Tech Lead, Cloud-Native Benefits Platform
WEX
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Job summary
WEX seeks a Tech Lead for Benefits Engineering to provide hands-on technical leadership for the design and evolution of modern software solutions powering employee benefits. This role focuses on architecture, design, mentorship, and delivering scalable, secure systems while staying hands-on.
You will partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to translate business needs into practical technical strategies, drive initiatives, and guide teams through modernization from legacy to
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with leadership.
- Proven track record delivering complex software systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers.
- Lead architecture, design, and implementation across distributed systems.
- Translate business needs into scalable, secure technical solutions.
- Guide cloud-native, event-driven applications.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to drive initiatives.
- Balance architecture with hands-on coding when valuable.
- Promote automated testing and CI/CD.
- Mentor engineers and foster continuous learning.
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Job description
WEX seeks a Tech Lead for Benefits Engineering to provide hands-on technical leadership for the design and evolution of modern software solutions powering employee benefits. This role focuses on architecture, design, mentorship, and delivering scalable, secure systems while staying hands-on.
You will partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to translate business needs into practical technical strategies, drive initiatives, and guide teams through modernization from legacy to
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