Software Development Engineer

This position will be required to work USA time zone hours.

This is a remote position. For consideration, one must live within 30 miles of the following company HUBS:

Portland, ME

Washington, DC

Boston, MA

Bay Area

Dallas, TX

Chicago, IL

About the Team

WEX is a global leader in financial technology solutions, based in Portland, Maine, United States, with over 6,000 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.

In this role, you will play an important role in the design and analysis of software projects with a high level of technical experience. We need someone excited about solving problems and being able to juggle multiple items in a day, taking joy in being very efficient in driving items through a pipeline process. Primary responsibilities may include planning, designing, developing, and testing software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products. Other responsibilities may include solving current reported problems and finding opportunities to resolve those with long-term solutions.

Join our vibrant team to collaborate on thrilling projects where innovation thrives in a dynamic environment.

How you’ll make an impact

Team Collaboration

• Support applications both during and outside business hours. 

• Resolve issues and Service Requests quickly and efficiently.

• Support production deployments, which occur on evenings and weekends. Contribute to post-deployment application validation. Quickly troubleshoot, evaluate, and resolve any issues that arise.

• Participate in and lead team conversations, meetings and feature discussions.

Software Design and Architecture

• Design application architecture. Others use your designs as examples to use from. 

• Develop solutions that can be performant, scalable, consistent, and supportable that can be accomplished within the available scope, time and budget. 

• Perform design and code reviews within the team and across other teams to ensure implementations adhere to goals, industry standards and best practices.

• Deliver software that meets requirements by applying knowledge of the product area to provide the best long-term solutions.

• Ensure code is testable at all levels (unit, integration, and end-to-end). 

• Increase unit test coverage.

• Review requirements to provide meaningful, timely and critical feedback to improve them.

• Ensure requirements are feasible, implementation is efficient, and the design is aligned with the technical direction of WEX.

• Estimate and prioritize project requests.

• Assist with internal partner initiatives and projects.

• Work with Architects, Software Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers and Business Analysts to collaborate on design and delivery decisions.

Project Implementation

• Identify and document performance improvements and technical debt.

• Reduce the risk of security threats to WEX Health through a strong understanding of security best practices and close collaboration with Security Architects.

• Identify new threats and vulnerabilities and work with Architects to evolve mitigation strategies.

• Efficiently and effectively implement solutions in all environments, resulting in an increased level of throughput. Others use your code as an example to learn from.

Product Proficiency

• Demonstrate expert level understanding of your team’s product domain and understands multiple product domains outside of your current team.

• Act as an internal and external subject matter expert on WEX systems.

• Able to describe application behavior and technology outside of the Development department in both a technical and business communication style.

Leadership

• Help others complete tasks to accomplish goals.

• Step into other roles to ensure project deadlines are met.

• Mentor and onboard new Software Engineers ensuring they have the proper tools and knowledge to become productive quickly.

• Participate in the interview process and provide valuable hiring recommendations.

• Provide technical and domain guidance to internal and external team members.

• Lead multiple features or components through the full software deployment lifecycle, including integration, customer feedback, release, and support phases.

• Recommend ways to distribute work across your team to increase development efficiency.

• Perform effectively in a cross-functional team environment to ensure successful execution and delivery of project commitments

• Demonstrate expertise in a domain as evidenced by others seeking your peer reviews, advice, and problem solving.

• Coordinate work efforts and communicate priorities across teams to ensure successful execution and delivery of commitments.

• These teams may include Business Analysts, Quality Assurance Engineers, Architects, Product Owners, Support, Management, Configuration Management, Database Administrators, etc.

• Facilitate team meetings as needed, including scrum master ceremonies, if applicable to the team.​

Experience you’ll bring for Level 3

• 4+ years of relevant experience typical in this role 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

• Experience with tools and programming languages defined by Development Managers specific to their teams

• Strong knowledge in Software Development Fundamentals and Process, Design, Documentation, Testing, and tools

• Effective in a distributed team environment

• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools to assist with unit testing 

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: $117,000.00 - $155,000.00