Senior Software Engineer - Berlin

Perk; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading travel management platform is seeking a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin. You will design, architect, and implement our product, focusing on creating innovative solutions for travel management. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in software development, with a strong focus on quality and testing. This position offers competitive compensation, health perks, and significant growth opportunities.

Leistungen

Competitive compensation including equity

Generous vacation days

Health perks such as private healthcare

Mental health support tools

Growth opportunities

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Ability to mentor and train colleagues.
• Experience building complex products in web programming languages.

Aufgaben

• Develop a web-based travel management product.
• Integrate with 3rd party APIs.
• Design system architecture and perform testing.

Kenntnisse

Product Engineering mindset

Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity

Extensive experience in similar roles

Expert level at server-side development

Obsession for quality and testing

Strong communication skills

Tools

Python

Django

React

Jobbeschreibung

About Us

Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time‑consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.

We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem.

Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.

At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.

Visit www.perk.com to learn more.

Are you a Senior Software Engineer with extensive programming experience?

We’re not looking for stack experts. We’re looking for smart people who can bring in the best tools and processes to get the job done.

You will work on a day‑to‑day basis with our product team to design, architect and implement our product. TravelPerk is a next‑generation platform to take the pain out of booking and managing business travel.

As a Senior Software Engineer, this position involves:

• Product development in Python/Djangoand/or React of a travel‑related web‑based product
• Integrations between our product to 3rd party APIs
• System architecture design, implementation, and testing
• Work in an Agile environment with strong attention to a well‑documented code, unit testing, and continuous integration
• Being able to mentor, coach, and train other colleagues as a domain expert

Required skills and experience:

• "Product Engineering" mindset
• Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance
• Extensive experience in similar roles building technically complex products in any web programming language
• An expert level at server‑side, client‑side or full stack development. Your final role within the team will depend on your skills and internal training will be provided
• Obsession for quality and testing
• Eager to learn new technologies and frameworks
• Strong communication skills

Bonus points for:

• Experience in the travel industry
• DevOps experience with the AWS suite
• Experience working with high‑performing, Agile development teams
• People who like to build stuff (we really like people who maintain/contribute to open source projects)
• Experience using AI coding tools during development process, such as copilot, cline or similar
• Experience building AI backed product features using AWS, GCP or OpenAI platforms

What do we offer?

• Competitive compensation including equity in the company
• Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge
• Health perks such as private healthcare or gym allowance depending on your location
• Unforgettable TravelPerk events including travel to one of our hubs
• Mental health support tool for your wellbeing
• Exponential growth opportunities

Our Vision is for a world where TravelPerk serves as the platform for human connection in‑real‑life (IRL)

This role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our Berlin hub. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in‑real‑life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

How We Work

At Perk, we take an IRL‑first approach to work, where our team works together in‑person 3 days a week. This role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. English is the official office language, so we request that resumes be submitted in English for effective communication.

For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world. If you specify your need for relocation, we will evaluate the possibility on a case‑by‑case basis.

Equal Opportunity Employer

TravelPerk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to ensure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, meaning you’re welcome at TravelPerk regardless of your appearance, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you.

Protect Yourself from Recruitment Scams

All official communication from Perk will always come from email addresses ending in @perk.com or @externalperk.com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as bank details early in the process, or communicate through unofficial apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal. If you receive a message claiming to be from Perk that seems suspicious, please do not respond. Forward it to [e-mail], and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.