R16052 Software Development Engineer 3 & 4

This is a remote position. For consideration, one must live within 30 miles of the following company HUBS:

• Portland, ME
• Washington, DC
• Boston, MA
• Bay Area
• Dallas, TX
• Chicago, IL

This position is posted as a dual level position and can be hired at a level 3 or level 4

About the Team

At WEX, we simplify the business of running a business. Our WEX Benefits solutions reduce complexity and help manage costs of benefits administration for our clients and partners. We are looking for passionate technologists, collaborators, and problem solvers to join our Benefits Technology team as we build the next generation of employer benefits solutions and services.As a Software Engineer on the WEX Benefits Technology team, you will work in a team that partners closely with Product Managers and customers to learn about the challenges employers face while navigating the competitive employee benefits landscape. You will design solutions that solve problems in ways our customers love and work for our business. You will build the highest quality software in the latest technologies and test driven development practices.

Join our vibrant team to collaborate on thrilling projects where innovation thrives in a dynamic environment.

How you’ll make an impact

Team Collaboration

• Support applications both during and outside business hours. 

• Resolve issues and Service Requests quickly and efficiently.

• Support production deployments, which occur on evenings and weekends. Contribute to post-deployment application validation. Quickly troubleshoot, evaluate, and resolve any issues that arise.

• Participate in and lead team conversations, meetings and feature discussions.

Software Design and Architecture

• Design application architecture. Others use your designs as examples to use from. 

• Develop solutions that can be performant, scalable, consistent, and supportable that can be accomplished within the available scope, time and budget. 

• Perform design and code reviews within the team and across other teams to ensure implementations adhere to goals, industry standards and best practices.

• Deliver software that meets requirements by applying knowledge of the product area to provide the best long-term solutions.  

• Ensure code is testable at all levels (unit, integration, and end-to-end). 

• Increase unit test coverage.

• Review requirements to provide meaningful, timely and critical feedback to improve them.  

• Ensure requirements are feasible, implementation is efficient, and the design is aligned with the technical direction of WEX.

• Estimate and prioritize project requests.

• Assist with internal partner initiatives and projects.

• Work with Architects, Software Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers and Business Analysts to collaborate on design and delivery decisions.

Project Implementation

• Identify and document performance improvements and technical debt.

• Reduce the risk of security threats to WEX Health through a strong understanding of security best practices and close collaboration with Security Architects.

• Identify new threats and vulnerabilities and work with Architects to evolve mitigation strategies.

• Efficiently and effectively implement solutions in all environments, resulting in an increased level of throughput. Others use your code as an example to learn from.

Product Proficiency

• Demonstrate expert level understanding of your team’s product domain and understands multiple product domains outside of your current team.

• Act as an internal and external subject matter expert on WEX systems.

• Able to describe application behavior and technology outside of the Development department in both a technical and business communication style.

Leadership ( Level 4 only )

• Help others complete tasks to accomplish goals.

• Step into other roles to ensure project deadlines are met.