Senior Manager, Software Engineering

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Job description

Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in the World in 2021, Marqeta powers innovative payment solutions for many of the apps and services you enjoy daily. Our open API modern card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for industry-leading companies such as Square, Coinbase, J.P.Morgan, and Uber, to issue cards, authorize transactions and manage payment operations in real-time.

We are a team of industry experts and technology innovators who take a dynamic approach to solving challenging problems. Marqeta is certified as a 2 Fortune Great Place to Work, highlighting our company culture and open and collaborative work environment. We power possibilities for our customers and each other by bringing the brightest talent together to do the best work of our lives.

Marqeta strives to build a global team as diverse as the markets we serve, staying true to our values: Connect the Customer, Everyone Belongs, Marqeta Cares, Lead Innovation, Deliver Results, Quality First and Build One Marqeta. We are not expecting any single candidate to meet all job requirements listed below, so please apply. It's an exciting time to join Marqeta. As we grow, your career and opportunities will grow as well. Learn more about Marqeta on our Website, Twitter and LinkedIn

Marqetans may choose to work remotely, or split their time between the office and home. Marqeta values flexibility in work arrangements and embodies an inclusive and collaborative culture.

Senior Engineering Manager Summary

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Marqeta, you'll manage a team of engineers building and maintaining the core processing features of the credit card authorization flow which are a critical piece of Marqeta's business. You'll be responsible for the customer experiences of Marqeta's largest customers, enabling them to grow and scale. You'll be working across a larger engineering team coordinating work, aligning on goals, and delivering on the value of the Marqeta platform. You'll be hands-on with the codebase when needed, but recognize when it's best to let your team drive. You'll also be responsible for facilitating and driving technical innovation and participating in providing technical alignment across engineering teams.

By being accountable for your team's output, you'll collect and refine metrics around product delivery and move the team in the right direction. You'll encourage a culture where everyone's perspective is valued and you can productively manage conflicts when they arise.

You'll champion engineering excellence and hold a high bar while recruiting and promoting top talent within your team.

What You'll Do

• Lead teams responsible for maintaining and developing products under the core processing product area
• Work cross-functionally to develop and execute a roadmap to take the product to the next level
• Conduct code reviews
• Bring new ideas, designs, and tools to the table, drive technical discussions and decision making related to the development and technology stack
• Partner with senior leaders and executives on matters regarding several functional areas
• Establish and promote best practices across teams
• Set clear expectations for the team
• Support, develop and grow an exceptional team
• Support ongoing career development through positive coaching, goal setting and feedback
• Identify and develop potential leaders and high-level individual contributors and develop succession plans for the team
• Build and maintain a positive environment and team culture, a place where engineers feel they are doing the best work of their careers
• Build One Marqeta through proactive recruiting: sell candidates, network, assist in headcount planning, etc.
  

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6+ years of experience with an advanced degree. In lieu of a degree, 10+ years of relevant experience may suffice
• 5+ years experience leading large teams or multiple teams
• Experience leading teams developing and scaling microservices using modern cloud technologies
• Experience leading significant, complex, cross-functional projects
• Experience utilizing resources across multiple teams to produce high-quality results
• Experience holding teams accountable to execute in challenging, complex environments
• A passion for solving complex problems and navigating ambiguity
• The ability to articulate clear strategies, plans, goals, objectives and trade-offs across multiple teams to drive alignment and action
• The proven ability to lead and grow an engineering organization in a rapidly changing environment
• The ability to contribute to strategies and initiatives that build and reinforce our culture and reward our Values
  

Nice to haves

• Experience with payments or the FinTech space
• Experience leading teams that focus on both software and database engineering
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with Java Spring Boot
• Experience with MySQL
• Experience working with large datasets
• Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker
  

Benefits And Perks

• Rich suite of benefit plans; employee premiums paid 100%
• Flexible Time Off
• Paid Medical, Pregnancy, Parental and Family Leaves
• Retirement savings program with Company contribution
• Competitive pay
• Meaningful equity
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Free perks programs that include, financial coaching, and ID theft protection
• Bi-annual "Hack Week" to support and reward innovation
• Open, transparent culture that includes Town Hall meetings, Lunch-and-Learns and more!
• Access to corporate gym membership rates, other discounts and employee perks
• And for select regions; a monthly stipend to support our hybrid work model, and pet insurance
  

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Marqeta is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant, candidate, or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

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