Why join us
Brex is the AI-powered spend platform. We help companies spend with confidence with integrated corporate cards, banking, and global payments, plus intuitive software for travel and expenses. Tens of thousands of companies from startups to enterprises — including DoorDash, Flexport, and Compass — use Brex to proactively control spend, reduce costs, and increase efficiency on a global scale.
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
The Engineering team is responsible for building innovative products and infrastructure for Brex and our customers. We believe that engineers should accelerate the business through technology, and collaborate across multiple teams to accomplish that. Teams are autonomous, filled with inclusive individuals, eager to learn, teach, constantly improve how things work. The software we build today is the foundation for dozens of Brex systems in the future, so engineers have a strong sense of ownership and accountability and take pride in their craft.
What you’ll do
As the engineering manager for Credit, you will lead & support an incredible team to help Brex unlock the next millions of customers. Our goal is to build an industry leading credit experience that serves all customers and prospects. We’re looking for a servant leader who values growing the people on their teams alongside a strong desire to develop collaborative & effective organizations.
Where you’ll work
This role will be based in our Sao Paulo office. You must be willing to work in office at least 2 days per week on Wednesday and Thursday, starting the week of September 1st, 2025. in our Sao Paulo office. Employees will be able to work remotely for up to 4 weeks per year.
Responsibilities
- Build, lead, and grow successful engineering teams alongside shown commitment to recruiting and retaining great talent.
- Collaborate closely with crossfunctional partners including GTM, Data Science, Underwriting, Servicing, KYC, and Legal to build the optimal credit experience for customers.
- Own the full credit experience, including data, policies, and frontend customer experience.
- Set direction for engineering team strategy, share context by elaborating the “why”, empower everyone to achieve their best work, and drive execution of projects while setting clear expectations.
- Guide teams to build and deliver high quality products at scale against tight timelines while encouraging creativity.
- Inspire a collaborative culture and uphold Brex’s values alongside high engineering standards to bring consistency to the codebases, infrastructure, and processes.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role managing individuals on data-heavy and/or fullstack teams.
- Deep experience shipping end user focused products that leverage data, ML, and/or LLM’s.
- Experience having led, managed and developed high-performing teams.
- Strong and effective communication ability to convey complex ideas in a simple manner, apply active listening when working with others, and drive teams to resolutions during discussions.
- Experience driving initiatives across entire engineering organizations and cross-functional teams while setting clear expectations, timelines, and direction.
- A proven track record of building cultures that encourage ambition and foster empathy. You will create and contribute to a healthy and collaborative culture that showcases Brex’s values.
- You lead by example and aren’t afraid to roll up your sleeves and dive into the team’s work to fill gaps as needed.
- You have high engineering standards and bring consistency to the codebases, infrastructure, and processes.
- English proficiency/fluency, both written and spoken (note: interviews will be conducted in English).
- Must be willing to work in-office 2 days per week (Wednesday and Thursday) starting September 1st, 2025, in our São Paulo office.
Bonus points
- Experience in Credit and/or financial statement analysis.
- Experience with Hex, Snowflake, Kotlin, Python, and Retool.
- You have started your own technology venture or were a foundational engineering member of an early-stage start up. We value entrepreneurial spirit & scrappiness!
- You are a champion for the customer and constantly put yourself in the shoes of your users, and strive to create an intuitive and delightful experience.
Location
- Must be working in Brazil at the start of role
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.