Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Marqeta is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to independently drive the identification and delivery of complex software solutions on our Banking and Money Movement Team. In this role, you will lead end-to-end delivery across multi-component systems and multi-milestone initiatives, taking full ownership of projects aligned to quarterly team goals.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and architecture of large-scale, complex systems and components, making decisions that impact both short-term and long-term product strategy
- Take ownership of major technical initiatives, providing direction to teams while ensuring alignment with customer needs and business goals
- Drive architectural improvements, optimizing for scalability, performance, and maintainability, while addressing both current and future system requirements
- Mentor and guide other engineers, providing technical leadership and fostering an environment of growth, learning, and excellence across the team
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including product, design, and other engineering teams, to define and deliver high-impact solutions
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the product, business needs, and user experience, ensuring that engineering decisions align with company goals
- Independently drive the design and implementation of high-impact features and systems, ensuring high-quality deliverables with minimal supervision
- Drive innovation and champion the adoption of best practices across the engineering team, while challenging the status quo to continuously improve processes
- Be an advocate for software craftsmanship, ensuring code is clean, efficient, and aligned with the organization's architectural vision
- Participate in setting the technical vision and long-term roadmap for your area of the product and ensure that the team is aligned with these goals
- Participate in on-call coverage
Skills
- 8+ years of experience in backend engineering, with a strong foundation in system design and architecture
- 3+ Experience with payments or the FinTech space
- Proven experience leading technical projects and teams, with the ability to make decisions that drive the overall success of the product
- Deep expertise in one or more backend technologies (e.g., Java, Python), relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, MS SQL Server, Oracle, etc.), and significant experience with web services, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience working with large-scale, high-performance, and reliable systems
- Ability to break down complex business problems into elegant, scalable technical solutions, working with multiple interacting components
- A strong track record of designing, building, and scaling maintainable, robust systems, ensuring high availability and minimal technical debt
- Experience in creating and maintaining technical roadmaps, and providing leadership to ensure successful delivery of projects
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- A strong focus on quality and a commitment to meeting deadlines, while maintaining a high level of accountability
- Experience in mentoring and guiding less-experienced engineers, fostering technical growth and fostering high-performing teams
- Production experience with AWS, Kubernetes, or other cloud platforms
- Experience with building scalable software platforms
- Experience leading teams through significant technical challenges and driving organizational change
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker/Kubernetes
- Experience with Python or other modern programming languages
- Experience in developing cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform
Benefits
- Annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company
- Multiple health insurance options
- Flexible time off – take what you need
- Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions
- 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
- Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive
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