Staff Data Ingestion Platform Engineer (Remote)

WEX; California City (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

WEX is building a data platform and seeks a Staff Software Engineer to own the technical direction of core data acquisition capabilities. You will design and deliver batch, CDC, and event-driven ingestion with a focus on quality, reliability, security, and cost.

You will build reusable connectors, metadata-driven ingestion services, and configuration-driven onboarding, mentor engineers, and establish automated testing and CI/CD practices for production readiness.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering production distributed systems or data platforms.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala.
• Experience with data ingestion pipelines and data quality controls.
• Ability to lead architecture decisions and coordinate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-performance data acquisition pipelines.
• Lead design reviews and mentor engineers across teams.
• Establish automated testing and CI/CD for ingestion code.
• Develop reusable connectors and configuration-driven onboarding.
• Manage metadata, validation, and schema evolution with safe retries.

Skills

Python

Java

Scala

Data ingestion pipelines

Version control

Modular design

Testing

Performance tuning

Architecture decisions

Leadership

AI-assisted tooling

Ownership

Reusable connectors

Metadata-driven ingestion

Configuration-driven onboarding

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

WEX is building a data platform and seeks a Staff Software Engineer to own the technical direction of core data acquisition capabilities. You will design and deliver batch, CDC, and event-driven ingestion with a focus on quality, reliability, security, and cost.

You will build reusable connectors, metadata-driven ingestion services, and configuration-driven onboarding, mentor engineers, and establish automated testing and CI/CD practices for production readiness.