Senior Software Engineer, Product Data Platform

Brex

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $192,000–$240,000 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $187k

This role $216k

$141k most similar roles pay here $251k

This role pays more than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $151,406–$222,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

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About Brex

Brex is a financial technology company providing corporate credit cards, cash management accounts, and expense management software designed specifically for startups and growing technology companies. Industry: Financial Technology & Corporate Banking

Brex currently has 31 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $240,000–$300,000 across 31 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Product Data Platform

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As a Senior Software Engineer on Brex's Product Data Platform (PDP) team in San Francisco, you will lead the development of high-performance data infrastructure that powers critical product experiences for finance teams. Your daily responsibilities include analyzing and optimizing complex query plans, driving schema improvements to resolve performance bottlenecks, and debugging latency issues in production systems. You will design distributed systems with thoughtful tradeoffs around consistency and failure modes while contributing to backend systems primarily using Kotlin or Java within the JVM ecosystem. The role requires deep expertise in relational databases like Postgres or Aurora, as well as query plan design and real-world database optimization, ensuring that Brex’s data-intensive platforms are scalable, reliable, and efficient for finance teams.

Skills

PostgreSQL Java Kotlin Elasticsearch OpenSearch CI/CD Docker Kubernetes AWS Grafana Prometheus Git JVM Python Go

What you'll do

Analyze and optimize complex query plans to enhance system performance.
Drive schema improvements to resolve systemic performance bottlenecks.
Debug and remediate high-latency issues in production systems under load.
Design distributed systems with tradeoffs around consistency, latency, and failure modes.
Evaluate existing architectures to identify scaling risks and reliability gaps.
Implement caching strategies and improve read/write separation for efficiency.

What we're looking for

7+ years of backend engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
Deep hands-on experience with relational databases (Postgres or Aurora preferred).
Strong expertise in query plan design, indexing strategies, and database optimization.
Experience building platforms or infrastructure used by real customers.
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate technical tradeoffs effectively.

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