# Software Engineer II, Backend

**Company:** [Brex](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/brex)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $152k – $190k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** JavaScript, Full-Stack Development, Client-Side Development, Data Models, Scalability, Architecture, Testing, Metrics, End-To-End Development
**Posted:** 2026-05-05

> Builds backend and full-stack features for financial products at scale, collaborating cross-functionally to enhance customer banking experiences. Requires 4+ years experience with high engineering standards in design, development, and deployment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Collaborate with engineers across the company to build new features and products end-to-end.
- Work alongside user-facing teams like Sales and Support to deeply understand our customers' needs.
- Design and implement solutions to improve our customers' banking experiences.
- Own problems end-to-end, from user experience and data models to scalability, operability, and ongoing metrics.
- Tune and polish features to a high degree of excellence.

## Requirements

- 4+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and deploying full-stack applications.
- Experience architecting, developing, and testing client-side code end-to-end.
- A high bar for engineering standards and a willingness to learn.

## Compensation

Expected salary range: $152,000 - $190,000 + equity. Starting base pay depends on location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity.

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