Software Engineering Manager

WEX•Salt Lake City, UT

3d•Remote

About The Position

WEX FSM (formerly Payzerware) is an end-to-end Field Service Management platform that helps contractors run their business, grow sales, and simplify back-office operations. It provides comprehensive business management including schedule/dispatch, invoicing, sales proposals/invoices, and maintenance agreements, and also enables a full range of payment and financing solutions. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead and develop multiple teams of software engineers, defining best practices, implementing technical strategies, maximizing productivity, and shaping the engineering culture at WEX FSM. This role involves providing leadership, mentorship, and management for software engineers, serving as the primary coach, conducting regular 1-on-1s, and developing future technical leaders and senior individual contributors. You will drive innovation by ensuring teams stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, championing modern tools, frameworks, and design patterns, and maintaining technology stacks to mitigate technical debt. Collaboration with Product Managers is crucial to translate business requirements into technical specifications and project estimates, ensuring engineering strategies align with product roadmaps. The position also requires guiding best practices, coding standards, and design patterns, defining and enforcing high-quality standards for code reviews, automated testing, and system design, and striving for robust, scalable, and maintainable software. You will conduct performance reviews, set goals, support career development, and foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning across all engineering teams. Additionally, you will contribute to the technical roadmap, prioritize initiatives that enhance development velocity and quality, and take ownership of improving the developer experience by proactively auditing the development process and proposing changes to eliminate bottlenecks.

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience or 1+ years in software engineering management
Expertise in Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) fundamentals and processes, including design, documentation, testing, and tooling
Practical experience utilizing automated testing tools, particularly for unit testing
Exceptional leadership, team-building, and dynamic decision-making capabilities
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Highly analytical and detail-oriented mindset
Proven ability to manage multiple projects effectively and succeed in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, mentorship, and management for software engineers
Serve as the primary coach and manager for your teams
Conduct regular 1-on-1’s, providing immediate and constructive feedback loops
Develop future technical leaders and senior individual contributors
Drive innovation by ensuring teams stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends
Champion the adoption of modern tools, frameworks, and design patterns
Maintain our technology stacks, ensuring timely updates or strategic replacements to mitigate technical debt
Collaborate closely with Product and provide technical guidance
Partner with Product Managers to translate business requirements into technical specifications and technical specifications into project estimates
Ensure engineering strategies remain aligned with product roadmaps
Guide best practices, coding standards, and design patterns
Define and enforce high-quality standards for code reviews, automated testing, and system design
Strive for robust, scalable, and maintainable software design, utilizing established patterns, minimizing complexity
Conduct performance reviews, set goals, and support engineers in career development
Implement a structured performance management process, including frequent check-ins and quarterly reviews, based on measurable goals and objectives
Actively work to mentor and grow the careers of your software engineers
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
Promote innovation and collaboration across all engineering teams
Encourage continuous learning by establishing learning plans for team members
Contribute to the technical roadmap, identifying areas to maximize development productivity
Champion technical direction, prioritizing initiatives that enhance development velocity and quality
Take ownership of initiatives focused on improving the developer experience (DevEx)
Proactively audit the entire development process, proposing changes that eliminate bottlenecks and boost overall engineering output