Staff Software Engineer, Customer Migration Platform

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). Today nearly 8 out of 10 Americans use a product powered by Marqeta every week. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.

The Program Experience team is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help build our Customer Migration Platform at Marqeta. This is a newly formed area of focus, and we are looking for an experienced and strong engineer with hands-on experience in developing backend applications and data pipelines from scratch.

The Customer Migration Platform Team is building a scalable and performant portfolio migration platform (v1 service) to have the ability to migrate our customers existing portfolio over to Marqeta. This includes green field work in APIs and data pipelines space and is a key company priority for 2024 and beyond!

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely within the United States. We’d love for you to join us!

Learn more about our Product and Engineering team

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain server-side applications and services using languages like Java and Python

• Implement robust and scalable APIs, web services, and microservices that support various front-end applications and user interactions

• Use hands-on experience with AWS (preferred) or other cloud infrastructure to build cloud native applications that scale and perform for the end users

• Optimize code and databases for performance, scalability, and maintainability

• Identify and resolve technical challenges and bottlenecks in the backend systems

• Design and maintain data pipelines, ELT processes, and data integration solutions to support data analytics and reporting needs

• Work with large datasets, both structured and unstructured, and implement data storage and retrieval mechanisms

• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to ensure data quality, accuracy, and availability for business insights

• Implement data security and privacy best practices to protect sensitive information

• Implement CI/CD pipelines in conformance with the existing frameworks and automate deployment processes to ensure smooth releases

• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems to ensure high availability and performance

• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response when necessary

• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for code, architecture, and data processes

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and domain experts to deliver high-quality software solutions

• Mentor junior engineers in their short and long term growth and help the organization by improving it’s engineering efficiency

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Master's degree is a plus

• Proven experience as a Software Engineer, with a minimum of 8 years working on software engineering, data migration, data pipelines, data integration, and database management.

• Solid programming skills in modern languages like Python, Java, or Scala

• Experience with large scale data migrations on Apache Spark/EMR, not limited to infrastructure migrations.

• Strong expertise in AWS services, including but not limited to S3, Glue, Athena, DynamoDB, Kinesis etc.

• Experience building and implementing scalable APIs, web services, and microservices.

• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines in conformance with the existing frameworks and automating deployment processes to ensure smooth releases.

• Proficiency in various modern databases - relational, non-relational and data warehouses such as Amazon Aurora, Cassandra, DynamoDB and Snowflake

• Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Ability to take an abstract problem and lead the team through the design, build, deployment and operations stage

• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Experience working with distributed teams - be a self starter and proactive in communication

• Be a mentor to junior engineers and be a champion of software engineering principles and best practices for the organization

Nice to Haves:

• Hands-on experience working with data integration tools such as Fivetran

• Hands-on experience working with orchestration services such as Airflow

• Knowledge of data modeling, ELT processes, and data warehousing concepts

• Hands-on experience in building and operating containerized workloads and services such as Kubernetes on cloud.

• Familiarity with data quality and data governance principles.

• AWS or other relevant certifications.

Your Manager

• Sanchit Sharma - Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:

• National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.
• Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA
• Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.

Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.

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 position is:

• National: $121,950 - $162,600
• Premium: $137,250 - $183,000
• Premium Plus: $152,475 - $203,300

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 offers

• Multiple health insurance options
• Flexible time off – take what you need
• Retirement savings program with company contribution
• Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
• Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice
• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
• Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development

Equal Opportunity, Accommodations, and Privacy

Marqeta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that gives consideration to all qualified applicants, irrespective of any characteristics protected by law. This includes (but is not limited to) race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, color, ancestry, and Veteran status. We consider qualified applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to criminal histories, in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Our dedication to diversity and inclusion extends beyond the categories above. Review Marqeta’s ESG Report to see that dedication in action. Fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected creates a stronger and more innovative team at Marqeta. We celebrate the unique contributions of each individual and empower all members of our organization. Join us in building a company where diversity thrives and everyone can be their authentic selves.

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