(*) This is a remote position; however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations: Boston, MA; Dallas, TX; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Portland, ME; and Washington, D.C.
About the Team/Role
We are the Benefits Technology team at WEX. Founded on the belief there was a better way to offer employee benefits, we've built our cloud-based technology and processes around a unique, laser focus on client service delivery and support. Our commitment to creative problem-solving, flexible systems, and full accountability helps assure our clients' success.
Our applications are configurable, reliable, and capable of handling complex client requirements. We are dedicated to continuous improvement, using the latest technologies, and encouraging our team to recommend new solutions to the challenges our clients face. We prioritize teamwork, collaboration, fun, and our all-around awesome culture!
How you’ll make an impact
Be a great teammate and leader.
- Lead 3 to 4 development teams to the successful delivery of their roadmap projects.
- People manage up to 4 team managers as well as Application Architects and Senior Developers on the team; have regular 1:1s, provide feedback, and participate in year-end performance and merit reviews.
- Organize and execute on staffing strategies, help onboard new team members
- Plan for and drive teams to add realized value within the project budget
- Ensure your teams are adhering to best practices and designs
- Support and coach new managers and other team members; provide technical guidance
- Partner closely with Product and Technology counterparts to ensure projects remain on track, on budget, and add quantitative value with the highest quality
- Communicate effectively, clearly, and thoroughly with the all project constituents
- Recommend changes to policies and establish procedures that benefit your organization
Advocate for innovative technologies, systems, and processes.
- Ensure teams have a deep understanding of customer problems and how to use the right technology to solve for them.
- Drive team to create architectural design and execute project planning exercises, seeking feedback and input from the architect group
- Ensure project designs meet the needs of our business, our team, and our technology and are always performant, scalable, and maintainable.
- Remain knowledgeable and passionate about various Agile and project management methodologies, willing to apply new concepts to solve problems.
- Ensure quality releases from the team by holding the team accountable to writing coded tests and testing coded solutions.
- Conduct peer code reviews to enforce the use of standards, well-organized and efficient code, and adherence to Architectural design.
Understand and support our products.
- Take initiative to learn the domain and surrounding/supporting features
- Answer questions about the products and its codebase
- Respond to and communicate Production issues timely and effectively
- Support releases to Production by communicating status, ensuring agreed-upon timelines are met, and flawless execution is delivered and documented
Experience you’ll bring
- A BS in an engineering field or related software development experience
- 8+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years of management experience
- Experience with teams building in both cloud-native and legacy systems
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong change management skills
Culturally, you are…
- A results-driven leader whose passion for people and Software Development encourages and motivates their team to perform their best
- Dedicated to the success of the whole team while prioritizing the growth of individual members of the team
- Collaborative, a solid communicator, open to feedback, and work well with your team and business partners
- A professional who knows how to drive business outcomes through cross-organizational collaboration and organized planning
- Someone who enjoys hanging out with your team!