Software Engineer 2 - Data Acquisition

WEX is a company focused on transforming its data platform, and they are seeking a Software Engineer 2 for their Data Acquisition Team. This role involves designing and building scalable data ingestion pipelines to support the company's data ecosystem and improve analytics and automation capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement moderately complex ingestion pipelines that integrate with internal and external systems
• Develop reusable components for data transformation, validation, and logging
• Contribute to both batch and streaming ingestion flows, ensuring scalability and maintainability
• Support platform observability by enhancing monitoring, alerting, and error-handling features
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and incident investigations
• Partner with data consumers to understand requirements and translate them into ingestion solutions
• Improve automation and testing coverage to reduce manual effort and increase pipeline reliability

Requirements:

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
• Equivalent experience considered
• Solid programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala, with ability to write maintainable, production-ready code
• Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, schema management, and data modeling concepts
• Familiarity with streaming (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming) or batch frameworks
• Understanding of CI/CD, version control, and testing practices
• Exposure to observability practices such as logging, metrics, and tracing
• Strong sense of accountability and eagerness to take ownership of assigned deliverables
• M.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
• 2–4 years of experience as a data or software engineer, ideally working with data pipelines or distributed systems