R16052 Software Development Engineer 3 & 4

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

This position is posted as a dual level position and can be hired at a level 3 or level 4

About the Team

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 ( Level 4 only )

• 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.

• ​Measure, inspect, and drive decisions using data.

How you’ll make an impact

• Collaborate with stakeholders to learn about our customers biggest challenges.

• Design, test, code, and instrument new solutions.

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform.

• Strengthen and drive our engineering process with TDD and BDD, Microservice and Vertical Slice Architectures.

• Support live applications, promote proactive monitoring, rapid incident response, and continuous improvement.

• Analyze existing systems and processes to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvements.

• Mentor and learn from your peers, foster continuous learning within your team and organization.

• Become a subject matter expert in your functional area and best practices.

• Assess unique circumstances and apply creative problem-solving techniques to resolve issues or suggest various approaches.

• Independently complete work and proactively review with others.

Experience you’ll bring for Level 3

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

• Will Consider 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering.

• Strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Passionate about keeping up with modern technologies and design.

• C#

• Docker

• Modern RDBMS (i.e. MS SQL, Postgres)

• ASP.NET RESTful API design

• Kafka / event-driven design

• Terraform

• Modern Web UI Frameworks (i.e. Angular, React, Blazor)

Great to Have Level 3:

• Kubernetes

• Helm/ArgoCD

• GitHub Actions

• NoSQL databases

• GraphQL

Experience you’ll bring for Level 4

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

• Will Consider 15 to 20 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

• At least 10 years of experience in software engineering.

• Strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Passionate about keeping up with modern technologies and design.

• C#, Python (if applicable)

• Docker

• Modern RDBMS (i.e. MS SQL, Postgres)

• ASP.NET RESTful API design

• Kafka / event-driven design

• Terraform

• Modern Web UI Frameworks (i.e. Angular, React, Blazor)

• Kubernetes

• NoSQL databases

Great to Have Level 4:

• Helm/ArgoCD
• GitHub Actions
• GraphQL

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.