Engineering Manager - Spend (Boston) at Travelperk

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-tense team brings together leading minds from travel and SaaS, 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.

About the role

At TravelPerk, we believe in empowering cross-functional teams that deliver exceptional results for our customers and the company. We are currently looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Spend Management squads, focusing on the US market.

The Cards and Expenses products are core pillars of TravelPerk’s Travel&Spend platform. Together, they give businesses real-time visibility and control over spend, streamline reconciliation, ensure compliance with local regulations, and create a seamless user experience. For employees, this means eliminating the burden of using personal funds or complex reimbursement processes—simplifying the entire expense journey.

As the first NAM Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in tailoring our global platform to meet the unique needs of the North American market. You’ll manage and scale high-performing engineering teams, deliver impactful features, and collaborate across functions to make TravelPerk the leader in travel and spend management.

What you’ll do

Lead and Grow Teams: Manage, coach, and inspire engineers across both the Cards and Expenses squads, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Drive Delivery: Be accountable for building and shipping features that deliver measurable business value and customer delight in the North American market.
Ensure Engineering Excellence: Balance speed with sustainability—ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and compliant with finance, tax, and regulatory requirements.
Set Technical Direction: Guide architectural decisions, support engineers through technical challenges, and advocate for simplicity, efficiency, and performance.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with Product Managers, Designers, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders to align engineering work with strategic priorities.
Empower Your Team: Remove blockers, create clarity, and help your teams stay focused on delivering outcomes.
Recruit & Scale: Play an active role in hiring, onboarding, and evolving engineering practices to support growth in North America.
Stay Customer-Focused: Work with Implementation, Sales Engineering, and Account Management teams to ensure features address real customer pain points and unlock adoption.

What you’ll need

Proven Leadership: 7+ years in technology, with at least 3+ years managing engineering teams delivering B2B SaaS products.
Domain Expertise: Experience with payments, card products, or expense management in the North American market is a strong plus.
Technical Acumen: Solid foundation in software engineering and system design; able to guide teams in making smart technical trade-offs.
People Management Skills: Track record of developing engineers, running performance reviews, and building high-performing teams.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Comfortable working closely with Product, Design, Finance, and Compliance to deliver successful outcomes.
Customer Orientation: Ability to connect engineering work to user experience and business impact.
Adaptability: Thrive in a fast-paced, scaling environment with evolving priorities.

Compensation for this role is a combination of salary and stock options. The anticipated base salary range is $215,000 - $250,000 per year. Actual compensation may vary based on specific qualifications, experience, and other job-related factors.

How We Work

We believe real connection happens in real life. That’s why we follow an IRL-first approach, with most teams working together in person three days a week. Some roles, such as Customer Care, spend more time in the office to stay close to our customers and each other.

Our hubs are designed for collaboration and focus, spaces where ideas flow, creativity sparks, and people thrive.

We hire for potential, curiosity, and impact, not just formal credentials. What matters most is your ability to grow, learn, and make a difference.

As a global company serving diverse customers, we want our teams to reflect that same diversity. Whoever you are and wherever you’re from, you’re welcome at Perk.

At Perk, we use AI-powered tools to make parts of our recruitment process smoother and create a better experience for candidates, helping our Talent team focus on what matters most: connecting with people. Every hiring decision is made by real humans, our talent team and hiring managers, not by AI.

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@perk.com, and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.