Software Engineering Manager, Marqeta
Data Infrastructure
CA$156.8-196k
+ Annual Bonuses + Equity
More information about location
Modern payment & card issuing solutions
Open for applications
Modern payment & card issuing solutions
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$156.8-196k
+ Annual Bonuses + Equity
More information about location
1001+ 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
- 6+ years in data engineering/infrastructure with 2+ years leading technical teams at scale
- Deep hands-on expertise with AWS data services (S3, EMR/Glue), Airflow, Kafka/MSK, and data catalog tools
- Strong product thinking with experience translating customer requirements into platform capabilities
- Proven agile delivery skills including capacity planning, sprint execution, and requirements analysis
- Track record of operational excellence: on-call management, incident response, and achieving SLAs
- Excellent mentoring skills with passion for developing engineers and building high-performing teams
- Must be authorized to work in Canada with ability to travel quarterly to the United States
Desirable
- Experience with payments or the FinTech space
What the job involves
- As Manager of Data Infrastructure, reporting to the Director of Data Engineering, you will lead 5-6 engineers operating critical data platforms that power our AI and analytics strategy
- This newly created hands-on leadership role combines technical depth with people management, requiring you to mentor your team, drive agile delivery, and apply product thinking to infrastructure
- You'll execute on our data strategy while ensuring operational excellence for platforms processing billions in monthly transaction data
- Lead 5-6 engineers through hands-on technical mentoring, performance management, and career development while fostering operational excellence
- Own data lake infrastructure operations (S3, Airflow, Kafka/MSK, Spark/Glue) maintaining 99.5% uptime and managing on-call rotation
- Drive agile delivery with sprint planning, capacity planning, and requirements analysis to ship infrastructure improvements quarterly
- Apply product thinking by gathering customer requirements from data teams, prioritizing platform features, and measuring adoption success
- Execute technical roadmaps that deliver on data strategy, translating vision into concrete project plans with measurable outcomes
- Partner with security/compliance on governance controls and work with vendors on technical integrations and platform optimization
Application process
- Application Submission
- Recruiter video call
- Hiring manager video call
- Virtual “Onsite” consisting of four 45-60 min video 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. It also partnered with Visa and Affirm to introduce the Visa Flexible Credential, allowing users to access multiple payment methods on one card.
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.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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 & Board Member)Having studied at Arizona State University, worked in Management for Benettar Marble & Granite, NetManage and Gartner Group. Then founded PropertyBridge and spent 2 years at MoneyGram before founding Marqeta as CEO in 2010.
Mike Milotich
(CEO)Spent a decade at VISA, ultimately serving as SVP (Head of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations). Was also Commercial Analytics Lead for PayPal and a Senior Financial Analyst at Barclays Global Investors.
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