Engineering Manager - AI-Driven AP Platform

Brex; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Remote work flexibility (up to four 4)

Job summary

Brex in New York is seeking an engineering leader to own a portion of Accounts Payable software. You will lead a full-stack team and influence product and technical direction.

This role sits in a hybrid NYC office with collaboration across Design and Product, and a strong focus on AI-enabled features. The ideal candidate has 2+ years in management and a track record of scaling customer-facing products.

Qualifications

• Track record of engineering leadership building and scaling customer-facing products.
• Strong product sense and ability to defend product and UX tradeoffs.
• A staff-engineer level technical bar; able to earn the respect of a strong engineering team.
• Strong customer empathy and advocacy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrated coaching and mentorship of engineers across levels.
• Minimum 2+ years in an engineering management role.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a full-stack team (7-10 engineers) owning a defined part of Brex's next-generation Accounts Payable software, growing it through hiring and onboarding new engineers.
• Help define and continually sharpen the team's mandate within the broader Payments group - what it owns, where to invest and how to continuously win customers.
• Set the team's technical and product direction, making thoughtful tradeoffs about what to build, in what order, and why.
• Ship a high-quality, reliable, competitive Accounts Payable product, balancing customer-facing feature velocity with a durable technical foundation.
• Foster a people-centered culture, one built on enablement, trust, and context-sharing.
• Partner cross-functionally across Design and Product to align on scope and delivery.
• Provide strong coaching, mentorship, and career development for engineers at all levels.
• Bring an AI-forward mindset to how the team builds and operates. We expect you to be a continuous bar-raiser on AI for the team.
• Translate customer feedback into engineering priorities. Drive product discovery and champion the user’s voice in technical trade-off discussions to ensure the team is building the right features for the right reasons.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Product sense

Communication

Coaching/mentorship

Customer empathy

Staff engineer

Job description

Brex in New York is seeking an engineering leader to own a portion of Accounts Payable software. You will lead a full-stack team and influence product and technical direction.

This role sits in a hybrid NYC office with collaboration across Design and Product, and a strong focus on AI-enabled features. The ideal candidate has 2+ years in management and a track record of scaling customer-facing products.