Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Marqeta is an embedded finance company providing a card issuing platform for real-time card issuance, transaction authorization, and payment operations. The Senior Manager, Software Engineering will lead the Credit onboarding engineering team, scale resilient and secure credit platforms, drive AI-first automation, and partner cross-functionally on strategy and execution. The role also includes mentoring engineers, setting engineering standards, leading architecture, and recruiting talent.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end Credit onboarding platform responsible for new credit customers onboarding
- Drive platform resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence
- Drive AI-first automation, reducing manual handling and increasing efficiency across dispute classification, evidence management, and prioritization
- Partner with Product to shape roadmap, sequencing, and delivery strategy
- Lead and mentor a high-performing team, improving engineering velocity and system reliability through intelligent workflows and automation
- Establish clear engineering standards around quality, reliability, testing, and documentation
- Improve execution rigor including planning, sprint hygiene, and measurable outcomes
- Lead architectural discussions and make high quality technical decisions
- Stay close to the codebase and system design while empowering teams to execute
- Recruit and develop top engineering talent and actively build bench strength
- Create a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
Skills
- • Experienced engineering leader (8–12+ years in engineering, 4+ years managing senior engineers or managers)
- • Experience building and scaling distributed systems in cloud native environments, preferably AWS
- • Strong background in microservices architectures and high availability systems
- • Proven ability to operate in regulated or compliance sensitive environments
- • Experience in fintech strongly preferred; credit domain experience is a plus but not required
- • Demonstrated track record of raising engineering standards and improving execution discipline
- • Comfortable navigating ambiguity while driving clarity and momentum
- • High personal standards and a bias toward action
- • Experience building or scaling credit products such as underwriting, ledgering, servicing, or transaction processing
- • Experience improving platform resiliency such as multi region architectures
- • Track record of evolving teams from good to great
- • Masters Degree in Computer Science
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.
- Annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.
- Multiple health insurance options
- Flexible vacation time
- Retirement savings program with company contribution
- Equity in a publicly-traded company
- Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
- Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
- Family-forming benefits and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
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