Why join us
Brex 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. Tens of thousands of the world's best companies run on Brex, including DoorDash, Coinbase, Robinhood, Zoom, Plaid, Reddit, and SeatGeek.
Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. 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. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.
Engineering at Brex
Engineering 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. We tackle hard technical problems, own our outcomes, and push for excellence at every level — from architecture to deployment. It's an environment where engineering is a craft, and builders become leaders.
What you'll do
As a Software Engineer II on the Cloud Infrastructure team, you will join a highly competent, senior group of engineers responsible for the foundational AWS ecosystem that powers Brex. Your primary focus will be working on our high-priority Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) initiative to completion, a critical company-level priority that ensures multi-region infrastructure resilience. You will work across Kubernetes, networking, and databases to build systems that scale with speed and intention, while collaborating with teams across the entire organization to drive the adoption of modern cloud infrastructure changes.
Where you'll work
This role will be based in our São Paulo 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.
Responsibilities
- Build and Scale: Maintain and evolve Brex’s core cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes (EKS), RDS/Postgres, and networking foundations.
- Execute BCDR Strategy: Contribute to the multi-year BCDR initiative by implementing multi-region infrastructure readiness and automated failover capabilities.
- Technical Ownership: Drive technical excellence across the stack, utilizing tools like Terraform, Docker, Flux, and Go to automate and improve infrastructure lifecycle.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure seamless adoption of new infrastructure capabilities and support migrations.
- Incident Response: Participate in the team’s on-call rotation and contribute to improving our incident response frameworks and system reliability.
- Operational Hygiene: Foster a culture of technical excellence by improving work tracking, documentation, and operational best practices.
Requirements
- Technical Foundation: Proven experience with cloud infrastructure foundations, specifically Kubernetes and Postgres.
- Operational Expertise: Experience with incident response and maintaining highly available production systems.
- Public Cloud Depth: Strong hands-on experience with AWS services and infrastructure-at-scale.
- Collaborative Mindset: Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate complex changes across multiple autonomous engineering teams.
- Engineering Background: Professional experience in software or systems engineering, with a focus on building scalable systems.
Bonus Points
- Infrastructure as Code: Experience using Terraform to manage complex, multi-account environments.
- Resiliency Engineering: Prior experience with BCDR planning, multi-region rollouts, or disaster recovery frameworks.
- Optimization: Background in cloud infrastructure cost optimization or database performance tuning.
- Language Proficiency: Experience with Go, as it is a core part of our tech stack.
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.com domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.
Skills Required
- Experience with Kubernetes (EKS)
- Experience with Postgres / RDS
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and infrastructure-at-scale
- Experience with incident response and maintaining highly available production systems
- Professional experience in software or systems engineering building scalable systems
- Strong communication and ability to coordinate complex changes across teams
- Participate in on-call rotation and support incident response
- Experience using Terraform to manage complex, multi-account environments
- Prior experience with BCDR planning, multi-region rollouts, or disaster recovery frameworks
- Background in cloud cost optimization or database performance tuning
- Experience with Go
Brex Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Brex and has not been reviewed or approved by Brex.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for many engineering and senior product roles, with strong total compensation relative to late‑stage tech peers. Flexibility to balance cash and equity has historically reinforced perceptions of market alignment.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage are paired with mental‑health resources like Spring Health and Calm, forming a comprehensive healthcare stack. This combination signals an above‑average mental‑health offering in tech.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as generous and is complemented by Carrot fertility support and Milk Stork for nursing parents. These elements indicate a family‑friendly package that exceeds common fintech baselines.
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What We Do
Brex is all-in-one finance for growing businesses. We help companies spend, save, and earn smarter—and take every dollar further—by doing more than a bank, bookkeeping, or reward program could ever do alone. After completing the Y Combinator accelerator program in 2017, Brex has grown to over 600 employees and raised over US $940 million in venture capital. Learn more at brex.com.
