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WEX

Software Development Engineer 4

WEX

. Lead the design and delivery of enterprise-grade Kafka and eventing platforms.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timePortland • Maine, Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $140,600 - $173,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ApacheCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoKafkaKubernetesNoSQLPostgresPythonRDBMSSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the design and delivery of enterprise-grade Kafka and eventing platforms.
  • Build and maintain KaaS features, including automated provisioning, schema management, custom connectors, and self-service streaming governance.
  • Champion TDD, BDD, and automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
  • Implement and standardize robust IaC patterns using Terraform and Helm.
  • Own the operational health of Kafka services; establish SLIs/SLOs, drive proactive monitoring.
  • Hold the team accountable for delivering quality results using defined OKRs.
  • Mentor and learn from peers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high-trust engineering excellence.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; OR demonstrable equivalent experience.
  • At least 10 years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on large-scale distributed systems or platform services.
  • Proven ability to lead initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and influence technical direction across organizational boundaries.
  • Deep understanding of the Kafka ecosystem, event-driven design, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Languages: Golang and/or Python.
  • Eventing: Apache Kafka (Brokers, Connect, Schema Registry).
  • Orchestration: Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Infrastructure: Terraform (IaC).
  • Data: Modern RDBMS (Postgres, MS SQL) and NoSQL databases.
  • API: RESTful API design and Microservice architecture.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • health, dental and vision insurances
  • retirement savings plan
  • paid time off
  • health savings account
  • flexible spending accounts
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • tuition reimbursement

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Hard Skills & Tools
KafkaGolangPythonTerraformHelmKubernetesDockerRESTful API designMicroservice architectureModern RDBMS
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringinfluencingcontinuous learningaccountabilitycommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvinghigh-trust engineeringquality assurance