Senior Software Engineer | Advanced Data Engineering

Wex

Chicago, IL

Full Time

Senior

158k-210k

8 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

WEX is building a modern, enterprise-wide Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform—and at its heart lies the Semantic Data Modeling layer. This layer transforms raw data into trusted, consistent, and reusable 360° data objects that power analytics, automation, and product experiences across domains. The role involves leading the design and engineering of large-scale semantic data models that represent key business entities, enforcing data standardization, business logic, and semantic alignment to deliver high-performance, versioned, and auditable data assets to stakeholders across the enterprise. This is a high-impact, cross-cutting engineering role that demands systems-level thinking, technical rigor, and influence over technical direction at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Architect and implement the platform foundations for semantic data modeling, including reusable modeling patterns, data versioning, and temporal semantics.
Translate complex business definitions into scalable, interpretable, and trustworthy data entities used across analytics, AI/ML, APIs, and operational workflows.
Own the modeling of high-volume, high-complexity domains such as customers, fleets, transactions, and providers at enterprise scale.
Drive rigorous enforcement of data validation, referential integrity, and schema evolution to ensure semantic consistency across domains.
Collaborate closely with business, product, and analytics teams to ensure semantic models reflect how WEX understands and uses its data.
Define best practices for building modular, testable, and maintainable pipelines, and lead their implementation across a growing team.
Guide platform evolution by partnering with Control Plane, Governance, and DataOps teams to embed observability, lineage, and traceability.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in software or data engineering, with a focus on large-scale systems and data modeling platforms.
Expertise in data architecture and semantic modeling, with proven experience in designing entity-centric, reusable models (e.g., Customer 360, Provider 360).
Deep understanding of data structures, transformation patterns, temporal modeling, and business logic abstraction.
Strong software engineering background with experience in building scalable systems using modern architectural patterns.
Experience with data lifecycle management, including versioning, auditability, and reproducibility of derived data objects.
Excellent communication skills and a track record of cross-functional leadership across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

Nice to Have

Experience with data versioning, auditability, and reproducibility of data assets.
Experience working with data governance, control plane, and DataOps teams to embed observability, lineage, and traceability.

Qualifications

Formal educational background is not explicitly specified, but extensive experience in data engineering or software engineering is required.

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive and market competitive benefits including 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.

Working at Wex

WEX values systems-level thinking, technical rigor, semantic clarity, and cross-functional collaboration. The company emphasizes building platforms that promote trust, consistency, and scalability in enterprise data usage.

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