Software Engineer II, Core Edge Processing

marqeta-inc; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance options

Flexible vacation + floating holidays

Retirement savings program with EMPLOY

Job summary

marqeta-inc is seeking a Software Engineer II for its Core Edge Processing group. This remote-first role in Canada focuses on transaction routing, authorization, and cryptographic infrastructure for real-time payments.

Ideal for engineers with 2+ years of experience eager to deepen distributed-systems and payments expertise. You will ship production code on an always-on payment platform, collaborate with senior engineers, and participate in on-call incident response.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional engineering experience
• Solid grasp of Java fundamentals and distributed systems
• Comfort debugging production issues and collaborating in a team

Responsibilities

• Ship production code across routing and processing stack
• Own well-scoped features end-to-end from design to release
• Join on-call rotation and respond to incidents on live payment systems
• Grow Java, distributed systems and payments knowledge through hands-on projects
• Collaborate with senior and staff engineers to expand technical scope

Skills

Java fundamentals

Distributed systems

AWS experience

Production debugging

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Job description

Role overview

A Software Engineer II position on a Core Edge Processing group that owns transaction routing, authorization, and the cryptographic infrastructure underneath real-time payment processing. The role involves shipping production code on always-on payment systems alongside senior engineers in a flexible, remote-first environment within Ontario or British Columbia, Canada. It is well suited for engineers with a couple of years of professional experience who want to deepen distributed systems and payments expertise.

Responsibilities

• Ship production code across the routing and processing stack with senior engineers available for collaboration.
• Take ownership of well-scoped features and bug fixes end to end, from design discussion through production release.
• Join the on-call rotation and contribute to incident response, building operational fluency on live payment systems.
• Grow Java, distributed systems, and payments knowledge through hands‑on project work.
• Work closely with senior and staff engineers to steadily expand technical scope and impact.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional engineering experience, including deploying and operating mission-critical services on AWS.
• Solid grasp of Java fundamentals with a real interest in going deeper.
• Comfort debugging and troubleshooting production issues, supported by teammates.
• Eagerness to learn distributed systems and the world of payment processing.
• Strong communication skills, a habit of asking good questions, and openness to feedback.

Nice to have

• Exposure to payment processing, card issuing, or card network integration concepts.
• Familiarity with cryptography or key management concepts.
• Prior on-call or production-support experience.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first within Ontario or British Columbia, Canada, with flexible-first work norms.
• New-hire base salary range of $92,900 to $116,100 CAD, with eligibility for an annual company bonus.
• Multiple health insurance options, flexible vacation plus floating holidays, and a retirement savings program with employer contribution.
• Equity in a publicly traded company, a monthly remote-work stipend, and an annual development stipend.
• Family-forming benefits and generous parental leave with base salary top-up.