Principal Engineer, Core Issuing & Processing (Remote)

Marqeta

United States

On-site

USD 242,000 - 303,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible First

Annual bonuses

Health insurance options

Equity in company

Parental leave

Job summary

Marqeta is seeking a Principal Software Engineer on the Core Issuing & Processing team to drive high-impact projects from inception to completion. You will own the technical roadmap for the core platform and partner with engineering leaders to ensure scalability, reliability, and operational excellence across the organization.

The role requires hands-on coding in Java with Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, and AWS, plus mentoring of technical leads and collaboration with product

Qualifications

12+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
Proven software engineering excellence with focus on design, fault tolerance, scalability and security.
Experience partnering with product teams to ideate and deliver innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

Own the technical roadmap and designs enabling scalable card issuing and processing products.
Spend significant time in the codebase, reviewing and optimizing code across the stack.
Identify and drive high-impact initiatives to improve performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency of core engines.
Mentor technical leads and collaborate with product managers to translate requirements into robust designs.

Skills

Java

Springboot

Kubernetes

Terraform

Kafka

JPOS

AWS

Education

Master's degree in Software Engineering

Tools

JPOS

Job description

The role requires hands-on coding in Java with Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, and AWS, plus mentoring of technical leads and collaboration with product

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