Perk
SaaS
SeniorSoftwareEngineer
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“Senior Software Engineer at Perk. Skills: Payments Experience, System Architecture, AI-Driven Development, Mentorship & Influence. Own the customer-facing layer of our payments product. Build systems that handle real money movement”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver a 7-star travel experience; Ensure correctness in systems handling real money movement; Improve customer perception of Perk; Increase efficiency of business operations
Industry & Context.
Translates complex business goals into technical de-risks ambiguous projects through spikes and prototyping; Architects scalable, evolvable systems and data models that account for performance, failure isolation, and long-term maintenance; Proactively identifying where we need to harden, simplify or invest in our payments stack before it creates customer impact
Based within commuting distance of our hubs, Relocation assistance available for certain roles
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience with AI tools in coding interviews, Experience with modern AI-augmented workflows, Experience developing custom agentic skills to extend AI capabilities, Experience utilizing AI-powered code reviews
Nice to Have
Interest in modern AI-augmented workflows, Interest in developing custom agentic skills to extend AI capabilities, Interest in utilizing AI-powered code reviews
What You'll Do.
Own the customer-facing layer of our payments product
Build systems that handle real money movement
Shape the payments roadmap
Write design documents for significant changes to our payment systems
Build financial state machines that are idempotent
auditable and correct by design
Guardian of payment system quality
Proactively identifying where we need to harden
simplify or invest in our payments stack
Coordinate cross-squad deliverables
Align stakeholders on payment architecture decisions
Contribute to engineering guilds
Lead response when something goes wrong in production
Mentor colleagues in payments engineering patterns
Model what great financial system design looks like
Give thoughtful feedback in design reviews
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with finance-focused PMs, design and our broader payments group; Join a cross-functional squad running two-week Kanban cycles; Coordinate cross-squad deliverables; Align stakeholders on payment architecture decisions; Contribute to engineering guilds; Lead across boundaries; Cross-Functional Impact: Coordinates multi-team deliverables and aligns stakeholders to resolve technical blockers across the organisation
Communication Scope
English is the official language at the office
Process & Methodology
Kanban cycles, Standups, Planning, Refinements, Retros
Full Job Description
About Us Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact. We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem http://www.perk.com/shadow-work-report. Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work. At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team. Visit www.perk.com http://www.perk.com to learn more. ARE YOU A SOFTWARE ENGINEER WHO WANTS TO OWN THE PAYMENT EXPERIENCE THAT THOUSANDS OF CFOS AND TRAVELLERS RELY ON EVERY DAY? At Perk, our Payments Experience squad owns the customer-facing layer of our payments product — how travellers and financial controllers set up payment methods, pay, receive refunds and credits, and access fintech add-ons. You’ll build the systems that handle real money movement for 10,000+ companies, where correctness isn’t optional and the end-user experience directly shapes how customers feel about Perk. The Payments Experience team ow
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