Junior Software Engineer

Wex

Wex

Software Engineering
Chicago, IL, USA · San Francisco, CA, USA · Dallas, TX, USA
USD 68k-90k / year
Posted on Aug 29, 2025

About the Team/Role

It’s a really exciting time to be in benefits technology at WEX - our goal is to create an ecosystem to allow WEX to be more nimble, faster to market, and open to emerging business opportunities. We are looking for team members that will be allies on our journey to embrace engineering best practices and agile culture including CI/CD, multi-cloud (AWS and Azure), comprehensive automation testing, event-driven microservices, and world-class security. You will help build out a microservices platform so that it is using the latest and greatest techniques and best practices. This covers everything from requirements gathering and development to testing and deployment.

How you’ll make an impact

  • Perform all tasks related to integrated engineering, including requirements definition and management, software design, software development, methods and tools, application support, testing, systems integration and build, release and deployment, configuration management and measurement

  • Be responsible for executing against a development schedule

  • Be responsible for designing, developing, and testing solutions for projects

  • Be responsible for production support by remediating critical production issues.

  • Be responsible for producing project-related artifacts and ensuring development efforts conform to standards.

  • Supporting mentoring new staff


Experience you’ll bring

  • Experience with C# .NET

  • Experience building microservices

  • Experience with AWS and Azure or equivalent cloud technologies

  • Experience with REST or GraphQL microservices, performance profiling, and tuning tools

  • Experience with Linux/Unix

  • Strong skills in writing high-performance, efficient, maintainable software

  • Experience with Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

  • SQL Skills

  • Ability to accurately estimate future and remaining work effort

  • Skills in writing technical and design documentation

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English


It would be great if you already had

  • Experience with Terraform

  • Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology

  • Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes

  • Experience working with highly transactional, e-commerce, or finance-related industry or in the health and benefits domains

  • Experience writing and receiving code reviews

  • Experience with Integrated Software Engineering

  • Experience with Python, React and Angular

The base pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual pay rates will vary and will be based on various factors, such as your qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. Base pay is one component of WEX's total compensation package. Most sales positions are eligible for commission under the terms of an applicable plan. Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on their role and applicable plan. WEX's comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being. Benefits include health, dental and vision insurances, retirement savings plan, paid time off, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and more. For more information, check out the "About Us" section.Pay Range: $68,000.00 - $90,000.00