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About the Role

Lead one of the most strategic technology transformations at WEX as the Vice President of Payments Engineering. This role is responsible for leading a world-class global engineering organization focused on delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native payment platforms and redefining software development in the AI era. You will partner closely with Product, Architecture, and Commercial leaders to transform business challenges into exceptional customer experiences and industry-leading payment capabilities.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple global software engineering teams responsible for Payments platforms and services.
Build an engineering culture focused on innovation, accountability, operational excellence, and continuous learning.
Attract, develop, and retain exceptional engineering talent.
Coach engineering leaders and build a strong leadership pipeline.
Own engineering delivery for Payments initiatives.
Translate technology strategy into executable roadmaps.
Deliver predictable, high-quality software that meets customer and business commitments.
Drive engineering execution across multiple product domains and shared platform capabilities.
Partner with Product and Technology leadership to balance customer value, delivery speed, and technical sustainability.
Lead the adoption of AI-native engineering practices across the software development lifecycle.
Lead engineering for highly available payment platforms supporting Virtual Payments, Accounts Payable, Payment orchestration, Payment processing, Embedded Payments, Treasury and settlement, Commercial card platforms, and API-first payment capabilities.
Develop highly scalable cloud-native systems capable of supporting enterprise customers around the world.
Partner closely with Product Leadership, Payments Technology Leadership, Commercial teams, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Operations, Customer Success, Finance, and External partners.
Help drive WEX's transformation by building reusable payment capabilities, accelerating platform convergence, improving engineering productivity, reducing technical debt, standardizing engineering practices, driving cloud modernization, and enabling intelligent automation.

Requirements

20+ years of software engineering experience with at least 12 years leading large engineering organizations.
Significant experience building modern payment systems, financial platforms, or other highly regulated transaction-processing platforms.
Deep understanding of payments, including authorization, settlement, reconciliation, treasury, commercial payments, payment networks, APIs, and payment operations.
Proven experience delivering cloud-native distributed systems at enterprise scale.
Strong technical background across modern architectures, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, Kubernetes, public cloud, observability, resilience, and security.
Demonstrated success leading organizational transformation.
Strong software delivery track record with predictable execution across multiple teams.
Experience leading globally distributed engineering organizations.
Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience at a leading payments or fintech company.
Experience building AI-native engineering organizations.
Experience implementing AI-assisted software development tools.
Experience modernizing legacy platforms.
Experience with platform engineering and developer productivity.
Experience leading large-scale cloud migrations.
MBA or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Skills

Payments
Cloud-native
AI-native software development
Modern architectures
Microservices
APIs
Event-driven systems
Kubernetes
Public cloud
Observability
Resilience
Security
Platform engineering
Developer productivity

Location

Global

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Vice President Exec
20+ years of software engineering experience
12+ years leading large engineering organizations

Education Level

MBA or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Salary/Compensations

$283,000.00 - $332,400.00

Benefits

Health, dental and vision insurances
Retirement savings plan
Paid time off
Health savings account
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Tuition reimbursement

About the Company

WEX is a leading financial technology company.
WEX is building the next generation of Payments solutions through a business, product, and technology transformation strategy.
WEX aims to modernize into a common, intelligent payments platform that powers businesses around the world.

Equal Opportunity

WEX's comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being.