Engineering Manager - Billing

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We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Billing unit.

You will own a critical part of the system – a billing orchestration and monetization platform, responsible for how payments, billing flows, financial operations are executed, routed, and reconciled across multiple systems and providers – as well as the broader revenue and creator payouts ecosystem.

This is a management-first role with strong technical depth, where reliability, correctness, and scalability of financial systems are core success factors.

What You Will Do

Lead a focused backend engineering team (~5 engineers) responsible for the Billing domain
Own delivery of the Billing Platform, including core billing orchestration logic and smart routing capabilities for financial operations
Own delivery and evolution of the Statistics service: video tracking, premium views calculations, trending calculations (videos/photos/actors/channels), and creator analytics (views, watch time, likes, premium seconds watched)
Own delivery and evolution of the Affiliates service: affiliate attribution/tracking and export of video feeds including affiliate link parameters
Own the premium budget calculation and distribution to creators (creator income per video)
Own the creator invoicing, payouts, and reconciliation workflows
Own the internal contractor invoice generation workflow (with payouts executed by accountants)
Drive design and evolution of payment and billing workflows, ensuring correctness, idempotency, consistency, and fault tolerance end-to-end
Partner closely with Product Manager and Tech Lead to translate fintech requirements into clear technical plans and realistic delivery roadmaps
Own execution predictability for the team (sprint planning, delivery commitments, scope management, quarterly planning)
Establish and maintain engineering processes that support reliable delivery (code reviews, incident handling, retrospectives, post-mortems)
Maintain high standards for financial system quality, including auditability, traceability, and data correctness
Build a strong, ownership-driven engineering culture with high accountability and attention to detail in fintech systems
Provide clear, structured reporting on progress, risks, and priorities to Engineering Leadership

What We Are Looking For

3+ years of engineering management experience leading backend teams (5+ engineers)
Strong background in backend engineering with ability to deeply understand distributed systems and architecture trade-offs
Experience working with financial systems, billing systems, payment flows, or transactional platforms
Experience with analytics/statistics pipelines and/or creator monetization domains (e.g., attribution, revenue share, payouts, invoicing) is a strong plus
Proven ability to lead teams delivering mission-critical, high-reliability systems
Experience owning delivery commitments and improving predictability in complex engineering environments
Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and engineering execution practices
Ability to evaluate technical decisions and challenge architecture when needed
Strong communication skills with ability to align engineering, product, and leadership stakeholders
English B2+ or higher,

Bonus Points

Exposure to smart routing systems (e.g., payment routing, decision engines, optimization flows)
Hands-on backend experience with PHP
Experience with relational and distributed data systems in production
Familiarity with observability for financial systems (tracing, audit logs, reconciliation pipelines)

Platform Stack (Billing Unit)

Language: PHP (core backend language)
Databases: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse
Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
Messaging & Caching: Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka
Domain Focus: Billing orchestration, smart routing engine, payment flows, statistics/analytics services, affiliates attribution, premium budget distribution, invoicing & payouts, reconciliation, financial event processing