Director of Engineering - FinTech Billing

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Requirements:

• Experience in engineering leadership, including proven success in a 2nd line management role (managing managers) within a software development environment.
• Deep domain expertise in FinTech, billing systems, payments, or financial platform engineering.
• Experience with complex recurring revenue models (ARR), SaaS/subscription management, and usage-based billing is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to design, build, and operate finance-critical systems at scale, ideally within large SaaS, Enterprise Tech, FinTech, or eCommerce companies.
• Experience working with and integrating ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite) and other financial platforms (e.g., Coupa, Aptitude, payment gateways).
• Strong architectural skills and the ability to lead technical strategy for complex, distributed systems using Java, JavaScript, React, Kubernetes, SQL, etc.
• Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, translate complex requirements, and build alignment across diverse teams (Engineering, Finance, Product).
• A strategic mindset balanced with a strong execution focus, capable of navigating ambiguity and leading teams through technical and financial complexity.
• A commitment to operational excellence, system reliability, and data accuracy in systems where precision is paramount.
• Experience leading technically diverse teams (software engineers/developers, business system administrators).

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and scaling of HubSpot's finance-critical systems, including billing, invoicing, collections, revenue recognition, and reporting, ensuring they support future growth and complexity.
• Drive the technical strategy and architectural evolution for the Billing group, balancing performance, compliance, flexibility, and modernization efforts.
• Partner closely with senior leaders across Product Management, Finance, UX, and other Engineering groups to define roadmaps and deliver solutions that enable new pricing models, business initiatives, and streamlined operations.
• Ensure high data integrity and audit readiness across financial systems, mastering the flow of data between CRM, billing, CPQ, and ERP platforms (like NetSuite) and proactively tackling reconciliation challenges.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, technical rigor, and high-trust collaboration within your teams and across functional boundaries.
• Mentor and develop engineering leaders and engineers within your organization, guiding a technically diverse team working across microservices, APIs, data pipelines, and financial platforms.
• Reduce time-to-market for monetization changes by improving system architecture and internal tooling.