FastSpring, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, operates as a merchant of record for companies selling SaaS, software, and digital products online. The company's platform handles the full scope of global e-commerce transactions: payment processing, tax calculation and remittance (including VAT and sales tax), regulatory compliance, fraud prevention, and subscription billing. It supports transactions in over 23 currencies and checkout experiences in more than 21 languages.
As of recent figures, over 3,200 digital product companies use FastSpring's services, with the platform having processed more than $2 billion in transactions since 2022 across more than 200 regions. The company's technical work spans e-commerce platform development, payment infrastructure, tax compliance systems, subscription management, and fraud detection - areas of direct relevance to engineers interested in building at scale in financial technology and global commerce.
FastSpring maintains a global presence with offices in Santa Barbara, Austin, Amsterdam, Halifax, and Belfast. With a 20-year track record in the space, the team brings localized expertise across these regions to support a client base that sells internationally.
