WEX

Senior Software Engineer – Data Acquisition

WEX

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Brazil

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Distributed SystemsJavaPythonScala

About the role

  • Lead the design and development of scalable, high-throughput data acquisition systems integrating internal and external data sources
  • Architect core platform components such as data routing, transformation orchestration, lineage tracking, and schema evolution
  • Implement a modular ingestion framework supporting streaming and batch pipelines with varying latencies and SLAs
  • Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and establish best practices in code quality, performance optimization, testing, and observability
  • Collaborate with domain teams to understand data integration needs and accelerate onboarding through reusable patterns and automation
  • Partner with Control Plane and DataOps teams to integrate orchestration, lineage, access control, and validation into ingestion processes
  • Build and maintain high-performance data acquisition pipelines integrating with WEX systems and third-party vendors
  • Implement pipeline components including schema validation, transformation orchestration, error handling, and audit logging
  • Ensure traceability, lineage, and security through integration with governance systems
  • Participate in code reviews, design sessions, and incident resolution to promote operational reliability

Requirements

  • B.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (M.Sc. a plus but not required)
  • Strong years of experience as a software or data engineer, ideally in high-volume or distributed systems environments
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Scala, or another systems-focused language
  • Experience with data integration and ingestion pipelines
  • Solid grasp of engineering fundamentals: version control, modular design, testing, performance tuning
  • Familiarity with schema evolution, event-driven architectures, observability, and role-based access control
  • Collaborative mindset, comfortable working across domains, products, and infrastructure layers
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability
Benefits
  • Offering comprehensive and market competitive benefits designed to support your personal and professional well-being.
  • Reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with a disability via Reasonable Accommodation Request Form.
  • WEX promotes a drug-free workplace.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
PythonJavaScaladata acquisition systemsdata integrationdata ingestion pipelinesschema evolutionperformance optimizationtestingobservability
Soft skills
technical leadershipmentoringcollaborationownershipaccountability
Certifications
B.Sc. in Computer ScienceB.Sc. in Engineering