Engineering Manager leading a team building AI-native commerce capabilities. Overseeing payment systems and architecting scalable solutions for innovative transactions.
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a team of engineers building payments, billing, and commerce systems
Own the technical roadmap for subscription infrastructure and payment integrations
Drive architecture decisions for agentic commerce—defining how Perplexity facilitates transactions within conversational experiences
Collaborate with product, finance, and external partners to ship new commerce capabilities
Foster a high-performance engineering culture focused on reliability, velocity, and technical excellence
Requirements
9+ years of software engineering experience
4+ years of engineering management experience including recruiting, growing, and retaining high-caliber talent
5+ years of engineering experience on payments or commerce systems at consumer-scale traffic and reliability
Deep experience with Stripe, PayPal, or similar payment platforms
Strong organizational skills for managing and delivering parallel technical projects; ability to guide senior engineers in making sound tradeoffs and prioritization decisions
Comfort with ambiguity; parts of this roadmap are still being written
Track record of shipping reliable, compliant financial systems
Nice to Have: Experience with building or integrating with 3rd party to support modern payment rails (ACH, open banking, real-time payments) and multi-rail architectures
Experience supporting various monetization strategies including subscriptions, ads, and marketplace
Experience dealing with fraud prevention solutions and systems
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.
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