Staff Software Engineer - Semantic Foundation

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Staff Software Engineer - Semantic Foundation in USA

WEX
Full time
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USA
09/18/2026
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Remote

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, scale, and maintain highly available Apache Airflow clusters for enterprise ETL/ELT workflows.
Drive infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices using Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, and self-hosted GitHub runners.
Architect and manage GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for data pipelines, infrastructure, and DAGs.
Provision and manage Kubernetes EKS/AKS clusters, Docker containers, and AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure.
Build monitoring, logging, alerting, and telemetry systems using Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.
Build scalable data infrastructure supporting Spark, AWS EMR, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, Apache Kafka, and dbt.
Deploy and maintain data discovery, metadata, lineage, and governance tooling such as DataHub.
Monitor and optimize cloud, compute, storage, Snowflake, and Kubernetes infrastructure costs.
Build internal tools, CLI utilities, and workflow templates that improve data engineering and analytics developer productivity.
Own platform modules end to end from architecture through deployment, production operations, and incident management.
Define engineering standards for code quality, design, testing, lineage, access controls, IAM, and schema management.
Partner with technical and business stakeholders on a 1–2 year data platform roadmap and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.

Requirements

6+ years of hands-on professional experience in data platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE supporting big-data environments.
Deep production experience managing, tuning, scaling, and troubleshooting Apache Airflow, including Celery and Kubernetes executors.
Expert-level skills with Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Docker, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions, including custom runner configuration.
Production experience configuring alerting, metrics collection, and log aggregation with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.
Deep operational and configuration experience with Spark, AWS EMR, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, dbt, and Apache Kafka.
Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, and EKS and/or Azure, plus demonstrated cloud cost-optimization experience.
Experience managing data cataloging or metadata platforms such as DataHub, Amundsen, or similar tools.
Strong programming and scripting skills in Python, Bash, Go, or SQL.
Ability to take complex architecture requirements through production deployment and operate automation-first, resilient infrastructure.

Benefits

Remote position restricted to candidates residing within 30 miles of Portland, ME; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; the San Francisco Bay Area, CA; or Seattle, WA.
Health, dental, and vision insurance; retirement savings plan; paid time off; health savings and flexible spending accounts; life and disability insurance; tuition reimbursement; and additional benefits.
Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus under the applicable plan.

Salary: $141k - $173k/yr

WEX

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 benef...

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