Staff Engineer, Travel Expense Platform

Brex; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Brex in Seattle is seeking a Staff Engineer for Travel Expense systems. You will operate across multiple teams to identify critical problems and set technical direction, partnering with existing Staff Engineers and EMs to align on goals.

This role emphasizes mentorship, an AI-forward mindset, and impact on architecture and delivery. It is a high-visibility leadership position in a hybrid Seattle office.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with leadership across multiple teams or a group.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and drive ambiguous, cross-cutting problems to resolution without a defined charter.
• Deep experience designing and operating large-scale backend systems in production.
• Strong collaboration skills; a track record of raising the bar for engineers and working with ICs and managers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Identify the highest-impact technical problems across Travel Expense and drive them to resolution.
• Set and raise the technical bar across the group through design reviews and architecture decisions.
• Partner as a peer with existing Staff Engineers and EMs to align on direction and unblock execution.
• Act as a force multiplier: mentor senior engineers and improve how teams design and ship.

Skills

Software leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Ambiguity resolution

Backend design

Strong communication

Job description

Brex in Seattle is seeking a Staff Engineer for Travel Expense systems. You will operate across multiple teams to identify critical problems and set technical direction, partnering with existing Staff Engineers and EMs to align on goals.

This role emphasizes mentorship, an AI-forward mindset, and impact on architecture and delivery. It is a high-visibility leadership position in a hybrid Seattle office.