Senior Data Engineer, Marqeta
+ Equity
Modern payment and card issuing solutions
Posted today
Modern payment and card issuing solutions
501-1000 employees
Posted today
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To be the global standard for modern card issuing, empowering builders to bring the most innovative products to the world.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of data engineering experience, working with large data sets
- Strong SQL and python skills, including experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines
- 4+ years of analyzing and interpreting data with Snowflake, Oracle, NoSQL etc. experience
- Experience with Git, Snowflake, and Airflow are a plus
- Foundation of integrity and strong character to consistently represent Marqeta’s values
- Self-starter who is a consummate team player and is willing to dive into ambiguous problems
- Ability to communicate, prioritize, and deliver. Highly motivated and able to work in an agile environment
Desirable
- Experience in payments, financial services, and/or fintech industries
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to work with stakeholders across different functions and levels, both internally and with partners
- Startup/high growth company experience with a proven track record of thriving in high-performing teams and fast-paced environments
What the job involves
- As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be reporting to the Manager of Data Science, in this role you will be responsible for building resilient, scalable pipelines that ensure accurate transaction data and money movement each day.
- In this role you should be able to help with process automation through scripts, and you must possess strong SQL and Python skills
- Build resilient, scalable data pipelines to ensure accurate and timely fund movements that are critical to Marqeta’s business
- Drive automation acoss the data lifecycle—pipelines, quality checks, lineage tracking, and anomaly detection
- Partner with data analytis teams to build infrastructure that enables easy access to reliable data for analysis, product development, and business logic implementation
- Work with business stakeholders to solve data-related problems by matching business objectives with existing solutions and ad-hoc analytics
- Build automation through Python scripting or other methods
- Work cross functionally with Product, Tech, Ops, and Bank Partners to progress against business objectives
Application process
- Application Submission
- Recruiter Screening Call
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Coding Interview
- Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 3, 45-60 min calls
- Offer
Our take
Marqeta processes payments quickly, offering businesses a more straightforward way to take customer payments with its physical and virtual card solutions. The company has a string of major companies utilizing its flexible and scalable platform, including Uber, Doordash, and Square.
The company is rapidly expanding in Europe, with strong growth in processing volumes and new partnerships, including major collaborations with firms like Trade Republic. Along with the company's recent partnership with Visa and Affirm which introduces the Visa Flexible Credential, allowing users to access multiple payment methods on one card, adding convenience and flexibility.
With a focus on global growth and delivering innovative financial services, Marqeta is targeting new verticals and supporting underbanked businesses. With this aim, the company is on its way to deepening its impact in the fintech space and driving further innovation in payments.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2020
$150m
LATE VC
May 2019
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $541.3m
Company benefits
- Praise: We believe in generously recognizing each other’s talents and contributions, and sharing the goodness we see
- Health and wellness: We cover your premiums for health, dental, and vision. Plus, your pet gets his/her/its own insurance, on us
- Flexible time off: We take time to relax and recharge when needed. We have unlimited time off for most employees and encourage an average of 5 weeks per year
- Marqeta paid family leave: We support all families. We offer 12 weeks of paid leave for all new parents and up to 20 for birthing parents. We also offer 4 weeks of caregiving leave
- 401k match: We invest in your future. We’ll match 50% of your contribution and up to 6% of your salary
- Meaningful equity: As owners of the company, we’re all in this together. Full-time employees will receive equity in Marqeta
- Giving back: We recognize we’re part of a larger community and encourage employees to donate their time and expertise to organizations they support
- Monthly stipend: You’ll get an additional monthly stipend on your paycheck to help fund your daily commute, cell phone, and/or internet connectivity
- Stock discount: The Employee Stock Purchase Program allows employees to buy discounted company stock
Company HQ
Northgate - Waverly, Oakland, CA
Leadership
Jason Gardner
(Founder)Having studied at Arizona State University, they worked in Management for Benettar Marble & Granite, NetManage, and Gartner Group. They founded PropertyBridge and spent 2 years at MoneyGram before founding Marqeta in January 2010.
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