Manager, Software Engineering - Data Infrastructure at Marqeta

As Manager of Data Infrastructure, reporting to the Director of Data Engineering, you will lead 5-6 engineers operating critical data platforms that power our AI and analytics strategy. This newly created hands-on leadership role combines technical depth with people management, requiring you to mentor your team, drive agile delivery, and apply product thinking to infrastructure. You'll execute on our data strategy while ensuring operational excellence for platforms processing billions in monthly transaction data. We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely in the United States, only in one of our National locations, which you can review here. The Impact You'll Have • Lead 5-6 engineers through hands-on technical mentoring, performance management, and career development while fostering operational excellence. • Own data lake infrastructure operations (S3, Airflow, Kafka/MSK, Spark/Glue) maintaining 99.5% uptime and managing on-call rotation. • Drive agile delivery with sprint planning, capacity planning, and requirements analysis to ship infrastructure improvements quarterly. • Apply product thinking by gathering customer requirements from data teams, prioritizing platform features, and measuring adoption success. • Execute technical roadmaps that deliver on data strategy, translating vision into concrete project plans with measurable outcomes. • Partner with security/compliance on governance controls and work with vendors on technical integrations and platform optimization. Who You Are • 6+ years in data engineering/infrastructure with 2+ years leading technical teams at scale. • Deep hands-on expertise with AWS data services (S3, EMR/Glue), Airflow, Kafka/MSK, and data catalog tools. • Strong product thinking with experience translating customer requirements into platform capabilities. • Proven agile delivery skills including capacity planning, sprint execution, and requirements analysis. • Track record of operational excellence: on-call management, incident response, and achieving SLAs. • Excellent mentoring skills with passion for developing engineers and building high-performing teams. • Must be authorized to work in Canada with ability to travel quarterly to the United States. Nice-To-Haves • Experience with payments or the FinTech space. Typical Process • Application Submission • Recruiter video call • Hiring manager video call • Virtual “Onsite” consisting of four 45-60 min video calls • 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. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States: • National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States. • Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA • Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City. Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you. 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 is: • National: $174,700 - $218,400 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 time off – take what you need • Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions • Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program • Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave • Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice • Monthly stipend to support our remote work model • Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development • Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive 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. Marqeta’s Values – 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. Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request. 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