• Job Description

  Req#: R11737

  DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING / LONDON / HYBRID / PERMANENT / COMPETITIVE BASIC SALARY DEPENDANT ON EXPERIENCE PLUS BENEFITS

  About The Team/Role

  WEX is a global leader in financial technology solutions, based in Portland, Maine, United States, with over 7,000 WEXers distributed in over 40 countries. We simplify the complexities of payment systems across continents and industries like Fleet, Corporate Payments, and Benefits. We look to manage employee benefits, streamline how companies pay and get paid by suppliers, save on fuel costs, or modernize how companies manage their fleet, WEX solutions reduce administrative burdens.

  We are seeking a seasoned Director of Software Engineering in the WEX Mobility Engineering organization. This role will lead the engineering team for the International Mobility suite of products. International fleet is a global team situated in the UK, USA, Australia, India, and Brazil. International Mobility systems provide SaaS and PaaS solutions to various customers in APAC and EU. WEX Mobility products enable credit issuance to fleet companies and their employees in the form of WEX Credit Cards, which can be used in fueling stations and select other merchants. At WEX, we provide fleet managers with the ability to configure spend controls that restrict fleet members to use their card only at preconfigured merchants and for configured products families.

  What's on offer?

  • Competitive basic salary dependent upon experience
  • Annual short-term incentive plan
  • Long-term incentive plan
  • Monday – Friday 40 hours per week
  • Fantastic work-life balance, hybrid working
  • Company pension, life assurance scheme, Income protection and private medical
  • A generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays.
  • Holiday purchase scheme, the ability to add an additional 5 days of annual leave per year.
  • Employee discount platform, companywide and departmental incentives schemes, and Gym Flex.
  • Employee wellbeing
  • Employee referral programme.

  How you'll make an impact

  • Develop, drive and execute a long-term vision and strategy for the WEX International Mobility platform.

  • Define and implement a comprehensive architectural roadmap for International Mobility platform, aligning with business objectives and industry best practices.

  • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, empowerment, and continuous learning within the engineering teams.

  • Continuously challenge the status quo and implement mechanisms to reduce time-to-market using efficient engineering methods.

  • Collaborate with other Mobility engineering teams to reuse development practices and components to reduce duplication.

  • Craft, lead, manage, and grow high-performance engineering teams. Hire, coach, promote, and retain high performers to achieve WEX goals.

  • Work closely with product and commercial partners to drive, prioritize, and work backwards from the customer requirements and exceed expected outcomes.

  • Drive effective monthly, weekly, and quarterly mechanisms to plan, execute, and audit workstreams.

  • Establish a robust and clear engineering roadmap to maintain clarity and motivation for the engineering team. Maintain career growth plans and provide monthly and quarterly feedback for individuals’ continual progress.

  • Establish measurement of metrics-driven dev productivity across the International Mobility engineering team.

  • Comfortably present, influence, and communicate to the senior leadership team. Provide regular updates and insights to senior leadership on the challenges and opportunities within the International Mobility domain.

  Experience you'll bring

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline.

  • 10 years of experience in software engineering with 3 years of engineering management experience.

  • Expertise in rapid development and deployment using cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Azure.

  • Experience building credit card products, or experience developing solutions in a scheme/network.

  • Experience building or managing fleet systems.

  • Experience working on closed-loop card systems.

  • Experience working with geographically distributed teams, and ability to craft self-managing distributed teams.

  What’s Next?
  If you have the passion and drive to be successful in this amazing new Director of Software Engineering role, we would love to hear from you. APPLY NOW for immediate consideration.

  
  We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
  Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately, it is not possible to respond to each one individually, applicants that are shortlisted will be contacted within one week of application
  We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received by WEX will be treated as a gift and will not be eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by the Talent Acquisition team.

• About the company

  We simplify complex payment systems for fleets, corporate payments, and healthcare—unlocking insights, opportunities, and efficiencies to give you greater control of your business.

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