WEX · 9 hours ago
Mid Software Engineer, Data Platform
Greater São Paulo Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelWEX is an innovative global commerce platform and payments technology company looking to forge the way in a rapidly changing environment. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join their dynamic team, where the role involves collaborating across disciplines to build innovative, high-quality, and scalable solutions across the technology stack.
Financial ServicesFinTechPaymentsSoftware
Responsibilities
Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into a comprehensive software system. This includes designing microservices, persistence layers, and implementing deployment workflows using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Salt
Design, develop, and implement highly available, scalable, and secure platform services for our data PaaS using programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java)
Contribute to the architectural evolution of our data platform, ensuring it meets the growing demands of our users and adheres to best practices
Develop and maintain APIs, automation tools, and internal services to streamline platform operations and enhance developer experience
Implement and improve data pipelines, storage solutions, and processing frameworks within the PaaS
Work closely with data engineers and AI engineering to understand their needs and provide platform capabilities that facilitate efficient data ingestion, processing, storage, and analysis
Ensure the platform supports various data technologies and paradigms (e.g., streaming, batch processing, data warehousing, data lakes)
Implement and manage data governance, security, and compliance features within the platform
Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure in AWS and Azure cloud services to support our data platform, focusing on cost-efficiency, performance, and reliability
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using tools like Terraform for provisioning and managing resources
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments, testing, and release processes for platform services
Monitor platform health, performance, and security, and proactively identify and address potential issues
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. OR demonstrable equivalent deep understanding, experience, and capability
Proven experience managing and optimizing cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure)
Demonstrable experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
Solid experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices (GitHub Actions preferred)
Familiarity with data storage and processing technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Flink, Hadoop, Snowflake, MongoDB, S3/ADLS)
Proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used for platform development (e.g., Python, Go, Java)
Strong understanding of networking, security, and performance principles in a cloud environment
Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
Preferred
Master or PhD degree in Computer Science (or related field) or good experience in software engineering
Familiarity with database administration and optimization is a plus
Familiarity with application access control and automation
Front-end engineering experience is advantageous
Company
WEX
Wex is a financial technology service provider for fleet, travel and healthcare industries.
Founded in 1983
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (17)
2024 (10)
2023 (12)
2022 (20)
2021 (14)
2020 (18)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$900MKey Investors
Warburg Pincus
2025-02-25Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2020-06-30Post Ipo Equity· $90M
2020-06-30Post Ipo Debt· $310M
Leadership Team
Melissa Smith
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Sachin Dhawan
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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