Staff Data Scientist, Marqeta
$159.8-232.3k
Salary is partially dependant on applicant's location. Plus equity
Modern payment and card issuing solutions
Be an early applicant
Modern payment and card issuing solutions
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$159.8-232.3k
Salary is partially dependant on applicant's location. Plus 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
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Julia with a solid understanding of their syntax, data structures, and object-oriented programming
- Strong SQL skills and working knowledge of designing and implementing ETL pipelines using orchestration tools
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, AWS) for large-scale data processing and storage, including tools such as Redshift, S3, BigQuery, and Dataflow
- Solid understanding of statistical methods, machine learning models, and optimization techniques
- Expertise in machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, PyMC3) for building, training, and deploying models at scale
- Proven experience in developing cloud-native ML solutions, optimizing workflows, and deploying models into production environments
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex datasets, uncover trends to solve operational challenges, and drive measurable business impact
- Proven experience designing and implementing dashboards, scaled analyses, or automated solutions that succinctly answer complex or ambiguous business questions
- Proactive and strategic problem solver who anticipates issues, thinks ahead, and delivers impactful results
- Thrives in dynamic, collaborative environments, effectively working across teams to align goals and achieve objectives
- Strong communicator with the ability to translate technical insights into actionable recommendations for diverse audiences, including executive leadership
- 6+ years of experience in data science, data engineering, or a related field
- Master’s or Advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline
- Previous experience in a high-growth, fast-paced environment (fintech or a similar industry preferred)
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a Staff Data Scientist to drive transformative solutions for our business’s most critical operational challenges
- This high-impact, high-visibility role is a unique opportunity to join the CEO’s Strategy and Operations team, collaborating directly with the CEO
- You’ll be at the forefront of shaping how we capture, analyze, and leverage data to optimize operations, drive innovation, and achieve ambitious company-wide goals
- In this role, you’ll move beyond traditional data analysis to architect operational systems and processes to produce actionable data
- By leveraging advanced algorithms and building scalable data pipelines, you’ll enable automation, optimization and transformative insights across the organization
- If you thrive on solving complex problems, delivering meaningful outcomes, and shaping critical decisions with data, this role is for you
- Build and deploy advanced models and algorithms to anticipate trends, address operational challenges, identify risks, and uncover opportunities
- Analyze large-scale payment processing data to uncover insights that improve financial outcomes, inform product development, and guide strategic decision-making
- Strong understanding of the strategic value of data and its ability to drive business decisions through actionable insights. Expertise in the full data ecosystem, including data management, governance, quality standards, accessibility, and scalability, ensuring data is not only reliable but also accessible and optimized for business needs
- Work directly with the CEO and Strategy & Operations team to tackle the company’s most critical operational challenges
- Translate complex data insights into clear, actionable recommendations that shape business strategy and drive organizational impact, and communicate findings to C-Suite executives to ensure alignment
- Your Manager: Carmen Chau, Strategy & Operations Director
Application process
- Application Submission
- Recruiter video call
- Hiring manager video call
- Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 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
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
39% female employees
3% employee growth in 12 months
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 values
- Intentional Curiosity: We believe in asking the questions others shy away from. True progress comes from understanding today’s realities, while challenging ourselves to do better and take on the status quo
- Thoughtful Responsibility: We believe that every interaction with our technology and platforms matters. Businesses and livelihoods rely on our work, so we strive for excellence and accountability every day with the highest standards for failsafe technology and compliance
- Innovative Simplicity: We believe that simplicity is powerful, especially in innovation—making a tool work better or finishing that feature that makes everyone smile. Our customers face a lot of complexity. We’re not here to add more
- Shared Success: We believe the measure of our success is the success of our employees, customers, and communities. From local businesses to big corporates, our impact goes deep and wide. And we’ve got the results to prove it
- Passion to Thrive: We believe anyone with a better idea should be able to change the game for our company and our customers. We solve big problems for our customers, and draw energy from that challenge and opportunity
Company HQ
Northgate - Waverly, Oakland, CA
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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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