Engineering Manager, Travel Platform

Brex; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Brex is building a new Travel team and seeks an Engineering Manager to define direction, hire and scale the group, and ship a future-facing, customer-focused travel product. You will set the technical and product path, balance speed with reliability, and establish a strong engineering culture from day one.

This hybrid role is based in San Francisco, with in-office days and optional remote work. The compensation includes a CAD salary range, potential equity, and a chance to lead engineers across

Qualifications

• Track record of engineering leadership building and scaling customer-facing products, including hiring and growing teams.
• Strong product sense — the ability to make and defend product and UX tradeoffs, not just technical ones.
• Staff-engineer-level technical bar; able to operate at all levels and earn the technical respect of a strong engineering team.
• Strong customer empathy and advocacy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrated coaching and mentorship of engineers across levels.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a new full-stack team owning a defined part of Brex's next-generation travel experience, growing it through hiring and onboarding new engineers.
• Help define and continually sharpen the team's mandate within the broader Travel group — what it owns, where its boundaries sit, and where it should focus.
• 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 travel product, balancing customer-facing feature velocity with a durable technical foundation.
• Foster a people-centered culture on a brand-new team — one built on enablement, trust, and context-sharing.
• Partner cross-functionally across Travel, Expenses, 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.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Product sense

Communication

Mentorship

Customer empathy

Job description

Brex is building a new Travel team and seeks an Engineering Manager to define direction, hire and scale the group, and ship a future-facing, customer-focused travel product. You will set the technical and product path, balance speed with reliability, and establish a strong engineering culture from day one.

This hybrid role is based in San Francisco, with in-office days and optional remote work. The compensation includes a CAD salary range, potential equity, and a chance to lead engineers across