Software Development Engineer, Level 1
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Software Development Engineer building WEX Mobility infrastructure for fuel payments, fleet platforms, and driver-facing applications. Developing tested components across Java, Python, TypeScript, and cloud-native systems.
Responsibilities:
- Build specific components within an established architecture, including microservices, event-driven systems, or component-based frontend structures
- Write clean, compilable code with unit tests meeting team quality standards
- Clarify acceptance criteria and error states before implementation
- Identify, reproduce, and fix bugs in well-defined tasks with guidance from senior engineers
- Handle low-priority support tickets as a first responder
- Participate in on-call rotations under supervision and perform directed incident checks and scripts
- Add error and informational logging to support observability and debugging
- Update Jira daily, follow the Definition of Done, move tickets through the correct stages, and flag risks
- Participate in standups, backlog grooming, and demos
- Use AI tools such as Cursor to reduce boilerplate and investigate errors while validating generated output
- Update inaccurate or missing documentation
- Collaborate with product teams, other OTR teams, and engineering peers from design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support
Requirements:
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science from a reputed institution
- 0 to 1 year of professional experience
- Solid grounding in data structures, algorithms, and software design
- Ability to write clean, compilable, tested code in at least one of Java, Python, or TypeScript/JavaScript
- Understanding of the testing pyramid and experience writing unit tests through coursework, an internship, or a personal project
- Basic understanding of IAM and role-based access control
- Willingness to learn applicable compliance requirements such as PCI or SOC
- Knowledge of Git and pull requests
- Ability to deploy to an existing CI/CD pipeline and identify when a specific commit caused a build failure
- Ability to ask focused questions, explain attempted solutions, and flag deadline risks
- Ability to receive code review feedback and learn team standards and tools
- Preferred: degree in computer science/software engineering from a reputed institution
- Preferred: internship or co-op experience shipping code to a production or staging environment as part of a team
- Preferred: familiarity with cloud basics
- Preferred: exposure to containerization through Docker
- Preferred: experience working in an existing codebase and contributing improvements
- Preferred: awareness of AI tools beyond code completion
- Preferred: genuine interest in payments, fleet operations, or developer platform work
Benefits:
- No benefits, perks, or compensation extras are specified in the posting



















