Sr. Engineering Manager

WEX•Boston, MA

2d•$175,600 - $204,300•Remote

About The Position

WEX is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Mobility Mobile Engineering organization, which delivers iOS and Android applications supporting mobility customer interactions. The role leads an engineering team, builds a strong engineering culture, and partners with Product, Design, Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure to deliver high-quality mobile experiences. The leader will develop people, drive engineering excellence, and execute large-scale initiatives while balancing speed, quality, and operational reliability. The position owns the long-term engineering strategy for the WEX Mobility Mobile Experience, including card and vehicle management, mobility payments, and future platform capabilities. It partners with technical and business leaders to set platform direction, maintain an aligned engineering roadmap, improve delivery processes and metrics, and lead cross-functional initiatives. The manager also hires, develops, mentors, and retains engineering managers and software engineers, manages team capacity, and communicates strategy, progress, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership and partners. This is a remote position, but the candidate must reside within 30 miles of Boston, Massachusetts; the San Francisco Bay Area, California; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; or Portland, Maine. The stated base pay range is $175,600 to $204,300. WEX describes its benefits as including health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement savings, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, and tuition reimbursement, among other benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 8 years of software engineering experience.
At least 4 years of engineering management experience leading software engineering teams.
Experience leading 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 leveraging 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 work in ambiguous environments, make thoughtful trade-offs, and lead teams through organizational and technical change.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and 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 one of the listed locations: Boston, San Francisco Bay Area, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Seattle, or Portland, Maine.

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 an engineering roadmap aligned with business priorities and industry best practices.
Foster 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 among teams and stakeholders.
Partner with Product, UX, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver customer-centric mobile experiences.
Establish and monitor engineering metrics for delivery predictability, quality, reliability, and team effectiveness.
Drive planning, execution, and continuous improvement through operating mechanisms such as sprint planning, roadmap reviews, and operational reviews.
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.
Provide coaching, performance feedback, and career development.
Manage team capacity and staffing to support delivery of 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