Staff Software Engineer, AI-Powered Spend Platform

Neobankbeat; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Brex’s Travel Expense team is seeking a Staff Engineer who will influence across expenses, travel, policy, and spend controls to unify a high-velocity backend platform in Seattle. This leadership role focuses on cross-team impact without direct reports, partnering with peers to set direction and improve delivery.

You will mentor engineers, raise the bar on design and review, and apply AI-forward thinking to how the group builds and operates.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering with track record of technical leadership across multiple teams.
• 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; ability to raise the bar for engineers and work with ICs and managers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-impact cross-team problems across Travel Expense and drive resolution.
• Set and raise the technical bar through design reviews and architecture decisions.
• Partner with existing Staff Engineers and EMs to align direction and unblock execution.
• Mentor senior engineers and improve how teams design and ship.
• Bring an AI-forward mindset to how the org builds, reviews, and operates.
• Contribute to the group's technical strategy and inform leadership investments.

Skills

Technical leadership across multiple"

Cross-cutting problem solving

Backend system design & operations

Collaboration with ICs and managers

Excellent communication

Job description

Brex’s Travel Expense team is seeking a Staff Engineer who will influence across expenses, travel, policy, and spend controls to unify a high-velocity backend platform in Seattle. This leadership role focuses on cross-team impact without direct reports, partnering with peers to set direction and improve delivery.

You will mentor engineers, raise the bar on design and review, and apply AI-forward thinking to how the group builds and operates.