Remote Mobility Mobile Engineering Manager

WEX, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 176,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Health savings account

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

WEX, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Mobility Mobile Engineering organization responsible for delivering high-quality iOS and Android applications serving thousands of customer interactions.

You will guide a team, foster an exceptional engineering culture, and partner with Product, Design, Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure to deliver mobile experiences. This role emphasizes people development, engineering excellence, and executing large-scale initiatives while

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years of engineering management experience leading software engineering teams.
• Experience leading native iOS and Android apps or cross-platform mobile apps using frameworks such as React Native or Flutter.
• Strong understanding of modern mobile architectures, lifecycle management, and software engineering best practices.
• Strong communication, organizational, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• Solid understanding of security, privacy, authentication, authorization, and data protection principles for mobile applications.
• Experience leveraging automation, AI-assisted development tools, and engineering productivity practices to improve quality and delivery velocity.
• Strong people leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development for mobile engineering teams.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, make thoughtful trade-offs, and lead teams through organizational and technical change.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience using analytics and customer insights to inform product and engineering decisions and improve user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Define, own, and execute the long-term engineering strategy for the WEX Mobility Mobile Experience, including card and vehicle management, mobility payments, and future platform capabilities.
• Partner with architects and technical leaders to define the technical vision and architecture for the Mobile platform.
• Develop and maintain the engineering roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and industry best practices.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, collaboration, ownership, and operational excellence.
• Continuously improve engineering processes to increase delivery velocity, quality, and developer productivity.
• Lead complex cross-functional engineering initiatives from planning through execution, driving alignment across teams and stakeholders.
• Partner closely with Product, UX, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver customer-centric mobile experiences.
• Establish and monitor engineering metrics that improve delivery predictability, quality, reliability, and team effectiveness.
• Drive effective planning, execution, and continuous improvement through regular operating mechanisms, including sprint planning, roadmap reviews, and operational reviews.
• Partner with Product and business leaders to maintain a healthy roadmap and define measurable objectives and key results (OKRs).
• Collaborate across Mobility engineering teams to promote reusable platforms, shared components, and engineering best practices.
• Hire, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering managers and software engineers.
• Provide regular coaching, performance feedback, and career development to help team members reach their full potential.
• Manage team capacity and staffing to ensure successful delivery of strategic priorities.
• Communicate engineering strategy, progress, risks, and opportunities effectively to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Stakeholder management

Decision making

People leadership

Adaptability

Analytical thinking

Automation tooling

AI-assisted tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Swift

SwiftUI

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

React Native

Flutter

CI/CD pipelines

Automated testing

Release automation

Feature flag platforms

Mobile observability

Job description

WEX, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Mobility Mobile Engineering organization responsible for delivering high-quality iOS and Android applications serving thousands of customer interactions.

You will guide a team, foster an exceptional engineering culture, and partner with Product, Design, Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure to deliver mobile experiences. This role emphasizes people development, engineering excellence, and executing large-scale initiatives while