Mobility Backend Engineer - APIs & Cloud

WEX, Inc.; South Portland (ME); On-site; USD 122,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

WEX, Inc. is seeking a versatile software engineer to design and maintain backend services and APIs. You will build scalable microservices, work with relational and NoSQL databases, and leverage Kafka, Elasticsearch, AWS, and containerized environments.

You'll operate in an agile, collaborative setting, applying DevOps practices, CI/CD, automated testing, and production support while learning new technologies and owning end-to-end delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Eng, or equivalent real-world experience.
• 3+ years building backend or distributed applications.
• Strong Java and/or Python with OO design fundamentals.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, and cloud apps.
• SQL with Oracle/PostgreSQL; NoSQL exposure helpful.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Build microservices and distributed systems with modern practices.
• Work with relational databases (Oracle/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL.
• Develop with Kafka, Elasticsearch, AWS, and containers.
• Contribute to cloud-native architecture, CI/CD, and testing.

Skills

Java

Python

API design

Object-oriented design

RESTful APIs

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Kafka

Elasticsearch

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

WEX, Inc. is seeking a versatile software engineer to design and maintain backend services and APIs. You will build scalable microservices, work with relational and NoSQL databases, and leverage Kafka, Elasticsearch, AWS, and containerized environments.

You'll operate in an agile, collaborative setting, applying DevOps practices, CI/CD, automated testing, and production support while learning new technologies and owning end-to-end delivery.