Manager, Software Engineering - Data Infrastructure

1 month, 1 week ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Marqeta

Marqeta

Marqeta is a pioneer in modern card issuing and payment solutions, offering businesses instant card issuance and payment processing through their innovative open API platform.

Diversified Financial Services
251-1K
Founded 2010

Description

  • Lead and mentor a team of 5-6 engineers through technical guidance, performance management, and career development.
  • Own the operations of data lake infrastructure, including S3, Airflow, Kafka/MSK, and Spark/Glue.
  • Maintain operational reliability targets, including 99.5% uptime, and manage the on-call rotation.
  • Drive agile delivery through sprint planning, capacity planning, requirements analysis, and quarterly infrastructure improvements.
  • Gather requirements from data teams, prioritize platform features, and measure adoption and success.
  • Execute technical roadmaps by translating data strategy into concrete project plans with measurable outcomes.
  • Partner with security and compliance teams on governance controls and collaborate with vendors on integrations and platform optimization.
  • Support incident response and operational excellence for production data platforms.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in data engineering or data infrastructure.
  • 2+ years of experience leading technical teams at scale.
  • Deep hands-on experience with AWS data services, including S3, EMR/Glue, Airflow, Kafka/MSK, and data catalog tools.
  • Strong product thinking and experience translating customer requirements into platform capabilities.
  • Proven agile delivery experience, including capacity planning, sprint execution, and requirements analysis.
  • Track record of operational excellence, including on-call management, incident response, and achieving SLAs.
  • Excellent mentoring skills and a passion for developing engineers and building high-performing teams.
  • Must be authorized to work in Canada.
  • Ability to travel quarterly to the United States.
  • Experience in payments or FinTech is preferred.

Benefits

  • New-hire base salary range of $174,700 - $218,400 for the National tier in the United States.
  • Annual bonuses for eligible employees.
  • Multiple health insurance options.
  • Flexible time off.
  • Retirement savings program with company contribution and after-tax contributions.
  • Equity in a publicly traded company plus 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 remote work.
  • Annual development dollars for professional growth.
  • Flexible First work model with the freedom to choose your working environment.

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