Software Development Engineer 1

About the team / Role

At WEX, we simplify the business of running a business. Our WEX Benefits solutions reduce complexity and help manage costs of benefits administration for our clients and partners. We are looking for passionate technologists, collaborators, and problem solvers to join our Benefits Technology team as we build the next generation of employer benefits solutions and services.

As a Software Engineer I on the WEX Benefits Technology team, you will work within your engineering team to partner with and assist on the design and implementation of solutions employing Test Driven Development (TDD) and accelerated delivery through the effective use of Artificial Intelligence. You will focus on building and maintaining high-quality software and automated test solutions, while rapidly developing your engineering craftsmanship under the guidance of senior team members.

How you'll make an impact

• Partner with and assist your peers on completing tasks to deliver valuable software for our customers.

• Monitor, measure, and inspect operational and quality metrics; proactively surface opportunities for improving service performance and system health to the wider team.

• Analyze existing systems and processes to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvements.

• Support team members in deep dives for rapid incident response.

• Learn new technologies, sharing your findings and learnings with the team to demonstrate mastery of the content and promote adoption.

• Influence and learn from your peers, foster continuous learning within your team and organization.

• Learn our team’s process and best practices, and apply them to given tasks with help from peers and your manager and provide feedback to improve team performance.

• Design, test, code, and instrument new solutions while learning the team's best practices and applying them to assigned tasks with help from peers.

• Leverage AI-powered development tools (e.g., code completion and refactoring assistance) to enhance coding efficiency and maintain high code quality.

• Assist in driving the engineering process using TDD, BDD, and Microservice and Vertical Slice Architectures (VSA).

• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and test suites to improve regression coverage, test reliability, and testing efficiency across QA environments.

• Analyze automated test results, troubleshoot failures, and collaborate with engineering teams to identify and resolve defects and test automation issues.

• Contribute to expanding automated test coverage for new and existing functionality, including UI, API, and integration testing, while following established engineering and automation best practices.

Experience you will bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field;
  OR demonstrable equivalent experience.

• At least 3 months of work experience in software engineering.

• Strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Passionate about keeping up with modern technologies and design.

• Experience building and consuming REST APIs

Technology Must-Haves:

• C#, Python (if applicable)

• Experience with or strong understanding of automated testing and test automation practices

• Understanding of applied OOP, SOLID, and design principles

• Experience building and consuming REST APIs
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD practices

• Strong aptitude for integrating AI/ML-driven development workflows into the daily Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Technology Nice-To-Have or Dedicate to Learning Quickly:

• Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Helm, ArgoCD, Terraform.

• Architecture: Knowledge of RESTful API design, GraphQL and Kafka/event-driven design.

• Data: Modern RDBMS (e.g., MS SQL, Postgres) and NoSQL databases.

• Frontend: Modern Web UI Frameworks such as Angular or React.

• Test Automation: Selenium or similar UI automation frameworks, API automation, automated regression testing, and test framework development

• DevOps/CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD platforms