About the position
Brex is the AI-powered spend platform that helps companies manage their spending confidently through integrated corporate cards, banking, and global payments, along with intuitive software for travel and expenses. The company serves tens of thousands of clients, from startups to enterprises, including notable names like DoorDash, Flexport, and Compass. Brex is committed to fostering a diverse team and an inclusive culture, empowering employees with the necessary tools and resources to grow their careers. The Engineering team at Brex encompasses Data, IT, Security, and Software, focusing on building innovative products and infrastructure. Engineers at Brex are encouraged to push boundaries, collaborate, and take ownership of their work, contributing to the foundation of future systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead a strong full stack engineering team, developing core platforms supporting Brex products
- Work with individuals and teams across Brex to organize a platform roadmap of key investments
- Drive platform adoption through strong evangelism and empathy, supporting implementation of product use cases, and building a reputation of support
- Grow and further foster a positive engineering culture that empowers individuals to develop their skills and careers
- Own and be accountable for impact and communicating it to leadership and more broadly
- Participate in the broader direction and roadmap of the Product Platform group including platforms supporting internal data movement, workflows, frontend, and more
Requirements
- 5+ years of engineering experience with backend system architecture, infrastructure, or third party API platforms
- 1+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role strategically managing individual teams with cross functional leadership and talent development
- Demonstrated strong organizational skills by effectively managing multiple requests and workloads, utilizing time management techniques and task prioritization to meet deadlines
- Experience with driving platform development and adoption through pragmatic approaches, supporting product development
- Strong and effective communication ability to convey complex ideas in a simple manner, apply active listening when working with others, and drive teams to resolutions during discussions
- A proven track record of building cultures that encourage ambition and foster empathy
- An innate desire to lead by example and fill gaps in the teams development and execution
Nice-to-haves
- Experience building and maintaining search indices or platforms at scale
- Experience maintaining and developing public facing APIs and managing the requirements of their consumers
- Experience optimizing database usage and application performance
- Experience having led, managed and developed a high-performing Platform Engineering team.
Benefits
- Equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
