1 day ago
Portland, ME, USA +3 moreMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$122k - $146k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs supporting mission-critical business capabilities.
- Build and enhance microservices and distributed systems using modern software engineering practices.
- Work with Oracle, PostgreSQL, NoSQL databases, Kafka, Elasticsearch, AWS, and containerized environments.
- Contribute to cloud-native architecture focused on scale, availability, security, and reliability.
- Write clean, maintainable, testable, and documented code and participate in code reviews.
- Collaborate with engineers, product partners, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and contribute to long-term solutions.
- Apply DevOps practices including automated testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Own work across requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience, preferably with backend or distributed applications.
- Strong programming experience in Java and/or Python and understanding of object-oriented design and software engineering fundamentals.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, and API design.
- Experience building and supporting RESTful APIs, microservices, and cloud-based applications.
- Experience with relational databases such as Oracle or PostgreSQL, including SQL writing and optimization.
- Exposure to NoSQL databases, Elasticsearch, distributed data technologies, event-driven architectures, and Kafka.
- Experience with AWS or another major cloud platform and exposure to infrastructure-as-code and DevOps practices.
- Understanding of automated testing, containerization, and modern software development practices.
- Ability to collaborate effectively and communicate technical concepts clearly.
- Preferred experience includes Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, legacy modernization, database migrations, scalable or data-intensive systems, payments or fintech, open-source or personal technology projects, and AI-assisted development tools.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Retirement savings plan, paid time off, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability insurance, and tuition reimbursement.
- Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on the applicable role and plan.
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About WEX
WEX is a public financial technology company that provides corporate payment solutions to fleets, healthcare/benefits administrators, and travel businesses. Its products include fuel and mobility cards, virtual card payments, and platforms for HSAs/FSAs/HRAs, with revenue from payment processing and software/service fees. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Portland, Maine, WEX trades on the NYSE under WEX and was formerly known as Wright Express.