Sr Manager Software Engineering
Senior engineering manager leading WEX's 'Beyond Fuel' fleet payments and expense management initiative, overseeing teams in the US and India to build payment microservices and mobile apps. Focus on technical strategy, AI-driven development (AI-DLC), roadmaps/OKRs, and growing high-performance engineering teams.
- Compensation
- $175.6K–$204.3K / yr
- Location
- Portland, United States
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
- 8+ years software engineering experience with 4+ years in engineering management
- Expertise in large-scale distributed systems, including testing/validating for accuracy and performance
- Ability to automate scaffolding code, unit tests, and integration tests using generative AI
- Experience building products with AI-DLC, APIs, and AI-first approach
- Strong understanding of security and compliance in cloud and data environments
- Excellent leadership, team-building, and decision-making skills
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
- Experience building credit card products or scheme/network solutions
- Experience building or managing fleet payments systems
- Experience building high-performance distributed systems at internet-scale companies
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and containerization
Full description
This is a remote position; however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations: Boston, MA; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Dallas, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; and Portland, ME
About the Team/Role
Are you excited about building solutions that expand fleet payments beyond fuel and simplify expense management? We are seeking a seasoned Sr. Manager of Software Engineering to lead the WEX Beyond Fuel and Expense Management initiative within WEX Mobility Engineering. In this role, you will lead engineering teams across the United States and India to design, build, and scale payment and expense management capabilities. You will partner with Product, Design, and business stakeholders to define the technical strategy and deliver solutions that help fleet managers and operators manage business expenses, configure spend controls, and gain visibility into spending across fuel and non-fuel purchases. You will drive the adoption of AI throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and delivery efficiency while ensuring security, reliability, and scalability.
How you’ll make an impact:Leadership & Strategy:
- Develop, drive, and execute a long-term vision and strategy for the Beyond fuel and Expense management initiative at WEX.
- Drive, prioritize, and work backwards from customer requirements in collaboration with product and commercial partners.
- Maintain a well-thought-out roadmap and create clear, interdependent OKRs with product and commercial teams.
- Establish a robust engineering roadmap to maintain clarity and motivation within the team.
Technical Ownership & Execution:
- Be as a hands-on technical leader with full ownership of systems design across mobile applications and backend microservices.
- Drive end-to-end AI-DLC, technical project execution, from initial concept through deployment and ongoing support.
- Develop and track the progress of the architectural roadmap, aligning with business objectives and industry best practices.
- Drive cross-team engineering projects as a single-threaded owner (STO).
- Implement mechanisms to reduce time-to-market using evolving engineering approaches, continuously challenging the status quo.
- Establish measurement of metrics-driven development productivity across the team.
Team Development & Culture:
- Hire, lead, manage, retain, and grow high-performance software engineers through active career growth planning.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, empowerment, and continuous learning.
- Maintain career growth plans and provide monthly and quarterly feedback for individual progress.