Senior Software Engineer - Billing; VAT & Invoicing

Location

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Full time

Engineering

At Perk, we know that we feel most fulfilled when we can own the problem and the solution. This means taking responsibility for the entire lifecycle of a feature, from understanding customer pains with the product team, writing design documents, coding, deploying, to measuring impact. You will see how your technical decisions move the needle for our customers daily.

We prioritize autonomy and pragmatism, giving you the space to solve complex problems without unnecessary friction. Engineering excellence here is measured by the reliability and simplicity of the systems you build to power a global platform.

The billing team owns tax determination, invoice issuance, invoice collection, and deferred payments. The team is currently working on significant technical projects: migrating tax determination to a third‑party integration, rearchitecting invoice issuance for asynchronous processing at scale, and automating a previously manual invoice collection process into a fully self‑serve service powered by AI. There is also a growing stream of product‑facing frontend work to improve the end‑to‑end billing experience.

If you want real ownership of a domain that matters, in an engaged team that values teamwork, this is the team.

We believe the best work happens when great people come together in small teams with a shared sense of purpose. You will join a cross‑functional squad where you have real ownership of a piece of Perk’s domains, a genuine say in what gets built, and the autonomy to make it happen. Each team decides how to contribute to Perk’s company goals.

We care about impact, and we trust our people to deliver it.

AI is embedded in how we work and what we build. On the engineering side, it spans the whole workflow: our Notion, Jira, Git Hub and Slack are AI‑connected so you get up to speed fast, and day‑to‑day it helps with specifying features, writing and reviewing code, and automated AI PR review on every pull request. When something goes wrong in production, AI surfaces context across systems quickly.

We also embrace agentic coding, using AI as an active collaborator, not just a prompt‑by‑prompt co‑pilot.

We expect candidates to use AI tools in our coding interviews. The bar is understanding your code and owning what you produce. That reflects how we work every day.

• Shape the bigger picture. You won’t just build features, you’ll refine the what to build and why. At Perk, senior engineers are expected to go beyond the technical solution and focus on the problem itself. You’ll contribute to your squad’s quarterly goals and long‑term vision alongside your Product Manager and Engineering Manager.
• Architect for today and tomorrow. When a big change is needed in how our platform works, you’ll be the one writing the design documents that lay the foundation. You’ll become a guardian of your team’s technical quality; spotting areas of investment, proactively managing technical debt, and making sure we don’t let busy work crowd out the work that truly matters. At Perk, we believe in impact over effort: our customers see results, not the hours behind them.
• Lead across boundaries. Your influence won’t stop at your own squad. You’ll communicate complex ideas across multiple teams, proactively identify who needs to be involved, and drive alignment across the broader organization. Whether it’s coordinating a cross‑squad initiative, contributing to an engineering guild, or pairing with architects on solution discovery, you’ll operate comfortably beyond your immediate team.
• Raise the bar for everyone around you. Senior engineers at Perk are mentors, coaches, and bar raisers. You’ll support less experienced colleagues through direct mentorship, thoughtful feedback during reviews, and by modeling what great engineering looks like in practice. You’ll help Engineering Managers understand where the team needs to grow technically, and you’ll use spaces like guild meetings, design doc reviews,…