Marqeta

[PIPELINE] Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Fintech, Card IssuingIndustries

About the Role

Marqeta is looking for talented Senior Backend Software Engineers to join our Engineering team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop scalable software that powers Marqeta's backend services. You will create and review engineering design documentation, continuously improve our systems, infrastructure, and processes, create features, review code, and collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders across the company. As a Backend Engineer, you'll ship products that matter and play an important role in helping Marqeta scale as the leader in modern card issuing. You'll innovate on architecture, write impactful software and spend time mentoring other engineers.

At Marqeta, participation in a rotational on-call pager duty is a required part of the software engineering role. The specifics of the rotation may vary by team, depending on team size and structure, and will be discussed further during the interview process.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within Vancouver, Canada or Ontario, Canada. We’d love for you to join us!

This posting is for multiple Senior Software Engineering roles across Marqeta.

The Impact You'll Have

  • Define and deliver well-scoped milestones for projects and may be a technical lead for projects on your team.
  • Actively keep customer needs in mind and leverage input from product stakeholders to determine the right technical solutions to deliver customer value quickly.
  • Actively level up less-experienced members of your team by helping them with their craft, providing guidance, and setting a good example.
  • Independently write code that is clear with minimal bugs that captures the essential nature of the solution and is appropriately flexible, reusable, efficient, and adaptable to changing requirements.
  • Identify gaps and propose plans towards addressing those gaps.
  • Challenge the status quo and come up with innovative ideas.
  • Lead design for small-medium components/features and participate in design for larger components/features (moving from task level impact to small-medium project level impact).
  • Have significant ownership of a component/feature of the system.
  • Independently design software components in well scoped scenarios, with simplicity and maintenance as key considerations, ensuring components are testable, debuggable and have logical APIs that are not easily misused.
  • Participate in on-call coverage

Who You Are

  • 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree. In lieu of a degree, 8+ years of relevant experience may suffice.
  • Experience building scalable software platforms.
  • Experience developing in Java.
  • Experience working within Cloud environments, AWS preferred.
  • Experience with SQL.
  • Experience with Microservices architecture.
  • Experience working with distributed systems.
  • Experience making technical trade offs and navigating technical complexities.
  • Experience troubleshooting production issues.
  • Ability to decompose business problems into solutions that may require designs with multiple interacting components.
  • Ability to build correct, maintainable software components.
  • A focus on quality and meeting deadlines.
  • Ability to present clear and concise messages tailored to various audiences; able to communicate in a clear, concise, and respectful manner both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to share relevant information including if difficult task-level trade-offs that impact the product need to be made.
  • Ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders to identify technical blindspots and clarify ambiguity.

Nice to Haves

  • Experience with payments or the FinTech space.
  • Experience with AWS technologies.
  • Experience in software delivery pipelines, CI/CD systems, and software deployment and orchestration systems such as Kubernetes and/or Docker.
  • Contributions to technical blogs, a public Github repo, or to open source.

Skills

Backend Development
Software Engineering
Scalable Software
System Design
Infrastructure
Code Review
Mentoring
On-call Support
Problem-Solving
Innovation

Marqeta

Card issuing and payment processing solutions

About Marqeta

Marqeta provides modern card issuing and payment processing solutions in the fintech sector. Its platform allows businesses to create, issue, and manage payment cards tailored to their specific needs, such as expense management and consumer payments. The service operates through an open API, enabling clients to integrate Marqeta's capabilities into their own applications. This flexibility sets Marqeta apart from competitors, as it caters to a diverse range of clients, including financial institutions and tech companies. The company generates revenue primarily through transaction fees each time a card is used, along with potential setup and service fees. Marqeta's ability to quickly adapt to the growing demand for digital payments, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, has contributed to its significant presence in the market.

Oakland, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2010Year Founded
$526.5MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Medical, dental, & vision coverage
Flexible time off
Paid family leave
Pet insurance
401k match
Equity
Monthly stipends
Company recognition & awards
Employee Stock Purchase Program

Risks

Class action lawsuit may harm Marqeta's reputation and investor confidence.
Increased regulatory scrutiny could raise compliance costs for Marqeta.
EWA platforms might disrupt Marqeta's traditional card issuing model.

Differentiation

Marqeta's open API platform allows for highly customizable payment solutions.
The company operates in 40 countries, offering a global card issuing platform.
Marqeta's cloud-based infrastructure enables instant access to scalable payment systems.

Upsides

Partnership with Slope taps into the growing Buy Now, Pay Later market.
Demand for flexible working capital solutions boosts Marqeta's embedded finance offerings.
Smarter AI models enhance Marqeta's payment processing capabilities.

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