Senior Software Engineer, Marqeta

• 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree. In lieu of a degree, 8+ years of relevant experience may suffice
• Experience developing in Java
• Experience with Web Services and Microservices
• Experience with SQL
• Experience working with distributed systems
• Experience working at a SaaS based product company
• Ability to decompose business problems into solutions that may require designs with multiple interacting components
• Ability to to build correct, maintainable software components
• A focus on quality and meeting deadlines
• A strong grasp of the libraries, platforms, and systems
• Ability to present clear and concise messages tailored to various audiences; able to communicate in a clear, concise, and respectful manner both verbally and in writing
• Ability to share relevant information including if difficult task-level trade-offs that impact the product need to be made
• Ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders to identify technical blindspots and clarify ambiguity

Desirable

• Marqeta is looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to independently identify and deliver software solutions on our Banking and Money Movement Team through a set of milestones spanning a specific product focus or a multi-component system
• You will own and deliver projects in service of quarterly goals on the team and independently identify solutions to ambiguous, open-ended problems
• You will work in collaboration with your team and cross-functional partners
• The Banking and Money Movement engineering team develops and optimizes financial services, including account creation, transaction processing, payment systems, banking integrations, reporting, and reconciliation
• We work collaboratively to ensure secure, efficient, and innovative solutions that meet regulatory standards and enhance user experiences in moving the money
• Define and deliver well-scoped milestones for projects and may be a technical lead for projects on your team
• Actively keep customer needs in mind and leverage input from product stakeholders to determine the right technical solutions to deliver customer value quickly
• Actively level up less-experienced members of your team by helping them with their craft, providing guidance, and setting a good example
• Independently write code that is clear with minimal bugs that captures the essential nature of the solution and is appropriately flexible, reusable, efficient, and adaptable to changing requirements
• Identify gaps and propose plans for addressing those gaps
• Challenge the status quo and come up with innovative ideas
• Lead design for small-medium components/features and participate in design for larger components/features (moving from task level impact to small-medium project level impact)
• Have significant ownership of a component/feature of the system
• Independently design software components in well-scoped scenarios, with simplicity and maintenance as key considerations, ensuring components are testable, debuggable, and have logical APIs that are not easily misused
• Participate in on-call coverage
• Your Manager: Bathrinarayanan Viswanathan - Senior Manager, Software Engineering

• Your Recruiter: Kayla Osuna