Staff Software Engineer — Own the Tech Vision & Impact

AmTrav; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Perk seeks a Staff Engineer in its Flights engineering domain to own the technical vision across multiple teams and drive architectural decisions for a large, global platform. You will mentor engineers, coordinate across squads, and lead initiatives that improve reliability, scale, and AI‑driven workflows.

You will collaborate with product, design and operations to deliver robust experiences in a hybrid, in‑person collaboration model supporting a Barcelona‑area hub.

Qualifications

• End‑to‑end ownership of features from concept to deployment and impact.
• Ability to coordinate across product, design and operations.
• Strong emphasis on reliability, scalability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision across teams and translate it into priorities.
• Coordinate across squads and drive alignment on architectural plans.
• Mentor engineers, conduct design reviews and unblock delivery.
• Lead architectural changes for scale and reliability across services.
• Apply AI‑driven practices to development and code review.

Skills

Product mindset

Cross-team leadership

Architectural judgment

Run it approach

Domain complexity

Backend focus

Observability

Mentorship

AI‑driven development

Tools

Python

AWS

Job description

Perk seeks a Staff Engineer in its Flights engineering domain to own the technical vision across multiple teams and drive architectural decisions for a large, global platform. You will mentor engineers, coordinate across squads, and lead initiatives that improve reliability, scale, and AI‑driven workflows.

You will collaborate with product, design and operations to deliver robust experiences in a hybrid, in‑person collaboration model supporting a Barcelona‑area hub.