Director of Software Engineering

WEX•Boston, MA

1d•$199,300 - $246,900•Remote

About The Position

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. They simplify the complexities of payment systems across continents and industries like Fleet, Corporate Payments, and Benefits, aiming to reduce administrative burdens. The company is seeking a seasoned Director of Engineering for its Mobility organization. This role involves leading an engineering team focused on core services for Mobility products. Mobility is a global team with members in the USA, India, and Brazil, providing Vehicle Management and Payments-centric SaaS and PaaS solutions to North American customers. WEX Mobility Payment products facilitate credit issuance to fleet companies and their employees via WEX Credit Cards, usable at fueling stations and select merchants. WEX also enables fleet managers to configure spend controls to restrict card usage to preconfigured merchants and product families. WEX is a global commerce platform that helps businesses solve operational complexities like employee benefits, managing and mobilizing fleets, and streamlining payments, working with companies in over 200 countries and territories.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

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.