Engineering Manager, Travel Platform

Brex; Vancouver (WA); Hybrid; USD 170,356 - 212,946; Full time

Job summary

Brex is building a new travel team and seeks an Engineering Manager to lead it from inception, shaping the mandate within the Travel group and growing the team through strategic hiring. You will set direction, build a high-impact product, and drive technical excellence from day one.

Based in our Vancouver, Canada office, this hybrid role requires coordination three days per week in the office. We offer flexibility with remote work up to four weeks per year.

Qualifications

• Experience leading customer-facing products.
• Ability to hire and scale teams.
• Strong product and UX judgment.
• Excellent communication and mentorship.
• Technical staff-level capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a full-stack team for Brex's next-generation travel experience, growing it through hiring and onboarding new engineers.
• 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

Staff-level

Customer empathy

Communication

Coaching

Job description

Brex is building a new travel team and seeks an Engineering Manager to lead it from inception, shaping the mandate within the Travel group and growing the team through strategic hiring. You will set direction, build a high-impact product, and drive technical excellence from day one.

Based in our Vancouver, Canada office, this hybrid role requires coordination three days per week in the office. We offer flexibility with remote work up to four weeks per year.