Marqeta is looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to deliver resilient and sustainable software projects from design to implementation and rollout. You will execute on defined projects to achieve team-level goals and work on and own minor features in support of larger features. You will contribute heavily to test development and bug fixing and may mentor new hires, interns, or more junior engineers.
The Customer Portfolio Enablement team is responsible for best in class experience for Marqeta's customers. We ensure that our customers can test their integrations with Marqeta's platform before and after onboarding as well as have the ability to bring in their existing data from other platforms at scale. Our mission is to provide a seamless experience to our customers during their onboarding and continuous experience with Marqeta.
We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely within the provinces of Ontario or British Columbia, Canada. We’d love for you to join us!
The Impact You'll Have
Own and contribute to the migration data platform, supporting the movement of customer data from external issuers into Marqeta's systems at scale.
Build and maintain environment provisioning automation, including orchestration flows that configure infrastructure, programs, and sandbox environments for new customers.
Support sandbox and simulation services that enable customers to test integrations, simulate payment network transactions, and validate their setups pre- and post-onboarding.
Work across workflow orchestration tooling (e.g., Airflow, AWS Step Functions) to stitch together multi-step processes and API-driven pipelines.
Contribute to a high-paced, high-ownership environment where engineers are expected to adopt new technologies, leverage AI tooling for development and proof-of-concepts, and rotate across team focus areas quarterly.
Participate in the core processes of the team, including recommending and implementing process improvements, as well as planning, on-call rotations, bug triage, metrics review, etc.
Ensure the team delivers secure and compliant products for our customers.
Contribute to a positive sense of community on the team (e.g. engage in team lunches, team off sites, new-hire on-boarding, etc.).
Who You Are
5+ years experience as a backend engineer and a Bachelor's degree; or an advanced degree with no relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, 5+ years of relevant experience may suffice.
Experience developing in Java Spring Boot
Cloud experience; AWS preferred
Ability to understand existing designs and technology choices and make appropriate adjustments when necessary.
Ability to share relevant information including if difficult task-level trade-offs that impact the product need to be made.
The ability to demonstrate humility, empathy, and to take constructive feedback positively.
A desire to grow in your career, learn, share ideas and help others grow and learn.
The capacity to work productively on cross-functional teams and take a collaborative, team oriented approach.
Nice-To-Haves
Experience with payments or the FinTech space
Experience with ETL processes or data migration
Experience with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, AWS Step Functions)
Exposure to data engineering tools such as Spark, Iceberg, or AWS Glue
Our (typical) Process:
Application Submission
Recruiter Video Call
Coding Interview & Engineering Leader Screen
Virtual “Onsite” consisting of three 45-60 minute rounds
Offer!
Compensation and Benefits
Marqeta calibrates pay to a competitive value according to working location. When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this full-time position, reflected in CAD, is: 116,000 - 145,000.
We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.
Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta currently offers:
Multiple health insurance options
Flexible vacation time with additional floating holidays
Retirement savings program with company contribution
Equity in a publicly-traded company
Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
Annual development stipend to support our people growth and development
Family-forming benefits and generous parental leave base salary top-up
About Marqeta
Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.
Marqeta’s Values
– Solve for the Customer: With a deep understanding of our customers' business and empathy for their needs, we deliver products and services that drive their success. Earning and keeping their trust guides everything we do.
– Do What's Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver high-quality results that our customers count on. We own our work from start to finish.
– Simplify and Innovate: We approach challenges with curiosity and take smart risks. Innovation comes from finding better, simpler ways to achieve extraordinary outcomes.
– Win as a Team: We succeed together by embracing diverse perspectives and pushing each other to raise the bar. We lead with humility and set aside hierarchy to work as a team.
– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.
Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy
Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request.
Marqeta cares about your privacy. Personal data that is provided as part of the application and recruitment process is processed in accordance with the Applicant Privacy Notice. Additional information for California residents can be found here.
To keep our interview process fair and consistent, we ask that all candidates join video interviews with their camera on.
Notice on Use of AI in Recruitment
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in our recruitment processing consistent with the requirements of applicable laws. For more information, review our AI notice here.
