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Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform

Data EngineerData EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 5,001-10,000Since 1983H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Maine + 5 moreAll locations: Maine | Massachusetts | Illinois | Texas | California | Washington

Posted

61 days ago

Salary

$185K - $217.4K / year

Seniority

Lead

Job Description

Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform

WEX

Role Description This is a remote position; however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations: Portland, ME; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; and Seattle/WA. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a key technical leader responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of WEX's data lake platform. This role is central to our vision of creating a unified, scalable, and intelligent data infrastructure that supports both traditional analytics and next-generation AI/ML technologies. - Drive the technical development of the platform, ensuring our systems, services, and tools are built with a strong focus on security, quality, reliability, performance, and scalability. - Work closely with other senior engineers and teams across the organization, including Data & Analytics and Information Security, to understand business needs and guide the design, development, and productionalization of our data platform. - Make a real business impact by solving large-scale, complex problems in a fast-growing tech company. - Mentor the next generation of engineers. Responsibilities - Platform Strategy & Leadership: Lead the technical vision, architecture, and strategy for the Data Lake platform. Drive the development roadmap to deliver a platform that meets both near-term business needs and long-term strategic goals. - Technical Execution & Innovation: Design and lead the implementation of our data lake platform and services. Challenge the status quo, championing innovative technical solutions that leverage data, AI, and modern engineering practices. - Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner closely with solutions architecture, product, and engineering teams to deeply understand business needs and design effective solutions. Collaborate with information security to ensure data privacy and access controls are a core part of the platform's design. - Mentorship & Team Development: Serve as a technical mentor to engineers, providing guidance on engineering principles, best practices, and skills. Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and accountability for quality results. - Stakeholder Communication: Report on the status of development, quality, and system performance to management and partners. Advise senior leadership on complex technical initiatives and drive projects to achieve defined OKRs. Qualifications - 10+ years of experience in software design and development, with a focus on building large-scale, distributed systems. - Strong hands-on experience in software development, architecture, deployment, and production operations, preferably with Java / J2EE (Spring/Spring Boot). - Proficiency in languages like Python is highly desirable. - Deep expertise in building and operating Big Data platforms and large-scale data lakes. - Experience with Data Lakehouse formats such as Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, or Delta Lake is a significant plus. - Strong understanding of modern data processing tools and services (e.g., Spark, AWS Glue, dbt, Apache Polaris). - Extensive experience with cloud architecture and services, including AWS (S3, EMR, Kubernetes, Lambda) and Azure. - Deep understanding of CI/CD automation, modern development tools, and frameworks. - Proven ability to lead and guide engineering teams, acting as a technical mentor and thought leader. - Excellent analytical skills with a proven ability to identify and resolve complex technical problems. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a philosophy of continuous improvement. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field. A higher degree is a plus. Desired Attributes - Platform Engineering Focus: Strong background in building and operating platforms, frameworks, and foundational services for data teams. - Framework Development: Creating reusable libraries, REST APIs, and services that abstract complexity and accelerate feature development for other data engineers and data scientists. - Platform Ownership: Taking end-to-end ownership of core platform components, including performance tuning, cost optimization, security hardening, and reliability improvements. - Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Deep familiarity with tools like Terraform or CloudFormation for provisioning and managing cloud-native data infrastructure. - Operational Excellence: Designing for operational stability, implementing robust monitoring, alerting, and logging systems, and driving adoption of self-service tooling. - Enabling Data Mesh Principles: Experience in building centralized governance, discovery, and quality tooling that enables decentralized data ownership (data domains). - Data Engineering Expertise: Experience designing, building, and optimizing modern ETL/ELT pipelines using tools like dbt, Apache Airflow, and cloud-native services. Benefits - Health, dental and vision insurances - Retirement savings plan - Paid time off - Health savings account - Flexible spending accounts - Life insurance - Disability insurance - Tuition reimbursement - Comprehensive and market competitive benefits designed to support your personal and professional well-being. Pay Range $185,000.00 - $217,400.00

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