Lead Benefits Platform Architect

WEX; United States; Remote; USD 141,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

WEX is seeking a Tech Lead for Benefits Engineering to drive architecture and hands-on delivery of modern software powering employee benefits. You will influence across product, architecture, and engineering teams, guiding complex initiatives while remaining an individual contributor.

The role emphasizes cloud-native design, distributed systems, and secure, scalable solutions. You’ll mentor engineers, contribute code when valuable, and help evolve platforms from legacy to modern architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering and technical leadership.
• Proven track record delivering complex systems.
• Experience with modern software development practices and security.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to engineers and establish engineering practices.
• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of complex software across distributed, cloud environments.
• Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers and contribute code where valuable.
• Evolve legacy platforms to modern cloud-native architectures.
• Promote automated testing, CI/CD, and observability.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

C# / .NET / ASP.NET

AWS / Azure

RESTful API design

Kafka

React

Docker

Kubernetes

Relational databases (MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL)

NoSQL databases

Git / CI/CD

Automated testing

Job description

WEX is seeking a Tech Lead for Benefits Engineering to drive architecture and hands-on delivery of modern software powering employee benefits. You will influence across product, architecture, and engineering teams, guiding complex initiatives while remaining an individual contributor.

The role emphasizes cloud-native design, distributed systems, and secure, scalable solutions. You’ll mentor engineers, contribute code when valuable, and help evolve platforms from legacy to modern architectures.