WEX

Senior Director of Engineering – Health and Benefits

WEX

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Bay Area • California, Illinois, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $207,000 - $275,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AngularASP.NETCloudDockerGraphQLKafkaKubernetes.NETNoSQLPostgresPythonRDBMSReactSQLTerraform

About the role

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional team of engineers while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
  • Drive and manage change within the engineering department by identifying opportunities for improvement and leading initiatives that enhance productivity, efficiency, and quality.
  • Work closely with senior leadership to define the technical vision and strategy, aligning engineering efforts with clear business objectives.
  • Define and articulate a clear technical vision and drive change within a high-performing engineering team.
  • Influence organizational culture by promoting agility, adaptability, and a growth mindset within the engineering team.
  • Oversee the design and implementation of scalable, cloud-native applications, ensuring that the platform meets the highest standards of performance, security, and reliability.
  • Lead the development of both backend (C# and .NET Core) and frontend (React/Angular) solutions.
  • Lead the strategic integration of generative AI to enhance the development process, streamline workflows, automate testing, and improve decision-making processes in health and benefits management.
  • Develop and refine processes that drive operational excellence in software engineering, ensuring that the team consistently delivers high-quality solutions on time and within budget.
  • Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the performance of both the engineering team and the platform.
  • Communicate technical strategy and progress to senior leadership, stakeholders, and non-technical audiences.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Helm/ArgoCD
  • GitHub Actions
  • NoSQL databases
  • GraphQL
  • AI Tooling

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
C#PythonDockerMS SQLPostgresASP.NETRESTful API designKafkaTerraformKubernetes
Soft skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationinnovationagilityadaptabilitygrowth mindsetmentoring