Senior Software Engineer, Data Acquisition

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September 28

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WEX

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Transport • Finance • Fintech

WEX is a global commerce platform specializing in various business solutions to address operational challenges. They provide services in managing and mobilizing fleets with their fuel card systems, offering comprehensive fleet management and analytics. Additionally, they focus on business payments solutions that streamline processes across industries, enhancing efficiency and security. WEX is also involved in employee benefits administration, helping organizations effectively manage health and reimbursement accounts. Their diverse range of services caters to numerous sectors, emphasizing innovation, sustainability, and effective solutions for business growth.

5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1983

🚗 Transport

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

💰 $310M Post-IPO Debt on 2020-06

📋 Description

• Lead the design and development of scalable, high-throughput data acquisition systems integrating internal and external data sources • Architect core platform components such as data routing, transformation orchestration, lineage tracking, and schema evolution • Implement a modular ingestion framework supporting streaming and batch pipelines with varying latencies and SLAs • Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and establish best practices in code quality, performance optimization, testing, and observability • Collaborate with domain teams to understand data integration needs and accelerate onboarding through reusable patterns and automation • Partner with Control Plane and DataOps teams to integrate orchestration, lineage, access control, and validation into ingestion processes • Build and maintain high-performance data acquisition pipelines integrating with WEX systems and third-party vendors • Implement pipeline components including schema validation, transformation orchestration, error handling, and audit logging • Ensure traceability, lineage, and security through integration with governance systems • Participate in code reviews, design sessions, and incident resolution to promote operational reliability

🎯 Requirements

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (M.Sc. a plus but not required) • Strong years of experience as a software or data engineer, ideally in high-volume or distributed systems environments • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Scala, or another systems-focused language • Experience with data integration and ingestion pipelines • Solid grasp of engineering fundamentals: version control, modular design, testing, performance tuning • Familiarity with schema evolution, event-driven architectures, observability, and role-based access control • Collaborative mindset, comfortable working across domains, products, and infrastructure layers • Strong sense of ownership and accountability

🏖️ Benefits

• Offering comprehensive and market competitive benefits designed to support your personal and professional well-being. • Reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with a disability via Reasonable Accommodation Request Form. • WEX promotes a drug-free workplace.