Lead Software Engineer, Backend – Growth & Monetization

Role Overview

Lead the backend side of the Growth & Monetization team, working at the intersection of product engineering, infrastructure, and business strategy. Set the technical direction for how customers discover, adopt, and realize value from Nominal.

What You Will Do

Set the technical strategy for monetization infrastructure, identify and unlock growth opportunities, build the core systems yourself, make customer value tangible, build frictionless customer journeys, drive product discovery and engagement, and build AI-native growth experiences.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You’ll own the systems underneath the customer journey, identify growth constraints, set the goals the team executes toward, and be the technical authority for this domain across Nominal.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production backend systems
• Strong experience in Go, Rust, or Java, with an emphasis on correctness, clarity, and long-lived systems
• Tech-led a team or formally mentored engineers, set the standard others worked to, and been accountable for what the group delivered
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and data modeling for systems that have to be correct, like billing and entitlements
• Experience with billing, metering, payments, or usage-based pricing infrastructure
• Experience with event-driven architectures, notification systems, or lifecycle messaging
• Familiarity with product-led growth, experimentation, or self-serve SaaS
• Experience building AI-powered applications, agents, or workflow automation
• Managed engineers or helped build a team from scratch

Benefits

• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO and sick leave
• Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
• Professional Development Stipend
• In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
• Annual company retreat
• 12 weeks parental leave
• Fertility and family planning ($15,000 lifetime)
• Wellness stipend ($100/month)
• $500/year hardware sensor stipend
• 401(k)
• Employee-friendly equity terms
• In-office 5 days per week

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