Job Overview
Location
Barcelona
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
May 22, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Lead and manage a team of 8–10 software engineers focused on the Payments Inbound and Outbound Platform, ensuring delivery of reliable, scalable, and auditable financial infrastructure that processes millions of dollars daily.
- • Act as a servant leader by adapting your management style to support individual growth, team dynamics, and organizational needs, fostering a culture of ownership, curiosity, and high performance.
- • Drive the personal and professional development of engineers through coaching, mentoring, and structured performance reviews that align individual aspirations with business objectives.
- • Serve as a technical champion by ensuring the team has the context, time, and resources to build systems that meet Perk’s standards for reliability, security, compliance, and performance.
- • Collaborate closely with Product Managers to develop and evolve a long-term technical roadmap aligned with the Tribe’s mission, prioritizing features that enhance customer experience and business impact.
- • Build and refine processes for delegation, escalation, and cross-team coordination to enable efficient delivery at scale across global operations.
- • Lead recruitment efforts to grow the engineering team, identifying and attracting talent that aligns with Perk’s values and technical demands.
- • Ensure systems are fault-tolerant, auditable by design, and compliant with financial regulations, addressing the high-stakes nature of payments processing where errors have real financial consequences.
- • Work with business and engineering metrics to deliver a 7-star experience to customers, translating product and business needs into technical priorities.
- • Champion the adoption of AI-augmented development workflows, encouraging the team to leverage agentic systems and develop custom AI capabilities to improve efficiency and innovation.
- • Navigate complex technical challenges at the intersection of payments orchestration, PSP integrations, credit card issuing, fraud prevention, and financial reconciliation.
- • Provide clear, actionable feedback to stakeholders across Product, Engineering, and broader business units to ensure alignment and transparency.
- • Maintain a pragmatic focus on simplicity, efficiency, and performance, eliminating unnecessary complexity in both code and processes.
- • Respond rapidly to evolving business requirements, regulatory changes, and technical risks while maintaining system stability and operational excellence.
- • Operate within an IRL-first work model, collaborating in-person at the Barcelona office three days per week to enhance connectivity, creativity, and team cohesion.
🎯 Requirements
- • 5–8 years of experience managing software engineers
- • Managed teams of 8–10 software engineers
- • Technical background as a hands-on software engineer
- • Experience building effective engineering cultures and processes at scale
- • Proven ability to conduct performance reviews that drive growth and alignment
- • Experience with or strong interest in AI-augmented development workflows, including agentic systems
🏖️ Benefits
- • Opportunity to work at the heart of a global payments platform processing millions of dollars daily
- • Relocation support available for candidates from anywhere in the world
- • English as the official office language
- • In-person collaboration three days per week in Barcelona to foster team connectivity and creativity
- • Work with a diverse, global team representing over 70 countries
- • Join a company with strong values: ownership, 7-star experience, and one-team mindset
Skills & Technologies
Go
React
Onsite
About Perk.com Inc.
Perk.com Inc. operates a cloud-based employee rewards and recognition platform that lets employers allocate points redeemable for merchandise, gift cards and experiences. The SaaS product integrates with HRIS and collaboration tools to automate milestone and peer-to-peer awards, provide analytics on engagement, and manage global tax-compliant fulfillment. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company serves mid-market to Fortune 500 clients seeking to reduce turnover and reinforce culture through real-time recognition programs.
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