Sr Director, Benefits Engineering

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At WEX, we simplify the business of running a business. Our WEX Health & Benefits solutions reduce complexity and help manage costs of benefits administration for our clients and partners. We are looking for passionate technologists, collaborators, and problem solvers to join our Health & Benefits Technology team as we build the next generation of employer benefits solutions and services.

As a Software Engineering Sr. Director on the WEX Health & Benefits Technology team, you will lead an organization that partners closely with Product Managers and customers to learn about the challenges employers face while navigating the competitive employee benefits landscape. You will become a domain expert, designing solutions that solve problems in ways our customers love and work for our business. You will lead teams who build the highest quality software in the latest technologies and test driven development practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage your team through the successful delivery of valuable customer software.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation and strengthen TDD and BDD processes.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management by providing technical guidance on software design.
• Guide your team on best practices, coding standards, and design principles.
• Conduct performance reviews, set goals, and support professional development for team members.
• Measure, inspect, and drive decisions using data.
• Design, test, code, and instrument new solutions.
• Support live applications, promote proactive monitoring, rapid incident response and troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Analyze existing systems and processes to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvements.
• Understand how your domain fits into and contributes to the overall company and drive any needed changes to increase productivity.
• Partner with cross functional teams to influence priority, expectations, and timelines within your domain and/or product vertical.
• Lead the platform verticals in fully automating continuous code integration and code deployment process on Azure
• Long term Focus on instrumentation and team efficiency and performance measurables
• Drive the long term vision and the strategy to achieve the vision for the technology organization
• Interact and communicate effectively with peer groups, non-technical organizations, and middle management.
• Drive collaboration across technology teams to foster innovation and follow guidelines around re-usability of frameworks and governance of architecture patterns
• Partner with the 3rd party vendors and service providers to ensure best in class service model.
• Drive innovation in the organization with transformative technologies like Generative AI and use of Agentic AI frameworks like Autogen or Langchain.
• Drive the design and architecture of the systems and applications to be always available, performant and highly secure.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; OR demonstrable equivalent experience.
• At least 15 years of experience in software engineering.
• At least 10 years of management or supervisory experience.
• Excellent leadership ability to motivate teams and drive results.
• Strategic thinking that aligns with business objectives and drives innovation.
• Strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Passionate about keeping up with modern technologies and design.
• Strong understanding of software security principles and OWASP guidelines
  
  

Technology Must-Haves

• C#, Python (if applicable)
• Docker
• Modern RDBMS (i.e. MS SQL, Postgres, MySQL)
• ASP.NET RESTful API design
• Kafka / event-driven design
• Modern Web UI Frameworks and Libraries (i.e. Angular, React)
• Kubernetes
• NoSQL databases
• Designing and developing Cloud-Native applications and services
• Generative AI and Agentic AI models and frameworks
• Helm/ArgoCD
• Terraform
• 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.

Pay Range: $207,000.00 - $275,000.00

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Software Development

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