[PIPELINE] - Software Engineer II - Canada

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join one of our Core Platform Engineering teams at Marqeta! The Core Platform Engineering team is responsible for developing and managing the Marqeta platform, which our customers use to launch and manage their payment card programs. These teams work with card networks and issuing banks to issue cards, authorize transactions, and communicate with settlement entities. There are multiple teams within Core Platform that are hiring including Ledger, Core Objects, Transaction Foundation, Identity Platform and Core Edge Processing. 

As a Software Engineer II, you will deliver resilient and sustainable software projects from design to implementation and rollout. You will execute on defined projects to achieve team-level goals and work on and own minor features in support of larger features.  You will contribute heavily to test development and bug fixing and may mentor new hires, interns, or more junior engineers. 

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely within British Columbia or Ontario Canada. We'd love for you to join us! 

Learn more about our Product and Engineering team

The Impact You'll Have

• Design, develop, and deliver high quality products
• Make things simple for our ourselves and our customers
• Develop testable, scalable, trustworthy systems that eliminate manual tasks 
• Prioritize and ship features in line with the roadmap 
• Deliver work effectively in a team environment
• Mentor other engineers on the team, and be mentored by others
• Apply current industry standards to your designs and implementations
• Participate in on-call coverage

Who You Are

• 2+ years experience as a backend engineer and a Bachelor's degree; or an advanced degree with no relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, 5+ years of relevant experience may suffice.
• Experience developing in Java and/or Python, however we welcome experience in other programming languages. 
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, MS SQL Server, Oracle, etc.).
• Experience making technical trade offs and navigating technical complexities.
• The ability to demonstrate humility, empathy, and to take constructive feedback positively.
• A desire to grow in your career, learn, share ideas and help others grow and learn.
• The capacity to work productively on cross-functional teams and take a collaborative, team oriented approach.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with payments or the FinTech space
• Experience with Microservices 
• Experience with Java Spring Boot
• Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker
• Experience with cloud computing.  We use AWS, but welcome other cloud experience. 
• Contributions to technical blogs, a public Github repo, or to open source projects

Our (typical) process:

1. Application submission
2. Recruiter video call
3. Coding interview
4. Virtual “Onsite” consisting of three 45-60 minute rounds
5. 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 new-hire base salary range for this position, reflected in CAD, is: 81,000 - 108,000.

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
• 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