Senior Software Engineer - London

The role

You will take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of a feature, from understanding customer pains to coding, deployment, and measuring impact. You will architect scalable systems, mentor less experienced colleagues, and lead technical alignment across multiple teams.

What you will do

• Take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of a feature
• Understand customer pains with the product team
• Write design documents
• Code and deploy features
• Measure feature impact
• Contribute to squad quarterly goals and long-term vision
• Write design documents for platform changes
• Manage technical debt
• Communicate complex ideas across multiple teams
• Mentor and coach less experienced colleagues

Required qualifications

• Submit resume in English
• Submit an updated portfolio and/or resume

Nice to have

• Product Leadership: Translates complex business goals into technical roadmaps
• System Architecture: Architects scalable, evolvable systems and data models
• Technical Standards: Defines and upholds engineering excellence
• Frontend Strategy: Establishes frontend architecture patterns
• Backend Excellence: Engineers sophisticated backend solutions
• Operational Maturity: Leads observability and SRE practices
• Security & Risk: Oversees operational security
• Mentorship & Influence: Levels up the engineering organization
• Cross-Functional Impact: Coordinates multi-team deliverables
• AI-Driven Development: Experience with—or a strong interest in—modern AI-augmented workflows

Benefits

• Relocation help available for certain roles

Before you apply

• Must be based within commuting distance of hubs
• Candidates are expected to use AI tools in coding interviews

About the company

Perk is an intelligent platform for travel and spend management. It is a global company of more than 1,800 people with headquarters in London and Boston.