Perk
Software Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £72,000 - 85,000 per year
Requirements:- We are looking for a Software Engineer with extensive programming experience.
- We are not looking for stack experts; we value smart people who can bring in the best tools and processes to get the job done.
- We are looking for a product engineering mindset.
- We value pragmatism and an obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance.
- You should have extensive experience in similar roles building technically complex products in any web programming language, with a focus on backend.
- You should have expert-level experience in server-side, client-side, or full-stack development.
- You should have an obsession for quality and testing.
- You should be eager to learn new technologies and frameworks.
- You should have strong communication skills.
- Bonus points if you have experience using AI coding tools during development, building AI-backed product features with AWS, GCP, or OpenAI, working in the travel industry, DevOps experience with AWS, experience on high-performing Agile teams, or contributing to open source projects.
- Work day to day with our product team to design, architect, and implement our product.
- Develop product features in Python/Django and/or React for a travel-related web-based product.
- Build integrations between our product and third-party APIs.
- Design, implement, and test system architecture.
- Work in an Agile environment with strong attention to well-documented code, unit testing, and continuous integration.
- AI
- AWS
- Architect
- Backend
- DevOps
- Django
- GCP
- Support
- Python
- React
- Web
- Cloud
- Copilot
- REST
- Security
More:
We are Perk, formerly TravelPerk, an intelligent platform for travel and spend management that automates travel bookings, expenses, invoice processing, and more to remove manual shadow work and help teams focus on real work with real impact. We are trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we are a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices with headquarters in London and Boston. We value being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team, and we hire for curiosity, purpose, and mindset. We offer competitive compensation including equity, generous vacation days, health perks depending on location, a flexible compensation plan, unforgettable events, mental health support tools, and strong growth opportunities. We work IRL-first, with our team together in person 3 days a week, and this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. English is the official language at the office, and relocation support may be available for certain roles. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome diverse candidates.
last updated 33 week of 2026
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£78,500
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£60,000
UK median
This salary is 31% above the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks