Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Marqeta, Inc.; Vancouver, Toronto; Remote; CAD 112,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Marqeta is seeking experienced Senior Backend Software Engineers to enhance our engineering team. In this role, you'll design and develop backend services, mentor peers, and innovate solutions in a flexible work environment. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in backend development, particularly in scalable software and cloud solutions, and are passionate about delivering quality products. This position offers competitive compensation and is part of a mission-driven company focused on changing the way money moves.

Benefits

Multiple health insurance options

Flexible vacation time

Retirement savings program with company contribution

Equity in a publicly-traded company

Monthly stipend for remote work

Annual development dollars for growth

20 weeks of Parental Leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer, or 3 years with an advanced degree, or 8+ years in total.
• Experience building scalable software platforms and working in Cloud environments.
• Ability to mentor less-experienced team members.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver well-scoped milestones for projects.
• Write clear, maintainable code and handle production issues.
• Lead design for components/features and participate in technical solutions.

Skills

Scalable Software Development

Backend Engineering

Microservices Architecture

Distributed Systems

SQL

Troubleshooting Production Issues

Technical Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Advanced degree may replace years of experience

Tools

AWS

CI/CD Systems

Kubernetes

Docker

DataDog

Job description

Marqeta is looking for talentedSeniorBackend Software Engineersto 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.

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 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 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 projects
• Experience with unit testing / functional testing / integration testing
• Experience building scalable software platforms.
• Experience in end-to-end service ownership model including maintenance of infrastructure and familiarity with IaC technologies, CI/CD and observability tools (ie DataDog)

Our (typical) process:

• Application submission
• Coding interview
• Virtual “Onsite” consisting of three 45-60 minute rounds
• Offer!

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.

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, reflected in CAD, is:112,000 - 140,000.

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 offers

• Multiple health insurance options
• Flexible vacation time
• Retirement savings program with company contribution
• Equity in a publicly-traded company
• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
• Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
• Family-forming benefits and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave

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.

– 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.

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Marqeta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that gives consideration to all qualified applicants regardless of race, ancestry, national origin, color, Indigenous, citizenship, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression marital status, family status, disability, veteran status, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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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