Sr. Engineering Manager

​ 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.

For more information, check out the "About Us" section.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Experience building shared mobile platforms, SDKs, reusable frameworks, or design systems.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release automation, feature flag platforms, and mobile observability.

Preferred

• 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.

Pay

• The base pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position.
• Actual pay rates will vary and will be based on various factors, such as your qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.
• Base pay is one component of WEX's total compensation package.
• Most sales positions are eligible for commission under the terms of an applicable plan.
• Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on their role and applicable plan.
• $175,600.00 - $204,300.00

Benefits

• WEX's comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being.
• Benefits include health, dental and vision insurances, retirement savings plan, paid time off, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and more.