Software Engineer II, Backend

Brex

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $152,000–$190,000 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $171k

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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 28 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $192,000–$240,000 across 27 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer II, Backend

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As a Software Engineer on Brex's Credit Limit Engineering team, you will build and maintain critical financial infrastructure that powers credit decisioning and risk management for businesses. Your day-to-day involves working across the entire stack to create solutions that responsibly extend credit while managing billions of dollars in exposure. You’ll develop real-time data pipelines, serve ML models with strict latency requirements, design event-driven architectures, and implement customer-facing features using React/TypeScript. The role requires proficiency in backend technologies like Kotlin and Micronaut, experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, and a strong understanding of distributed systems and event streaming tools like Kafka. You will collaborate closely with Credit Risk, Capital Markets, and Product teams to deliver scalable technical solutions while maintaining high operational standards for mission-critical systems.

Skills

Kotlin Micronaut PostgreSQL Kafka React TypeScript CI/CD Docker Kubernetes AWS Grafana Prometheus Plaid Finicity Teller

What you'll do

Build and maintain critical financial infrastructure for real-time data processing.
Develop and optimize the underwriting engine to ensure sub-second latency and reliability.
Implement customer-facing features for credit limit management in React/TypeScript.
Design and build internal tooling for managing credit risk and handling edge cases.
Work with ML models, integrating them into real-time decision-making processes.

What we're looking for

2+ years of full-time software engineering experience with backend development focus
Experience in financial systems, payments, underwriting, or fintech applications
Strong ownership and curiosity for delivering high-quality technical solutions
Proficiency in Kotlin, Java, TypeScript, and comfort with the Kotlin/Micronaut stack
Comfort working with databases, event streaming technologies, and distributed systems
Experience architecting, developing, and testing full-stack applications end-to-end
High standards for engineering practices including code quality, testing, observability

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