Software Engineer, Ramp Travel

Ramp

$120K — $150K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience in high-velocity environments
  • Proficient with AI coding tools for rapid development and quality
  • Strong background in system design, reliability engineering, and observability
  • Fluent in Python or comparable modern backend language
  • 3+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Ability to directly engage with customers to convert business needs into code

Responsibilities

  • Own and scale backend services for Ramp's travel booking platform
  • Create user experiences utilizing Ramp's integrated travel and spend solutions
  • Develop real-time reporting and policy systems for travel management
  • Establish AI technical foundations for automating trip planning
  • Design and maintain systems delivering high performance to millions of users
  • Enhance internal developer tools to speed up engineering and product development

Benefits

  • 100% medical, dental & vision insurance for employees
  • 401k with employer match
  • Flexible PTO
  • Fertility HRA support up to $10,000 annually
  • Parental Leave
  • Unlimited AI token usage
  • Pet insurance
  • Centralized home-office equipment ordering
  • Health and Wellness stipend
  • In-office perks like meals and snacks
  • Budget for intra-office travel
  • Relocation support to NYC or SF if needed
Full Job Description
About the Role

Ramp is redesigning how businesses manage travel-and the backbone of that vision is a seamless, intelligent platform that unifies booking, spend, and policy in real time. The Ramp Travel team is building the systems that power how businesses plan, book, and manage travel, ensuring every trip is efficient, compliant, and fully integrated into the company's financial workflows.

We're looking for a blazingly fast backend engineer who thrives in complex systems, cares deeply about reliability and user experience, and wants to shape how modern companies manage travel. You'll help us save customers time and money while supporting Ramp's transformation into the AI-powered finance platform of the future.

What You'll Do
  • Own and scale the backend services powering Ramp's travel booking platform, enabling cardholders to seamlessly book flights, hotels, and cars directly within Ramp
  • Build delightful user experiences that leverage Ramp's integrated travel and spend platform-unlocking capabilities no other product can match
  • Develop reporting and policy systems that give travel managers real-time visibility into employee travel and ensure spend stays within company policy
  • Lay the technical foundation for AI agents that learn traveler preferences and automate trip planning and booking
  • Design and operate highly scalable, reliable systems that serve millions of travelers with exceptional performance and support
  • Improve internal developer tooling and platform interfaces to accelerate engineering velocity and product development


What You Need
  • Experience in high-velocity environments
  • Experience using AI coding tools to ship fast while maintaining a high bar on quality
  • Strong understanding of system design, reliability engineering, and service observability
  • Fluent in Python or a comparable modern backend language
  • 3+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Comfort working closely with customers to translate business needs into clean code
Nice-to-Haves
  • Experience building AI agents that execute complex tasks
  • Travel industry knowledge (especially experience using travel APIs)
  • Experience working with difficult and unreliable APIs


Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
  • 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
    • Partially covered for your dependents
    • One Medical annual membership
  • 401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)
  • Flexible PTO
  • Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
  • Parental Leave
  • Unlimited AI token usage
  • Pet insurance
  • Centralized home-office equipment ordering for all employees
  • Health and Wellness stipend
  • In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
  • Budget for intra-office travel
  • Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)


Referral Instructions

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