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Manager, Software Engineering - Data Infrastructure 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 handson leadership role combines technical depth with people management, requiring you to mentor your team, drive agile delivery, and apply product thinking to infrastructure. Youll 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 anywhere within the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, Canada. Quarterly travel to the United States is required. Wed love for you to join us! The Impact Youll Have - Lead 5-6 engineers through handson 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 oncall 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 handson 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: oncall management, incident response, and achieving SLAs. - Excellent mentoring skills with passion for developing engineers and building highperforming teams. - Must be authorized to work in Canada with ability to travel quarterly to the United States. NiceToHaves - Experience with payments or the FinTech space. Typical Process - Application Submission - 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. When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The newhire base salary range for this position, reflected in CAD, is: 156,800 196,000. We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. Thats 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 vacation time - Retirement savings program with company contribution - Equity in a publiclytraded company - Monthly stipend to support our remote work model - Annual development dollars to support our people growth and development - Familyforming benefits and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave About Marqeta Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. Were 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 wellknown brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affim, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You dont 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. 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 Whats Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver highquality 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. 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