Senior Security Engineer, Marqeta
Detection & Response, EU/UK
+ Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Program
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Modern payment & card issuing solutions
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Modern payment & card issuing solutions
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Program
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
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in security operations with strong expertise in incident response, digital forensics, and threat hunting
- Experience serving as an incident commander or leading incident response workstreams, with the ability to make sound decisions under pressure
- Strong knowledge of the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle and experience contributing to incident response documentation and procedures
- Proficiency with security monitoring and forensic tools including EDR, SIEM, and SOAR systems
- Experience developing detections-as-code, including familiarity with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and detection testing frameworks
- Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and experience using it to assess detection coverage and map threat actor TTPs
- Experience contributing to post-incident reviews and implementing security improvements based on lessons learned
- Solid understanding of threat actor TTPs and ability to apply threat intelligence to enhance detection and response capabilities
- Experience tuning security solutions and developing automation workflows to improve monitoring effectiveness and response efficiency
- Working knowledge of AWS cloud services and securing cloud environments
- Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders during security incidents and investigations
- Experience in payment processing, fintech, or other highly regulated environments; familiarity with PCI DSS incident handling requirements a plus
- Proven ability to work independently while demonstrating sound judgment about when to engage team members or escalate issues
- Willingness to mentor and support the growth of junior security professionals in incident response techniques
What the job involves
- We are seeking a UK-based Staff Security Engineer to serve as a technical leader within our Security Operations and Response Team
- As a senior technical responder, you will lead our incident response program, proactively monitor Marqeta's environment for cyber threats, and serve as incident commander during security events of all severity levels
- You will establish response methodologies aligned with the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle, maintain the cybersecurity incident response plan, and drive continuous improvement of our security operations
- This position requires extensive expertise in incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, and security monitoring technologies
- You will provide technical leadership across the organization, mentor team members, and participate in 24x7 on-call rotations
- The role reports to the Manager of Security Operations and Response
- Proactively monitor Marqeta’s environment for cyber threat activity and manage day-to-day security alerts through timely analysis, triage, and appropriate response actions
- Serve as incident commander during security events, directing investigation strategies and coordinating cross-functional response efforts
- Execute incident response activities aligned with the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle to detect, contain, eradicate, recover, and learn from cybersecurity incidents
- Contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan (CIRP), playbooks, runbooks, and standard operating procedures to ensure consistent and effective response operations
- Participate in 24x7x365 on-call rotations, providing skilled guidance during security incidents and contributing to thorough post-incident reviews
- Research threat intelligence sources and contribute to hypothesis-driven threat hunting initiatives to uncover threats in corporate and production environments
- Work closely with Security Engineering to tune security solutions, enhance detection capabilities, and leverage business knowledge to improve security monitoring
- Design, develop, and maintain detection logic using a detections-as-code approach, collaborating with Security Solution Engineering to deploy detections through CI/CD pipelines into our SIEM and EDR platforms
- Contribute to detection coverage mapped to MITRE ATT&CK framework, identifying gaps in visibility and supporting detection development prioritization based on threat intelligence and business risk
- Coordinate with HR, law enforcement, response retainers, and cyber insurers as required, including support on cyber-crime financial fraud use cases
- Support the development of less-experienced security team members through knowledge sharing, pair investigations, and leading by example
- Partner with Fraud, Compliance, and Risk teams on security events involving payment systems, cardholder data, or regulatory reporting obligations under PCI DSS and related frameworks
Application process
- Application submission
- Recruiter phone or video call
- Hiring manager video call
- Virtual "Onsite" consisting of 4-5, 45 min interviews
- Offer!
Salary benchmarks
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.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2020
$150m
LATE VC
May 2019
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $542.5m
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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