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Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure as Code Team

Toronto, Canada

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Infrastructure engineering team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the foundation of our fintech solutions. With your extensive experience, you'll be expected to lead innovation, drive scalability, and ensure reliability within our cloud-based infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include architecting and building sophisticated Infrastructure tooling on top of AWS primitives, while collaborating with cross-functional teams such as security, development, and operations to achieve ambitious infrastructure goals.

We are committed to being secure, available, fully automated, repeatable, Cloud Native, and an active part of the technology community. Our team is dedicated to reducing operational costs by creating robust infrastructure and scaffolding that enables our engineering user community to deploy multi-region, highly-available services with ease and efficiency.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within Canada. We'd love for you to join us and make a significant impact!

The Impact you will make

  • Spearhead the design, implementation, and optimization of software solutions that enable resilient and scalable infrastructure provisioning, supporting the engineering user community and our core payments platform.
  • Architect and develop advanced automation strategies to enhance safety standards and ensure compliance at scale across our infrastructure.
  • Take a leadership role in shaping our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) policies, developing sophisticated IaC modules aligned with industry best practices, and implementing cutting-edge detection capabilities for non-compliant architecture.
  • Drive innovation in tooling to dramatically improve developer productivity and significantly reduce operational overhead.
  • Collaborate closely with the security team to architect and implement robust, state-of-the-art security measures for our cloud infrastructure.
  • Lead and execute cross-functional projects to achieve infrastructure excellence and play a key role in yearly audits, ensuring our systems meet the highest standards of performance and compliance.

Who You Are

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, plus 5 years of relevant experience in software engineering and cloud infrastructure.
  • Mastery of programming languages and scripting for automation, with a focus on Python, Ruby, or Go, and the ability to mentor others in these technologies.
  • Extensive experience with AWS services, including but not limited to CodeBuild, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, and AWS access controls, with the ability to architect complex solutions using these services.
  • Deep expertise in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and a proven track record in infrastructure as code, preferably with Terraform, including the ability to lead large-scale IaC initiatives.
  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and a proven record of leading team-driven initiatives.
  • Significant experience in designing and implementing advanced software delivery pipelines and CI/CD systems for large-scale infrastructure projects.
  • leadership experience in mentoring junior engineers and driving best practices across engineering teams.

Nice-To-Haves

  • Advanced knowledge of IaC pipelines and tooling, with experience in implementing and optimizing complex infrastructure workflows.
  •  Expertise in writing and implementing OPA policies using rego, with a focus on enhancing security and compliance.
  • Track record of contributing to open-source projects or speaking at industry conferences related to infrastructure and cloud technologies.

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: 112,000 - 140,000.

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

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