Junior Platform Engineer

About the Team/Role

We are seeking a Junior Platform Engineer to join the Fabric team. You’ll support the development and operation of our internal platform, helping integrate enterprise services (like GitHub, Artifactory, Kubernetes, Vault, ArgoCD) and enabling automation and infrastructure-as-code standards using tools like Terraform. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in DevOps, cloud platforms (AWS & Azure), and compliance-aware systems in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment.

What We Offer

• A hands-on learning environment with experienced engineers and mentorship

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on Wex’s internal developer experience

• Involvement in large-scale platform transformation and cloud adoption

• Professional development budget and growth opportunities

• A collaborative team building the future of internal platforms at Wex.

How you'll make an impact

• Assist in building and maintaining infrastructure-as-code using Terraform

• Support provisioning and configuration of cloud infrastructure in AWS and Azure

• Help integrate and troubleshoot enterprise tools such as GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Vault, and Kubernetes

• Participate in the migration of secrets to cloud-native solutions like AWS Secrets Manager and Azure Key Vault

• Support the automation of platform guardrails (e.g., DNS, TLS, WAF onboarding)

• Collaborate with senior engineers to improve Fabric’s adoption through documentation and self-service capabilities

• Participate in code reviews, testing, and monitoring to ensure reliability and performance

• Learn and apply security and compliance best practices (PCI, SOC, SOX, HIPAA)

• Work with internal product teams to resolve platform-related issues and contribute to support processes.

Experience you'll bring

• Experience in software development or infrastructure engineering

• Familiarity with one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Shell)

• Basic understanding of CI/CD workflows and Git-based source control

• Interest in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and infrastructure tools like Terraform or Kubernetes

• Eagerness to learn and a collaborative, team-first mindset

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have

• Exposure to container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Familiarity with secrets management concepts or tools like HashiCorp Vault

• Interest or coursework in security, compliance, or cloud-native architectures

• Experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or similar automation tools.