Brex

AI-Powered Spend Management — Building the Financial OS for Modern Businesses

The consensus on Brex: Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.

2017

Founded

San Francisco, CA

HQ (Hybrid — 3 days in-office)

~1,600

Employees

$12.3B

Valuation (2022)

Culture Overview

What it's really like to work at Brex

Founded in 2017 by Pedro Franceschi and Henrique Dubugras, Brex has grown from a corporate card startup to a comprehensive AI-powered spend management platform trusted by tens of thousands of businesses. With 217 open roles, Brex is actively hiring across engineering, product, and operations. The culture fosters innovation and transparency, with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues. With a hybrid model (3 days in-office), Brex offers flexible scheduling with time off actively encouraged. Engineers build fintech infrastructure that handles billions in transactions, leveraging AI to automate expense management and financial operations.

Glassdoor Ratings

Brex Glassdoor Ratings & Employee Reviews

4.0

Overall Glassdoor Score

Based on 625 reviews

Culture & Values 3.8

Compensation & Benefits 4.0

Senior Management 3.5

Career Opportunities 3.6

Work-Life Balance 3.9

Overall Rating 4.0

77% Recommend to a Friend

71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi & Henrique Dubugras)

Employee Review Themes

Working at Brex: Pros & Cons

✓ What employees love

✓ Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
✓ Strong benefits — time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
✓ Massive scale — fintech platform handling billions in transactions with real engineering challenges
✓ 77% of employees recommend — good compensation and benefits (4.0/5 rating)
✓ Y Combinator-backed with strong business fundamentals and diverse product offerings

✗ What could be better

✗ Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
✗ Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
✗ Career opportunities rated 3.6/5 — promotion paths may be unclear or limited
✗ Some favoritism can play a role in getting promoted, per employee reviews

Engineering Culture

How the engineering team works

Tech Stack

Kotlin TypeScript React Elixir PostgreSQL Kubernetes AWS

Open Source & Research

Contributors to financial infrastructure and Kotlin ecosystem tools. Active in the fintech open-source community.

Engineering Blog

Covers fintech engineering, distributed systems, and AI-powered automation. Read the blog →

Team Structure

Engineering teams building AI-powered spend management at scale (hybrid — 3 days in-office). Engineers own end-to-end product features with direct business impact.

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