Perk

SaaS

SoftwareEngineer-FinancialPlatform

Barcelona, Spain FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Software Engineer - Financial Platform at Perk. Skills: Financial data accuracy, Traceability, Audit-readiness, Reconciliation systems, Reporting systems, ERP integrations, Business logic translation, System integrity, Transparency, Financial infrastructure. Build systems for accurate, traceable, and audit-ready financial data. Expand platform to support complex financial flows”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure Perk’s financial data is accurate, traceable, and audit-ready; Improve the integrity and transparency of our financial infrastructure; Give Finance and the broader business confidence in the numbers; Move the needle for our customers daily; Deliver reliable and simple systems; Ensure every transaction is smooth, accurate, and scales; Make it easy for partners and customers to plug Perk into their own workflows; Help companies understand their travel spend, track their CO₂ emissions, and make smarter, greener decisions; Bring automation and intelligence into real product experiences; Ensure the right people can do the right things, securely and effortlessly; Help our care team respond faster, resolve issues more efficiently, and handle everything with confidence; Keep things reliable, fast, and ready to scale

Industry & Context.

SaaS
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex problems; Troubleshoot production issues

Eligibility Requirements

Based within commuting distance of Barcelona hub, Relocation assistance available, Resume in English

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience with Python, Familiarity with React, Knowledge of PostgreSQL, Experience with AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda), Experience with Terraform, Experience with Docker, Experience with Kubernetes, Strong Java background, Experience with Spring Boot, Familiarity with Kafka, Familiarity with Redis, Product Mindset, CS Fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, relational modeling), Quality & Testing (unit/integration testing, code reviews, documentation), Frontend (semantic HTML, CSS, modern React patterns), Backend & Integrations (resilient APIs, 3rd-party integrations), Observability (logs, metrics, traces), Collaboration with Product and Design, Growth mindset (adopts new technologies, seeks feedback)

Nice to Have

Kubernetes a plus

What You'll Do.

Build systems for accurate

and audit-ready financial data

Expand platform to support complex financial flows

Build reliable reconciliation and reporting systems

Design and implement durable solutions for financial infrastructure

Translate and untangle complex business logic across ERP integrations

Ensure correct transaction representation across systems

Contribute to a codebase that gives Finance and business confidence in numbers

Take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of a feature (understanding customer pains

Solve complex problems

Build reliable and simple systems

Contribute to cross-functional squads

Make technical decisions

accessible interfaces

Construct robust APIs and 3rd-party integrations

Monitor feature health and troubleshoot production issues

Provide technical feasibility feedback

Adopt new technologies quickly

Seek feedback to improve skills

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work in cross-functional squads; Partner effectively with Product and Design; Participate in code reviews; Work together in small teams with a shared sense of purpose

Communication Scope

Provide technical feasibility feedback

Process & Methodology

Ownership of feature lifecycle, Iterative feature shipping, Measuring impact

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 Software Engineer on the Financial Platform team, you’ll help build the systems that ensure Perk’s financial data is accurate, traceable, and audit-ready. You’ll work on expanding the platform to support increasingly complex financial flows, with a focus on building reliable reconciliation and reporting systems that operate automatically and at scale. Rather than applying short-term fixes, you’ll design and implement durable solutions that improve the integrity and transparency of our financial infrastructure. You’ll also help translate and untangle comple

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