Software Development Manager – Java

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About the Team/Role

As an Engineering Manager you will play an important role in the design and analysis of software projects with a high level of technical experience. For this role, we need someone excited about solving problems and being able to juggle multiple items in a day, taking joy in being very efficient in driving items through a pipeline process. Primary responsibilities are to solve current reported problems and find opportunities to resolve those with long term solutions.Other responsibilities may include planning, design, development and testing software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products.

Our goal is that about 50% of your responsibility is to provide technical leadership, direction, guidance, and support for the members of your team and about 50% of the role will be development.

How you’ll make an impact

• Manage a small team of highly motivated developers and Systems Analysts

• Evaluate and respond to customer needs in a fashion that provides long-term benefit to WEX by finding strategic solutions to issues and driving that forward.

• Be in position to quickly and effectively resolve customer reported issues; taking ownership of the support process and collaborating with others on best solutions, effectively being a positive force for other teams by allowing focused development to continue.

• Become product domain expert and develop techniques to help team members gain expertise

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the Application architecture and ensures all development conforms to defined standards

• Analyze, design, program, debug and modify software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked or internet related computer programs

• Recommend changes in development, maintenance and system standards

• Support technological aspects of a software development project so that the end product meets business & technology requirements and is delivered on-time and on-budget

Culturally, you’re

• A highly motivated manager and engineer who loves working on small, high performing teams.

• Collaborative, a solid communicator, and work well with your team and stakeholders.

• Someone who cares deeply for team results, checks your ego at the door and takes pride in owning results.

• A professional who can advocate strongly for positions and still be 100% behind team decisions even if they don’t go your way

• A mentor who is capable at guiding the technical development of less experienced developers at the functional, component architectural levels

• Are comfortable balancing the need to move fast with the realities of working in a highly regulated space like payments

Technically, you

• Pick up new technology and can switch between tech stacks with a minimum of fuss

• Are comfortable working on front-end web code, back end services, data stores, and infrastructure systems

• Have experience writing modern software deployed in the cloud

• Are comfortable with encryption schemes, modern APIs, and front-end frameworks

• Have worked on agile teams to deliver software iteratively

Experience you’ll bring

• BS in an engineering field OR can make us feel intensely confident that you don’t need one.

• A demonstrable working understanding of at least one modern web framework.

• 4+ years of experience managing team members

• 4+ years of experience with Java

• 2+ years of experience with cloud solutions – Azure, Google, Amazon

• 4+ years experience working on agile teams to deliver software iteratively

• Experience with designing and architecting applications

• Experience with continuous integration/continuous delivery

• Excellent overall knowledge of Enterprise Level technologies

• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning)

• Self-motivation with attention to detail, deadlines and reporting

It would be nice if you

• Have demonstrable experience with systems engineering and automation

• Have experience with Atlassian tools like Confluence and JIRA

• Experience with Linux, containerization and container orchestration like Kubernetes

• Have experience with logging, metrics, and monitoring tools like DataDog and Splunk

• Have experience with transaction processing

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: $150,600.00 – $180,100.00
Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disability

 

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