WEX · 1 day ago
Director of Software Engineering
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$188K/yr - $250K/yr
10+ years expWEX is a global leader in financial technology solutions, based in Portland, Maine. They are seeking a seasoned Director of Engineering to lead an engineering team for core services for OTR experiences products, focusing on fleet management and payments-centric SaaS and PaaS solutions.
Financial ServicesFinTechPaymentsSoftware
Responsibilities
Analyze various OTR products to outline cross-cutting and core capabilities to develop, drive and execute a long-term vision and strategy for WEX OTR Core services
Define and implement a comprehensive architectural roadmap for OTR Experiences, aligning with business objectives and industry best practices
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, empowerment, and continuous learning within the engineering teams
Continuously challenge the status quo and implement mechanisms to reduce time-to-market using efficient engineering methods
Collaborate with other OTR engineering teams to reuse development practices and components to reduce duplication
Craft, lead, manage, and grow high-performance engineering teams. Hire, coach, promote, and retain high performers to achieve WEX goals
Work closely with product and commercial partners to drive, prioritize, and work backwards from the customer requirements and exceed expected outcomes
Drive effective monthly, weekly, and quarterly mechanisms to plan, execute, and audit workstreams
Establish a robust and clear engineering roadmap to maintain clarity and motivation for the engineering team. Maintain career growth plans and provide monthly and quarterly feedback for individuals’ continual progress
Establish measurement of metrics-driven dev productivity across OTR engineering team
Comfortably present, influence, and communicate to the senior leadership team. Provide regular updates and insights to senior leadership on the challenges and opportunities within the OTR Payments domain
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline
10 years of experience in software engineering with 5 years of engineering management experience managing individual contributors and managers
Expertise in microservices, REST apis and deployment using cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Azure
Strong understanding of security and compliance requirements in cloud and data environments
Excellent leadership, team-building, and dynamic decision-making skills
Ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Preferred
Experience building credit card products, or experience developing solutions in a scheme/network
Experience building or managing fleet systems
Experience working on card payments using ISO8583
Experience working with geographically distributed teams, and ability to craft self-managing distributed teams
Benefits
Health, dental and vision insurances
Retirement savings plan
Paid time off
Health savings account
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Tuition reimbursement
And more
Company
WEX
Wex is a financial technology service provider for fleet, travel and healthcare industries.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$900MKey Investors
Warburg Pincus
2025-02-25Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2020-06-30Post Ipo Equity· $90M
2020-06-30Post Ipo Debt· $310M
Leadership Team
Melissa Smith
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Sachin Dhawan
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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