VP, Payments Engineering - wexinc

Vice President, Payments Engineering

Job Profile: 2007, Development Engineering Executive

Business Title: VP, Payments Engineering

Reports to: SVP, Global Product Engineering - Prashant Desale

Management Category: Vice President Exec

Build the Next Generation of Payments at WEX

Overview

Payments are at the heart of commerce, and the industry is undergoing one of its most significant transformations in decades. Real-time payments, embedded finance, intelligent automation, AI-native software development, cloud platforms, and evolving customer expectations are fundamentally changing how businesses move money.

At WEX, we're building the next generation of Payments solutions through our next generation business, product and technology transformation strategy, that helps modernize into a common, intelligent payments platform that powers businesses around the world.

This is not a traditional engineering leadership role.

This is an opportunity to lead one of the most strategic technology transformations at WEX. As Vice President of Payments Engineering, you will lead a world-class global engineering organization responsible for delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native payment platforms while helping redefine how software is built in the era of AI.

You will partner closely with Product, Architecture, Commercial leaders, and the Payments Technology Leader to transform complex business challenges into exceptional customer experiences and industry-leading payment capabilities.

If you are passionate about payments, modern engineering, AI-native software development, and building high-performing engineering organizations, we'd love to talk with you.

About the Role

The Vice President of Payments Engineering is responsible for leading the engineering organization that delivers WEX's Payments platform.

You will lead multiple global engineering teams responsible for designing, building, and operating mission-critical payment systems that process billions of dollars in transactions while maintaining the highest standards of availability, security, scalability, and customer trust.

Success in this role requires equal strength in technology leadership, engineering execution, organizational leadership, and business partnership.

You will be responsible for transforming engineering practices through AI-native software development while delivering predictable business outcomes and accelerating WEX's modernization journey.

What You'll Do

Lead World-Class Engineering Organizations

Lead multiple global software engineering teams responsible for Payments platforms and services.

Build an engineering culture focused on innovation, accountability, operational excellence, and continuous learning.