Sr Staff SWE, Data Lake Engineering
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This is a remote position; however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations: Portland, ME; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; and San Francisco Bay Area, CA.About the Team/RoleThe Data Lake Engineering team at WEX builds a unified, scalable data platform supporting AI and machine learning applications across the company. They collaborate with departments like Data & Analytics, Security, and Risk to enhance data accessibility, scalability, and innovation, aiming to drive WEX's tech transformation and support a growing customer base.The Sr Staff SWE, Data Lake Engineering will lead the technical architecture and development of WEX's Data Lake platform. Reporting to the VP of Data Lake and AI Engineering, they'll ensure quality, security, and scalability while integrating with company-wide platforms. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in data lake environments and hands-on leadership skills.How you'll make an impactLead and drive the development of technology and platform for the company's Data Lake needs, ensuring the functional richness, reliability, performance, and flexibility of the Data Lake Platform.Help design the architecture and lead the implementation of the Data Lake platform and services.Challenge the status quo and hold a high bar to drive for better technical solutions to effectively serve all the needs in the broad risk area of WEX.Guide your team to leverage data and/or AI technology or tools in your design and development for high productivity and better solution quality.Closely partner with other senior engineers across the organization to deeply understand the business needs and jointly develop technical solutions.Partner closely with information security teams to ensure the security and privacy of data, implementing encryption and access controls as required.Partner with solutions architecture and LOB product and engineering orgs on integrations of the Data Lake Platform with their products/systems.Engage with external partners and vendors to evaluate technologies and services that complement the company's Data Lake strategy.Create, prioritize, communicate, manage, and execute roadmaps, project plans, and commitments.Report on the status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management and partners.Drive the technical vision and strategy of Data Lake to serve the business needs for the near term and long term.Set a high bar, and provide technical guidance and effective training & mentorship to the engineering teams in your group.Set clear, measurable quality goals for your group in a data-driven way.Partner with the security org and SRE org to ensure continuous improvement and meeting of security requirements.Take strong financial responsibility for your team.Hold yourself and your team accountable for delivering quality results using defined OKRs.Advise the Senior Leadership team on highly complex situations that impact our organization.Provide strategic thought leadership on business initiatives using your deep technical and business industry expertise.Experience you'll bringA technically deep and innovative Software Engineer leader able to act and deliver to the business needs.15+ years of software design and development experience at a large scale.Strong software development skills in your chosen programming language, with readiness to learn and program in Java and Python.Broad understanding of Data Lakehouse formats like Apache Hudi, Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake is a big plus.Demonstrable experience in Spark programming.Experience with Spark on DBT with AWS Glue or Apache Polaris is a plus.Broad understanding of cloud architecture tools and services, such as S3, EMR, Kubernetes, Lambda functions.Deep technically; hands-on in architecture design, development, deployment, and production operation.Rich experience and deep expertise in the areas of Big Data and large scale data platforms, especially in Data Lake.Highly experienced and deep understanding of CI/CD automation.Rich experience in combined engineering practice and agile development.Excellent analytical skills; capability in identifying and resolving complex problems.An understanding of and experience in payment organizations is a plus.A mentor to individual contributors of different seniority levels and expertise.Ability to encourage and foster a culture of visibility and transparency across teams.Strong written and verbal communication skills.Strong philosophy of continuous improvement.Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field; a higher degree in a related field is a plus.Leadership & Personal CharacteristicsDemonstrates a collaborative, engaging, mission-driven style with good listening skills.Champions a culture of high standards and embraces change.Able to operate in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment with a hands-on approach.Leads with empathy and promotes a culture of trust, transparency, and collaboration.Communicates effectively in small and large group formats.Talent magnet, developer, and scout that proactively engages external talent.Possesses a high level of intellectual curiosity and learning agility.Understands nuance and how to drive change through influence across a complex business.The base pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual pay rates will vary based on various factors, such as qualifications and skills. WEX's total compensation package includes benefits designed to support personal and professional well-being.Pay Range: $156,000.00 - $208,000.00#J-18808-Ljbffr