Senior Software Engineer - Data Acquisition
WEXBoston, Massachusetts, United States • San Francisco, California, United States • Chicago, Illinois, United States • Seattle, Washington, United States • Portland, Maine, United States
Posted February 17, 2026
121500 - 145500 USD
Full Time
About the Company
WEX (NYSE: WEX) is the global commerce platform that simplifies the business of running a business. WEX has created a powerful ecosystem that offers seamlessly embedded, personalized solutions for its customers around the world. Through its rich data and specialized expertise in simplifying benefits, reimagining mobility and paying and getting paid, WEX aims to make it easy for companies to overcome complexity and reach their full potential. For more information, please visit www.wexinc.com.
Job Description
Join the Data Acquisition Team at WEX and help build robust and scalable data pipelines to power analytics, automation, and product intelligence across the company. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design and build high-performance data acquisition pipelines, contribute to a modular ingestion platform, and support batch and streaming ingestion flows.
Requirements
- B.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field; M.Sc. a plus but not required.
- +4 years of experience as a software or data engineer, ideally in high-volume or distributed systems environments.
- Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Scala, or another systems-focused language.
- Experience with data integration and ingestion pipelines, solid grasp of engineering fundamentals, and familiarity with concepts like schema evolution, event-driven architectures, observability, and role-based access control.
Benefits
- health insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- retirement savings plan
- paid time off
- health savings account
- flexible spending accounts
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- tuition reimbursement