Sr Engineering Manager Position Available In St. Louis, Missouri

Sr. Manager, Engineering – Mobility APIs About the Team/Role We are seeking a seasoned Sr. Manager of Engineering in the WEX Mobility Engineering organization. This role will lead the engineering team for our Mobility APIs product that caters fleet management and mobility payments solutions to our large customers and partners. Mobility APIs development team spans across USA and Brazil. Our Mobility systems provide SaaS and API solutions to various customers in North America. WEX Mobility products enable credit issuance to fleet companies and their employees, and owner-operator truckers in the form of WEX Credit Cards, which can be used in fueling stations and select other merchants. At WEX, we provide fleet managers and operators with the ability to configure spend controls that restrict fleet members to use their card only at preconfigured merchants and for configured product families. How you’ll make an impact: Develop, drive, and execute a long-term vision and strategy for the WEX Mobility APIs for vehicle management and mobility payments (card issuance, controls, lifecycle, transactions). Be a hands-on technical leader, and own and implement systems designs of API platform, and make high judgement design calls such as choosing between RESTful APIs and gRPC APIs depending on use case. Develop and track progress of Mobility APIs architectural roadmap, aligning with business objectives and industry best practices. Maintain a granular resource map of developers and their month-over-month work streams. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, empowerment, and continuous learning. Continuously challenge the status quo and implement mechanisms to reduce time-to-market using evolving engineering approaches. Collaborate with other Mobility engineering teams to reuse development practices and components to reduce duplication. Drive cross-team engineering projects as a single-threaded-owner (STO) Hire, lead, manage, retain, and grow high-performance software engineers using active career growth planning. Work closely with product and commercial partners to drive, prioritize, and work backwards from the customer requirements to develop modern API suite. Drive effective monthly and weekly mechanisms to plan, execute, and audit workstreams. Partner with product and commercial (sales) leads to maintain a well-thoughtout roadmap, and create clear and inter-dependent OKRs with these partners. Establish a robust and clear engineering roadmap to maintain clarity and motivation for the engineering team. Maintain career growth plans and provide monthly and quarterly feedback for individuals’ continual progress. Establish measurement of metrics-driven dev productivity across Mobility APIs team. Comfortably present, influence, and communicate to the senior leadership team. Provide regular updates and insights to your manager (Director) on the challenges and opportunities within the Mobility domain. Experience you’ll bring: Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline. 8 years of experience in software engineering with 4 years of engineering management experience. Expertise in developing large-scale distributed systems and proven experience in testing and validating solutions for accuracy and performance Ability to automate generating scaffolding code, unit tests, and integration tests using past execution data and generative AI Strong understanding of security and compliance requirements in cloud and data environments. Excellent leadership, team-building, and dynamic decision-making skills. Ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience building high-performance distributed systems at internet-scale companies. Experience building credit card products, or experience developing solutions in a scheme/network. Experience working on closed-loop card systems. The base pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual pay rates will vary and will be based on various factors, such as your qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. Base pay is one component of WEX’s total compensation package. Most sales positions are eligible for commission under the terms of an applicable plan. Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on their role and applicable plan. WEX’s comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being. Benefits include health, dental and vision insurances, retirement savings plan, paid time off, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and more. For more information, check out the “About Us” section.

Pay Range:

$165,000.00 – $220,000.00 WEX is a global commerce platform that helps businesses solve for operational complexities like employee benefits, managing and mobilizing fleets, and streamlining payments. With over 6,500 employees, we work with large and small companies in more than 200 countries and territories, and can tailor our services to meet the unique needs of their businesses. We hire people who share our passion for continuous innovation and client service that is unparalleled in the industry. Offering comprehensive and market competitive benefits, our offerings are designed to support your personal and professional well-being. If you’re looking for a growing career – come be part of WEX today. To learn more about our employee benefits, please click here. WEX is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, disability or other protected status. WEX promotes a drug-free workplace. Qualified individuals with a disability have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. If you require a reasonable accommodation as a result of your disability at any point in the job application process, please submit your request through our Reasonable Accommodation Request Form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.