Senior Software Engineer (Release Infrastructure)

About this role

• Engineering at Brex is about building systems that scale with speed and intention
• Our teams span Software, Data, Security, and IT, and operate with high autonomy and deep collaboration
• We tackle hard technical problems, own our outcomes, and push for excellence at every level — from architecture to deployment
• It’s an environment where engineering is a craft, and builders become leaders
• As a Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Release Engineering) at Brex, you will design, build, and operate the core systems that power Brex’s release, observability, and incident management processes
• You will partner closely with product, platform, and operations teams to ensure releases are safe, fast, and reliable, and that our infrastructure scales securely as Brex grows
• Design, build, and maintain the release infrastructure that powers Brex’s deployment pipelines and incident workflows
• Drive technical strategy and architecture for release and observability systems, making them more scalable, reliable, and secure
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and operations partners to ensure Brex’s releases are safe, predictable, and low-friction
• Identify and deliver improvements to the end-to-end release process (from code merge to production) to reduce risk and cycle time
• Build and evolve tooling for observability and incident response, enabling fast detection, triage, and resolution
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks in our release and infrastructure stack, including performance, reliability, and security concerns
• Define, instrument, and monitor key metrics for release engineering (e.g., deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR) and use them to guide improvements
• Partner with other infrastructure and product teams to debug complex production issues and drive long-term fixes
• Contribute to and champion best practices in release engineering, reliability, and operational excellence across the organization
• Mentor other engineers on the team,...