Senior Engineering Manager, Developer Experience

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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

Position Summary

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Marqeta, you'll manage a team of engineers building the next generation of innovative financial products. You'll be responsible for Marqeta's Developer Experience, including developer dashboard, sandbox, and PCI widgets, and work with cross-functional partners to build a roadmap, set sprint priorities, and deliver software that is highly available, efficient, and secure. You'll be hands-on with the codebase when needed, but recognize when it's best to let your team drive.

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 multiple teams maintaining and developing many products under the Developer Experience product area
• Work closely with Product Management, engineers and cross-functional teams to develop and execute a roadmap to take the product to the next level
• Bring new ideas, designs, and tools to the table, drive technical discussions and decision making related to the development and technology stack.
• Manage multiple Engineering Managers and work with them on development goals
• Establish and promote best practices across cross-functional teams
• Initiates conversations around goal setting and gives regular feedback and coaching
• Actively participates in recruiting beyond interviews - sell candidates, build a network, assist in headcount planning, etc
  

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience with at least 5 years of managing people
• Have experience managing teams developing and scaling microservices using modern cloud technologies like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Experience with AWS preferred
• Practiced expertise using Scrum to drive high team velocity and satisfaction
• Exposure to our modern Java backend stack using Spring Boot, Kubernetes on AWS and Javascript with React and GraphQL on the frontend
• Ability to lead and grow an engineering organization in a rapidly changing business environment
• Bonus Points for payment industry experience, or leading teams in developer experience
  

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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