Sr. Engineering Manager
WEX · United States · $175,600–$204,300 (stated in the posting)
This is a remote position; however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations: Boston, MA; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Dallas, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; and Portland, ME
About the Team/Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Mobility Mobile Engineering organization responsible for delivering high-quality iOS and Android applications that serve thousands of mobility customer interactions. You will lead an engineering team, build a strong engineering culture, and partner closely with Product, Design, Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver exceptional mobile experiences.
This role requires a leader who is passionate about developing people, driving engineering excellence, and executing large-scale initiatives while balancing speed, quality, and operational reliability.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Define, own, and execute the long-term engineering strategy for the WEX Mobility Mobile Experience, including card and vehicle management, mobility payments, and future platform capabilities.
- Partner with architects and technical leaders to define the technical vision and architecture for the Mobile platform.
- Develop and maintain the engineering roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and industry best practices.
- Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, collaboration, ownership, and operational excellence.
- Continuously improve engineering processes to increase delivery velocity, quality, and developer productivity.
- Lead complex cross-functional engineering initiatives from planning through execution, driving alignment across teams and stakeholders.
- Partner closely with Product, UX, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver customer-centric mobile experiences.
- Establish and monitor engineering metrics that improve delivery predictability, quality, reliability, and team effectiveness.
- Drive effective planning, execution, and continuous improvement through regular operating mechanisms, including sprint planning, roadmap reviews, and operational reviews.
- Partner with Product and business leaders to maintain a healthy roadmap and define measurable objectives and key results (OKRs).
- Collaborate across Mobility engineering teams to promote reusable platforms, shared components, and engineering best practices.
- Hire, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering managers and software engineers.
- Provide regular coaching, performance feedback, and career development to help team members reach their full potential.
- Manage team capacity and staffing to ensure successful delivery of strategic priorities.
- Communicate engineering strategy, progress, risks, and opportunities effectively to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
Experience you'll bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- 4+ years of engineering management experience leading software engineering teams.
- Experience leading the development and delivery of native iOS and Android applications or cross-platform mobile applications using frameworks such as React Native or Flutter.
- Strong understanding of modern mobile architectures, application lifecycle management, and software engineering best practices.
- Strong communication, organizational, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
- Solid understanding of security, privacy, authentication, authorization, and data protection principles for mobile applications.
- Experience leveraging automation, AI-assisted development tools, and engineering productivity practices to improve quality and delivery velocity.
- Strong people leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development for mobile engineering teams.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, make thoughtful trade-offs, and lead teams through organizational and technical change.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience using analytics and customer insights to inform product and engineering decisions and improve user experiences.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, or other modern mobile development technologies.
- Experience building shared mobile platforms, SDKs, reusable frameworks, or design systems.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release automation, feature flag platforms, and mobile observability.
- Experience developing payment, fleet, financial technology (FinTech), or commercial card solutions.
- Experience integrating with payment networks or card schemes.
- Experience working with closed-loop or proprietary payment systems.