Senior Engineering Manager, Acquisition

Brex Brex · Fintech · New York, NY +3 · Engineering

This role leads the engineering group responsible for driving Brex's growth engine, focusing on strategic planning, team management, technical guidance, and cross-functional collaboration within the intelligent finance platform. The role involves managing teams, driving architectural vision for Salesforce, GTM applications, and marketing websites, and championing AI-native solutions to enhance efficiency and capabilities within Sales, Marketing, Operations, and CX systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and mentor high-performing teams of both product engineers and Salesforce admins and developers, fostering their career development through coaching, feedback, and hands-on guidance.
  2. Drive the architectural vision, technical roadmap, and project execution for our Salesforce platform, GTM applications, and Marketing website (Brex.com), ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
  3. Champion and integrate AI-native solutions within our Sales, Marketing, Operations, and CX systems and workflows of your teams to drive efficiency and unlock new capabilities.
  4. Partner with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Operations, and CX, acting as a strategic advisor to translate business needs into a prioritized engineering backlog while being jointly accountable to business metrics such as CAC, payback, and rep capacity.
  5. Own the operational excellence of your group, managing sprint capacity, removing blockers, and ensuring high-velocity, high-quality delivery.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong technical background, with 3+ years of experience managing or leading multiple technical teams in a high-growth environment.
  • 3+ years of progressive experience in Salesforce development and architecture.
  • Deep expertise in the Salesforce platform, including Apex, Lightning Web Components, SOQL, and platform APIs.
  • Experience architecting and building robust integrations between Salesforce and a broader ecosystem of GTM tools and third-party applications.
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills with the ability to manage and communicate effectively with XFN partners (e.g. Sales, Marketing, CX, and Operations) at all levels, from individual contributors to senior leadership.
  • A strategic mindset with the ability to balance long-term platform health with immediate business needs, and a proven ability to prioritize and push back when work is not aligned with company goals.

Nice to have

  • Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform Developer II, Application/System Architect).
  • Experience managing remote or distributed engineering teams.
  • Former founders welcome.
  • Experience building Slack applications and integrations.
  • Experience with B2B growth.
  • 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.

What the JD emphasized

  • strong background in driving growth
  • strong technical background
  • progressive experience in Salesforce development and architecture
  • Deep expertise in the Salesforce platform
  • architecting and building robust integrations
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
  • strategic mindset
  • proven ability to prioritize and push back