WEX · 3 days ago
VP, Benefits Engineering
US - Remote
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$238K/yr - $317K/yr
15+ years exp
Maximize your interview chancesFinancial ServicesFinTech
Insider Connection @WEX
Get 3x more responses when you reach out via email instead of LinkedIn.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a comprehensive software engineering strategy aligned with business objectives, fostering innovation and ensuring technological excellence.
Team Management: Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of software engineers. Foster a collaborative and results-driven culture.
Product Development: Drive the development of cutting-edge Benefits platform services, collaborating closely with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products on time and within budget.
Technical Expertise: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies and ensure the adoption of best practices in software development, including coding standards, modern DevOps practices, and cloud architecture patterns.
Quality Standards: Implement robust quality processes, ensuring the delivery of reliable, secure, and compliant software solutions.
Scalability and Performance: Architect systems for scalability and optimal performance, anticipating future needs and challenges in the dynamic payment landscape.
Collaboration: Foster strong collaboration with stakeholders, including product management, operations, and other business units, to align technology initiatives with business goals.
Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and security standards.
Has overall ownership of planning, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities, and recommending and implementing changes to methods.
Regularly interacts with executives and/or major customers
Delivers on defined key metrics of success
Qualification
Find out how your skills align with this job's requirements. If anything seems off, you can easily click on the tags to select or unselect skills to reflect your actual expertise.
Required
Bachelor's or Master’s (preferred) degree in the field of software engineering, computer science or equivalent required.
15+ years of experience in software engineering, with a minimum of 10 years in a leadership role managing multiple engineering teams.
Passion for and understanding of AI/ML technology, from development to production at a product level required.
Strong experience in building an ecosystem of interoperable business components in a SaaS offering required.
Proven experience as a software engineering leader in modern cloud-native technologies required.
Strong technical background with expertise in software development methodologies, modern architectures, AI-Driven SDLC, and programming languages required.
Demonstrated success in leading and motivating high-performing engineering teams required.
In-depth knowledge of SaaS platforms, security standards, high-availability standards, and regulatory compliance required.
Strategic thinker with excellent communication and interpersonal skills required.
Results-oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality, scalable software solutions required.
Excellent leadership and communication skills with a track record of building and managing successful engineering teams required.
Proficiency in agile methodologies and modern software development tools required.
Experience with developing enterprise and consumer products that generate large volumes of data required.
Effective communication and project management skills with the ability to influence, build consensus, and effectively work within a diverse, global organization required.
Proven track record of delivering and managing interval-oriented budgets required.
Preferred
Master’s degree in the field of software engineering, computer science or equivalent preferred.
Benefits
Health, dental and vision insurances
Retirement savings plan
Paid time off
Health savings account
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Company
WEX
Wex is a financial technology service provider for fleet, travel and healthcare industries.
5,001-10,000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
WEX has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (7)
2022 (16)
2021 (23)
2020 (18)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$400MKey Investors
Warburg Pincus
2020-06-30Post Ipo Equity· $90M
2020-06-30Post Ipo Debt· $310M
2005-02-16IPO· nyse:WEX
Leadership Team
Melissa Smith
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
David Cooper
CTO
Recent News
2024-10-24
2024-10-24
Company data provided by crunchbase
