Senior Software Engineer - Edinburgh

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 serve 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.

You will work on a day‐to‐day basis with our product team to design, architect and implement our product. Perk is a next‐generation platform to take the pain out of booking and managing business travel.

• Product development in Python/Django and/or React of a travel‐related web‐based product
• Integrations between our product and 3rd‐party APIs
• System architecture design, implementation, and testing
• Work in an Agile environment with strong attention to well‐documented code, unit testing, and continuous integration
• Mentor, coach, and train other colleagues as a domain expert

• Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance
• Extensive experience in similar roles building technically complex products in any web programming language
• Expert level at server‐side, client‐side, or full stack development
• Obsession for quality and testing
• Eager to learn new technologies and frameworks
• Experience using AI coding tools during the development process, such as Copilot, CLion, or similar
• Experience building AI‐backed product features using AWS, GCP or OpenAI platforms
• Experience in the travel industry
• DevOps experience with the AWS suite
• Experience working with high‐performing, Agile development teams
• People who like to build stuff (we really like people who maintain/contribute to open‐source projects)

• A competitive compensation package, including equity options in Perk.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Company pension plan with Aviva.
• Private medical insurance from Bupa.
• Life insurance with Zurich.
• Income protection + wellbeing app with Unum.
• Access to voluntary dental insurance through Bupa.
• Tax‐efficient schemes such as Cycle2Work & electric car leasing via Octopus.
• Discounts on 12‐month gym memberships with GymFlex.
• Spring Health – Access to 12x therapy & 12x coaching sessions per year!
• Access to a wide variety of discounts and rewards.
• Parental leave: 12 to 16 weeks, based on eligibility factors.
• 16 paid hours per year to volunteer for a cause of your choice.
• A 'Work from anywhere' allowance of 20 working days per year.

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.

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.