WEX

Director of Engineering

WEX

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Maine, Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $188,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformKafka

About the role

  • Define and execute a clear technical vision for Kafka as a Service, aligning with business objectives.
  • Lead development of scalable, resilient event-driven architecture solutions.
  • Cultivate innovation, quality, and best practices across Kafka management, CDC, and operational processes.
  • Partner with platform adoption directors, internal teams, and external partners to drive adoption and enhancements.
  • Implement security measures and ensure compliance with PCI, PHI, HIPAA, and data governance standards.
  • Drive platform innovation and foster strategic relationships with vendors and technology partners.
  • Establish KPIs for platform and team performance and leverage insights for ongoing improvements.
  • Manage high-throughput services across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering leadership, preferably in event-driven architecture, Kafka, and CDC.
  • Proven experience managing high-availability, scalable event-driven systems.
  • Deep understanding of Kafka as a Service, including Aiven Kafka platform management, CDC, data streaming, and processing.
  • Strong problem-solving skills to create cohesive, enterprise-level data streaming platforms.
  • Exceptional leadership qualities with experience mentoring and developing engineering teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; Master’s preferred.
Benefits
  • health, dental and vision insurances
  • retirement savings plan
  • paid time off
  • health savings account
  • flexible spending accounts
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • tuition reimbursement

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
Kafkaevent-driven architectureCDCdata streamingdata processinghigh-availability systemsAWSAzureGCPsecurity measures
Soft skills
leadershipproblem-solvingmentoringinnovationcollaborationcommunicationstrategic relationship buildingperformance managementquality assurancebest practices