Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering)

Why join us

• Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets.
• By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, Brex enables founders and finance teams to accelerate operations, gain real-time visibility, and control spend effortlessly.
• Brex's AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most.
• Tens of thousands of the world's best companies run on Brex, including DoorDash, Coinbase, Robinhood, Zoom, Plaid, Reddit, and SeatGeek.
• Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry.
• We're committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream.
• We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.

Engineering at Brex

• Engineering at Brex is about building systems that scale with speed and intention.
• Our teams span Software, Data, Security, and IT, and operate with high autonomy and deep collaboration.
• We tackle hard technical problems, own our outcomes, and push for excellence at every level — from architecture to deployment.
• It's an environment where engineering is a craft, and builders become leaders.

What you'll do

• As an engineer at Brex, you will help develop new products from concept to launch, whether for a 5-person startup or a 5,000-person-strong enterprise.
• We're looking for folks with an interest in building products and tools, and who are comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces.
• You'll be building customer-facing products that will drive direct business impact and shape our long-term technical vision with a high-quality bar.
• You'll have the opportunity to learn and push the frontier of providing the best financial software experience to help companies grow.
• You'll be encouraged to be metric and data-driven and to think creatively to help Brex scale and get prepared for the new markets we are about to enter.

Where you'll work

• This role will be based in our San Francisco office.
• We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home.
• We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
• As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work!

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers across the company to build new features and products end-to-end.
• Work alongside user-facing teams like Sales and Support to deeply understand our customers' needs.
• Design and implement solutions to improve our customers' banking experiences.
• Own problems end-to-end, from user experience and data models to scalability, operability, and ongoing metrics.
• Tune and polish features to a high degree of excellence.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and deploying applications with a focus on the backend.
• Experience building and designing scalable backend systems
• Experience working with SQL or NoSQL databases
• Experience working with backend programming languages (Java, Kotlin, Python)
• Familiarity with software engineering development cycles
• Ability to hold yourself and the team to high standards
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Compensation:

• The expected salary range for this role is $192,000 - $240,000.
• However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors including the candidate's location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity.
• Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
• Brex LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One, N.A.

Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. Brex recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a brex.com domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.