Perk
SaaS
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-PaySustainabilityEngineering
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“Senior Software Engineer - Pay Sustainability Engineering at Perk. Skills: System Architecture, Technical Debt, Scalability, AI-Driven Development. Drive reliability, scalability, evolution of payments, financial, billing ecosystems. Provide technical leadership, platform visibility, guidance”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive long-term reliability, scalability, and evolution of payments, financial and billing ecosystems; Improve coordination across the broader payment infrastructure; Help teams resolve issues effectively and prevent recurring problems; Improve the resilience, maintainability, and scalability of the platform; Create lasting impact through thoughtful refactors, system redesigns, and engineering improvements; Shape the value proposition of the function; Prioritize high-impact opportunities; Provide technical direction across complex cross-functional initiatives; Build a healthier, more scalable payments platform; Enable teams to move faster with greater confidence; Own the problem and the solution; Take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of a feature; See how technical decisions move the needle for customers daily; Solve complex problems without unnecessary friction; Measure engineering excellence by reliability and simplicity of systems; Power a global platform; Contribute to squad's quarterly goals and long-term vision; Make sure not to let 'busy work' crowd out the work that truly matters; Invest energy where it counts most; Influence the product roadmap with technical data; Ensure a hardened production environment
Industry & Context.
Problem solving; Systems thinking; Unblock complex technical challenges; Resolve issues effectively; Prevent recurring problems; Identify technical debt; Identify platform limitations; Identify architectural weaknesses; Identify product gaps; Solve complex problems
Based within commuting distance of hubs, Relocation assistance available, English is the official language at the office
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Senior Software Engineer
Nice to Have
Product Leadership, System Architecture, Technical Standards, Frontend Strategy, Backend Excellence, Operational Maturity, Security & Risk, Mentorship & Influence, Cross-Functional Impact, AI-Driven Development
What You'll Do.
evolution of payments
Provide technical leadership
Identify technical debt
architectural weaknesses
Lead initiatives to improve resilience
Define sustainability engineering within Pay organization
Partner with engineering and product teams
Shape value proposition of function
Prioritize high-impact opportunities
Provide technical direction across initiatives
more scalable payments platform
Own problem and solution lifecycle
Understand customer pains
Solve complex problems
Build reliable and simple systems
Shape the bigger picture
Refine what to build and why
Contribute to quarterly goals and long-term vision
Architect for today and tomorrow
Write design documents
Spot areas of investment
Manage technical debt
Lead across boundaries
Communicate complex ideas
Identify stakeholders
Coordinate cross-squad initiatives
Contribute to engineering guilds
Raise the bar for everyone
Model great engineering
Help Engineering Managers understand team growth needs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with engineering and product teams; Work with product team; Join a cross-functional squad; Coordinate multi-team deliverables; Align stakeholders; Communicate complex ideas across multiple teams; Proactively identify who needs to be involved; Drive alignment across the broader organization; Coordinate a cross-squad initiative; Pairing with architects on solution discovery; Support less experienced colleagues through direct mentorship; Provide thoughtful feedback during reviews; Model what great engineering looks like; Help Engineering Managers understand where the team needs to grow technically; Use spaces like guild meetings, design doc reviews, and pairing sessions to lift the overall standard
Communication Scope
Communicate complex ideas
Process & Methodology
De-risk ambiguous projects through spikes and prototyping
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. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Pay Sustainability Engineering team, you’ll help drive the long-term reliability, scalability, and evolution of our payments, financial and billing ecosystems. The team operates across two complementary tracks. The first focuses on firefighting and platform support, helping engineering teams navigate critical incidents, unblock complex technical challenges, and improve coordination across the broader payment infrastructure. Rather than acting as a delivery team for operational work, you’ll provide technical leadership, platf
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