Lead Software Engineer
Chargebee · Posted Oct 27
Subscription management, recurring billing, and revenue growth infrastructure services
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About the role
Chargebee is a subscription billing and revenue management platform used by SaaS and subscription-first businesses to process recurring revenue. The engineering team builds high-scale subscription management software and works on reliability, scalability, and performance. This Technical Lead – Backend Engineering role owns backend and frontend delivery, architects Java/Spring Boot services on AWS, and mentors engineers.
What you will do
- Execute with precision: Own technical execution for backend and frontend modules and lead delivery across the team.
- Scale smartly: Enhance and evolve existing backend systems with scalable architecture patterns and thoughtful refactoring—not rewrites for the sake of it.
- Drive backend excellence: Architect high-performance services using Java and Spring Boot, built for scale and uptime.
- Enable observability: Work closely with DevOps to ensure production readiness with robust monitoring and alerting practices on AWS.
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with technical peers, product managers, and occasionally with customer-facing teams to ensure alignment of business and tech priorities.
- Mentor and lead: Grow backend engineering capabilities by providing clear guidance, thoughtful code reviews, and proactive problem-solving.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 7+ years of backend experience, with recent hands-on development in Java and Spring Boot.
- Proven experience building and scaling systems to handle high throughput, low latency, and event-driven architecture.
- Solid understanding of AWS infrastructure components: EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, VPC, and more.
- Familiarity with DevOps best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and performance tuning.
- Ability to own end-to-end delivery of backend and frontend features with high accountability.
- Pragmatic decision-maker who focuses on value and execution over over-engineering.
- Experience leading and mentoring engineers, conducting design reviews, and managing technical debt effectively.
- Strong communication skills to influence technical decisions and align with business objectives.
- Comfortable in customer-facing discussions, when needed, to represent technical perspectives.
- Proven ability to collaborate with peers and cross-functional teams in remote/hybrid setups.
Preferred qualifications
- Prior experience in subscription billing, e-commerce, or high-scale fintech systems.
- Exposure to high-scale event-driven systems
- Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or DataDog.
Benefits and support
- Hybrid work environment with flexibility and autonomy
- Uncapped leave policy
About Chargebee
Chargebee is a subscription management and recurring billing platform that automates revenue operations, invoicing, payments, and compliance for high-growth businesses. Its platform helps enterprises manage complex subscription lifecycles, usage-based pricing, and global tax configurations. Trusted by thousands of global innovators, Chargebee streamlines financial workflows from early-stage operations to multi-year enterprise contracts.
- Industry
- SaaS
- Company size
- 1000-5000 employees
- Founded
- 2011
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Series H
Funding
Series H · $475M raised
- 2024-03-08Series H$5M
- 2022-02-01Series H$250M
- 2021-04-01Series G$125M
- 2020-10-01Series F$55M
- 2019-08-01Series D$14M
- 2018-03-01Series C$18M
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
CPO & Co-Founder
CTO & Co-Founder
Chief Financial Officer
Recent coverage
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Chargebee Named a Leader in 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Recurring Billing Applications for the Third Consecutive Year2026-08-18
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Chargebee and Twikey Partner to Connect Billing Directly With Bank Payments2026-07-15
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Agicap Selects Chargebee to Power Its Next Phase of Global Growth2026-03-10
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Chargebee Acquires Inai to Supercharge AI-Powered Payments Intelligence2025-09-15