WEX

Staff Software Engineer – Data Platform

WEX

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: PortlandCaliforniaIllinoisUnited States

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Salary

💰 $185,000 - $217,400 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Lead the technical vision, architecture, and strategy for the Data Lake platform
  • Drive the development roadmap to deliver a platform that meets both near-term business needs and long-term strategic goals
  • Design and lead the implementation of our data lake platform and services
  • Challenge the status quo, championing innovative technical solutions that leverage data, AI, and modern engineering practices
  • Partner closely with solutions architecture, product, and engineering teams to deeply understand business needs and design effective solutions
  • Collaborate with information security to ensure data privacy and access controls are a core part of the platform's design
  • Serve as a technical mentor to engineers, providing guidance on engineering principles, best practices, and skills
  • Report on the status of development, quality, and system performance to management and partners

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software design and development
  • Strong hands-on experience in software development, architecture, deployment, and production operations, preferably with Java / J2EE (Spring/Spring Boot)
  • Proficiency in languages like Python is highly desirable
  • Deep expertise in building and operating Big Data platforms and large-scale data lakes
  • Experience with Data Lakehouse formats such as Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, or Delta Lake is a significant plus
  • Strong understanding of modern data processing tools and services (e.g., Spark, AWS Glue, dbt, Apache Polaris)
  • Extensive experience with cloud architecture and services, including AWS (S3, EMR, Kubernetes, Lambda) and Azure
  • Deep understanding of CI/CD automation, modern development tools, and frameworks
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • A higher degree is a plus
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

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Hard Skills & Tools
software designsoftware developmentarchitecturedeploymentproduction operationsJavaJ2EEPythonBig Data platformsdata lakes
Soft Skills
technical visionmentorshipcollaborationinnovationproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershipstrategic thinkingreportingguidance