tax and compliance needs
- Collaborate with senior leadership in Product, Finance, and Legal to influence product strategy and ensure our technical architecture can support future business initiatives.
- Translate complex business needs into a scalable and maintainable technical reality
Other
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a history of technical leadership and shipping large-scale, mission-critical systems
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated through a portfolio of technical design documents, architectural diagrams, or public presentations
- A strong sense of ownership and the ability to navigate ambiguity to drive complex projects forward with a high degree of autonomy
- Experience with global payment systems, including international tax regulations (VAT, GST), currency conversion, and local payment methods
- Deep understanding of financial compliance (PCI DSS) and revenue recognition principles
