Senior Frontend Engineer - Edinburgh

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 are on a mission to power real work, with real impact.

We are trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we are tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem. 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 are 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 are excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we would love you on the team.

Are you a Senior Software Engineer with extensive programming experience? We are not looking for stack experts. We are looking for smart people who can bring in the best tools and processes to get the job done.

Join our passionate team and make a remarkable impact by shaping the visual face of our platform, website, and internal tools. As an integral member of our team, you will not just be involved in delivering top-tier product features and advanced internal tools, but you will also champion the enhancement and evolution of our frontend architecture.

We are seeking skilled individuals with exceptional attention to detail, a self-starting mentality, and the drive to see ideas from inception to fruition. Your role will also include collaborating effectively with our innovative product, design, and backend engineers.

As a Senior Software Engineer, this position involves:

• Maintain, develop and introduce innovative features within our current product suite for the benefit of customers and our internal teams.
• Foster efficient collaboration with distributed and multidisciplinary teams.
• Partner with the product team to design and refine our Front End, including producing precise specifications and technical designs.
• Aid in the advancement of our infrastructure by providing relevant insights and maintaining documentation.
• Propose and implement enhancements to refine the existing software infrastructure.
• Cultivate a nurturing environment by mentoring junior and mid-level engineers in the frontend development process.

Required skills and experience:

• Proven experience as a FrontEnd Engineer with expertise in React.
• Demonstrable experience in writing and supporting automated tests.
• Proficiency related to delivery, deployment, performance, and optimisation of client solutions via AWS.
• Excellent command of English, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Deep understanding of core web and browser concepts.
• Comprehensive knowledge of semantic HTML, CSS, and fundamental JavaScript concepts.

Bonus points for:

• Experience working with Django.
• Domain knowledge in business travel.
• Familiarity with Microfrontends, Webpack, Single-spa, Cypress, Monorepos.

What do we offer?

• Competitive compensation including equity in the company.
• Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge.
• Health perks such as private healthcare or gym allowance depending on your location.
• Flexible compensation plan to help you diversify and increase the net salary.
• Unforgettable TravelPerk events including travel to one of our hubs.
• Mental health support tool for your wellbeing.
• Exponential growth opportunities.
• VolunteerPerk - 16 paid hours per year to volunteer for a cause of your choice.
• Parental leave: 12 to 16 weeks, based on location and eligibility factors.

Our Vision

Our Vision is for a world where TravelPerk serves as the platform for human connection in real life (IRL). We take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of one of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world. English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.

TravelPerk is a global company with a diverse customer base—and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We are an equal opportunity employer, which means you are welcome at TravelPerk regardless of how you look, where you are from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.

How We Work

At Perk, we take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world. English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.

Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We are an equal opportunity employer, which means you are welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you are from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.

Protect Yourself from Recruitment Scams

All official communication from Perk will always come from email addresses ending in @perk.com or @externalperk.com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as bank details early in the process, or communicate through unofficial apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal. If you receive a message claiming to be from Perk that seems suspicious, please do not respond. Forward it to security@perk.com, and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.