Principal Engineering Automation

Why join usBrex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, Brex enables founders and finance teams to accelerate operations, gain real-time visibility, and control spend effortlessly. Brex’s AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. Engineering at BrexEngineering at Brex is about building systems that scale with speed and intention. Our teams span Software, Data, Security, and IT, and operate with high autonomy and deep collaboration. It’s an environment where engineering is a craft, and builders become leaders.What you’ll doYou will lead the engineering team responsible for Brex’s GTM Engineering surfaces, enabling our growth engine across Marketing, Sales, and self-serve funnels. This role focuses on building and optimizing our marketing website (Brex.com), GTM applications, top-of-funnel experiences, and AI-powered systems that increase efficiency, reduce CAC, and improve sales and marketing effectiveness.Where you’ll workThis role will be based in our Seattle office. We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work!Drive the architectural vision, technical roadmap, and project execution for Brex.com, GTM applications, and top-of-funnel growth systems, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.Champion and integrate AI-native solutions within our Marketing, Sales, and Operations workflows to drive efficiency and unlock new capabilities.Partner with stakeholders across Marketing, Sales, and Growth, acting as a strategic advisor to translate business needs into a prioritized engineering backlog while being jointly accountable to business metrics such as CAC, payback, and conversion rates.Align ad-hoc requests to broader business strategy, ensuring the team is focused on the most impactful work and confidently declining projects that are not strategically aligned.Own the operational excellence of your team, managing sprint capacity, removing blockers, and ensuring high-velocity, high-quality delivery.Establish and enforce engineering best practices for GTM applications and growth surfaces, including CI/CD, source control, code quality, observability, and system governance.RequirementsBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.6+ years of software engineering experience with strong technical depth3+ years of experience managing or leading engineers in a high-growth environment.Experience architecting and building growth surfaces or marketing engineering systems.Strong frontend, data, and backend technical fundamentals, with experience in modern frameworks.Experience with GTM systems, marketing automation tools, experimentation platforms, or analytics instrumentation.Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills with the ability to manage and communicate effectively with XFN partners in Sales and Marketing at all levels.Bonus pointsExperience managing remote or distributed engineering teams.You have started your own technology venture or were a foundational engineering member of an early-stage start up. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. Brex recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a brex.Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.