Director of Software Engineering

Location: Seattle, WA, Bay Area, CA, Boston, MA, Salt Lake City, UT, Portland, ME, Dallas, TX

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

This is a remote position; however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations: Boston, MA; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Dallas, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; and Portland, ME

WEX is a global leader in financial technology solutions, based in Portland, Maine, United States, with over 7,000 WEXers distributed in over 40 countries. We simplify the complexities of payment systems across continents and industries like Fleet, Corporate Payments, and Benefits. We look to manage employee benefits, streamline how companies pay and get paid by suppliers, save on fuel costs, or modernize how companies manage their fleet, WEX solutions reduce administrative burdens.
 

About the Team/Role

We are seeking a seasoned Director of Engineering in WEX Mobility organization. This role will lead an engineering team for core services for Mobility products. Mobility is a global team situated in USA, India, and Brazil. Mobility systems provide Vehicle Management and Payments centric SaaS and PaaS solutions to various customers in North America. WEX Mobility Payment products enable credit issuance to fleet companies and their employees in the form of WEX Credit Cards, that can be used in fueling stations and select merchants. At WEX, we provide fleet managers with the ability to configure spend controls that restrict fleet members to use their card only at preconfigured merchants and for configured products families.

How you’ll make an impact

As a Director of Engineering, you will:

• Analyze various Mobility products to outline cross-cutting and core capabilities to develop, drive and execute a long-term vision and strategy for WEX Mobility Core services

• Define and implement a comprehensive architectural roadmap for Mobility Core services, 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 Mobility 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 Mobility engineering team.

• Comfortably present, influence, and communicate to senior leadership team. Provide regular updates and insights to senior leadership on the challenges and opportunities within the Mobility Payments domain.

Experience you’ll bring

• 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 Qualifications:

• 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.

The base pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual pay rates will vary and will be based on various factors, such as your qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. Base pay is one component of WEX's total compensation package. Most sales positions are eligible for commission under the terms of an applicable plan. Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on their role and applicable plan. WEX's comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being. Benefits include 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. For more information, check out the "About Us" section.

Pay Range: $199,300.00 - $246,900.00