Senior Software 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’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.
We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re 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’re 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’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.
Visit www.perk.com to learn more.
Are you a Senior Software Engineer with extensive programming experience?
We’re not looking for stack experts. We’re 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.
As a Senior Software Engineer, this position involves:
Product development in Python/Django and/or React of a travel-related web-based product
Integrations between our product to 3rd party APIs
System architecture design, implementation, and testing
Work in an Agile environment with strong attention to a well-documented code, unit testing, and continuous integration
Being able to mentor, coach, and train other colleagues as a domain expert
Required skills and experience:
"Product Engineering" mindset
Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance
Extensive experience in similar roles building technically complex products in any web programming language
An expert level at server-side, client-side or full stack development. Your final role within the team will depend on your skills and internal training will be provided
Obsession for quality and testing
Eager to learn new technologies and frameworks
Strong communication skills
Bonus points for:
Experience using AI coding tools during development process, such as copilot, cline 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)
What do we offer?
💰 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 - Get access to 12x therapy & 12x coaching sessions per year! - a mental health support tool with access to therapists year round;
🎟️ Access to a wide variety of discounts and rewards;
🥳 Unforgettable Perk events, including our spectacular annual summer party;
👶 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’ in the world allowance of 20 working days per year.
📈 Exponential growth opportunities
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’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you’re 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 [at] perk .com, and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.