Senior Engineering Manager – Mobile Applications (iOS / Android)
About The Position
WEX is seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Mobility Mobile Engineering organization, which delivers iOS and Android applications supporting thousands of mobility customer interactions. The role leads an engineering team, builds a strong engineering culture, and partners with Product, Design, Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver high-quality mobile experiences. The successful candidate will develop people, drive engineering excellence, and execute large-scale initiatives while balancing speed, quality, and operational reliability. The manager owns the long-term engineering strategy and technical direction for the WEX Mobility Mobile Experience, including card and vehicle management, mobility payments, and future platform capabilities. The role maintains the engineering roadmap in alignment with business priorities and industry best practices; drives cross-functional initiatives; partners with Product, UX, and business leaders on customer-centered experiences, roadmap priorities, and measurable OKRs; and collaborates with Mobility engineering teams on reusable platforms and shared components. The position also oversees engineering processes, planning and operating mechanisms, and metrics that support delivery velocity, predictability, quality, reliability, developer productivity, and team effectiveness. It includes hiring, developing, mentoring, and retaining engineering managers and software engineers, managing team capacity and staffing, and communicating strategy, progress, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership and cross-functional partners. This is a remote position, but the candidate must reside within 30 miles of Boston, MA; the San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Dallas, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; or Portland, ME. The stated base pay range is $175,600–$204,300. WEX benefits include health, dental and vision insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid time off, a health savings account, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability insurance, and tuition reimbursement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- 4+ years of engineering management experience leading software engineering teams.
- Experience leading the development and delivery of native iOS and Android applications or cross-platform mobile applications using frameworks such as React Native or Flutter.
- Strong understanding of modern mobile architectures, application lifecycle management, and software engineering best practices.
- Strong communication, organizational, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
- Understanding of security, privacy, authentication, authorization, and data protection principles for mobile applications.
- Experience using automation, AI-assisted development tools, and engineering productivity practices to improve quality and delivery velocity.
- People leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development for mobile engineering teams.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, make thoughtful trade-offs, and lead teams through organizational and technical change.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience using analytics and customer insights to inform product and engineering decisions and improve user experiences.
- Must reside within 30 miles of Boston, MA; the San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Dallas, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; or Portland, ME.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, or other modern mobile development technologies.
- Experience building shared mobile platforms, SDKs, reusable frameworks, or design systems.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release automation, feature flag platforms, and mobile observability.
- Experience developing payment, fleet, financial technology (FinTech), or commercial card solutions.
- Experience integrating with payment networks or card schemes.
- Experience working with closed-loop or proprietary payment systems.
Responsibilities
- Define, own, and execute the long-term engineering strategy for the WEX Mobility Mobile Experience, including card and vehicle management, mobility payments, and future platform capabilities.
- Partner with architects and technical leaders to define the Mobile platform’s technical vision and architecture.
- Develop and maintain the engineering roadmap in alignment with business priorities and industry best practices.
- Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, collaboration, ownership, and operational excellence.
- Improve engineering processes to increase delivery velocity, quality, and developer productivity.
- Lead complex cross-functional engineering initiatives from planning through execution and drive alignment across teams and stakeholders.
- Partner with Product, UX, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver customer-centric mobile experiences.
- Establish and monitor engineering metrics to improve delivery predictability, quality, reliability, and team effectiveness.
- Drive planning, execution, and continuous improvement through sprint planning, roadmap reviews, operational reviews, and other regular operating mechanisms.
- Partner with Product and business leaders to maintain a healthy roadmap and define measurable objectives and key results (OKRs).
- Collaborate across Mobility engineering teams to promote reusable platforms, shared components, and engineering best practices.
- Hire, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering managers and software engineers.
- Coach team members, provide performance feedback, and support their career development.
- Manage team capacity and staffing to deliver strategic priorities.
- Communicate engineering strategy, progress, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid time off
- Health savings account
- Flexible spending accounts
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Quarterly or annual bonus eligibility for non-sales roles, subject to role and applicable plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
