Director of Mobility Platform Engineering

WEX

Washington

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

WEX Mobility Engineering seeks a seasoned Manager of Engineering to lead the 10-4 by WEX product team across the USA and Brazil. You will own system design for mobile apps and backend services, drive end-to-end execution, and align architectural roadmaps with business goals, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product and sales teams.

You will influence senior leadership with clear updates and maintain a healthy, high-performance culture focused on innovation, delivery, and

Qualifications

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
10+ years of experience in software engineering with 4+ years of engineering management.
Hands-on experience in mobile development (native iOS/Android or cross-platform frameworks like React Native or Flutter).
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.

Responsibilities

Develop, drive, and execute a long-term vision and strategy for the 10-4 by WEX product.
Drive, prioritize, and work backwards from customer requirements in collaboration with product and commercial partners.
Maintain a roadmap and OKRs with product and commercial teams.
Establish a robust engineering roadmap for clarity and motivation.
Be a hands-on technical leader with ownership of systems design across mobile apps and backend microservices.
Drive end-to-end technical project execution from concept to deployment.
Develop architectural roadmap aligned with business objectives and best practices.
Drive cross-team projects as a single-threaded owner (STO).
Implement mechanisms to reduce time-to-market using evolving engineering approaches.
Establish metrics-driven development productivity across the team.
Hire, lead, and grow high-performance engineers; provide monthly/quarterly feedback.
Collaborate with Mobility teams to reuse practices and components.
Communicate progress to senior leadership and stakeholders.