Staff Software Engineer, Travel & Expense

Brex

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$240,000–$285,000 / yr
Posted
99 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $193,306–$238,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $262k versus about $216k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 83 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $192,000–$240,000 across 79 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Travel & Expense

The Staff Software Engineer, Travel & Expense joins a high-leverage domain spanning expenses, travel, policy, and spend controls. In this leadership role without direct reports, you will identify and resolve high-impact technical problems that fall between teams and across the entire system. You will set the technical direction, conduct design reviews, and act as a force multiplier by mentoring senior engineers and improving how teams ship code. You will partner with other Staff Engineers and Engineering Managers to align on strategy and bring an AI-forward mindset to the organization. The role requires deep experience designing and operating large-scale backend systems in production. You will solve complex cross-cutting problems to ensure these disparate systems work as one cohesive unit for customers.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Identify and resolve high-impact technical problems across the Travel & Expense domain.
  • Set and raise the technical bar through design reviews and architecture decisions.
  • Partner with other Staff Engineers and Engineering Managers to align on technical direction.
  • Mentor senior engineers and improve how teams design and ship software.
  • Apply an AI-forward mindset to how the organization builds and operates.
  • Contribute directly to the group's technical strategy and investment priorities.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Track record of technical 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 with a track record of raising the bar for engineers and working with both ICs and managers.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Ability to work in a hybrid environment in San Francisco, including 3 days per week in the office.

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