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Senior Software Engineer, Transaction Excellence

Toronto, Canada; Vancouver, Canada

As  a talented Senior Software Engineer, you will own the delivery of high-impact projects that advance our team's strategic goals while maintaining exceptional quality standards. You'll leverage your software design expertise to decompose complex business problems into well-designed solutions with multiple interacting components. You will mentor and elevate less-experienced engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and leading by example.

The mission of the Transaction Excellence team is to ensure every change to our Core Transactions platform meets the highest standards of quality and reliability, fostering an engineering culture of confidence over fear. Through a comprehensive and layered testing methodology that spans functional and performance testing, we balance rapid product delivery with rigorous quality standards, strengthening customer trust and accelerating Marqeta's ability to enable strategic use cases.

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

Learn more about our Product and Engineering team

The Impact You'll Have

  • Craft efficient, reusable code that solves complex problems independently
  • Design maintainable components with clear, testable APIs
  • Partner with stakeholders to resolve technical ambiguities, balancing details with the big picture
  • Engage in team processes including agile ceremonies, code reviews, and on-call rotations
  • Champion improvements to projects and processes
  • Foster team community and mentor junior engineers

Who You Are

  • Strong CS fundamentals with 5+ years backend engineering experience
  • Proficiency in Object-Oriented languages like Java
  • Ability to deliver clean, well-tested code with thorough documentation
  • Skill in evaluating and adapting existing designs and technology choices
  • Clear, concise communication skills both written and verbal
  • Receptiveness to feedback with demonstrated humility and empathy
  • Commitment to continuous learning in technology and payments domain expertise
  • Quality-focused mindset with testing and performance engineering experience
  • Collaborative approach to cross-functional teamwork

Nice to haves

  • Payments or FinTech experience
  • End-to-end service ownership experience including infrastructure maintenance, IaC, CI/CD, and observability tools like Datadog

Your Manager

Our (typical) process:

  1. Application Submission
  2. Recruiter Video Call
  3. Coding Interview and Hiring Manager Interview
  4. Virtual “Onsite” consisting of three 45-60 minute rounds
  5. Offer!

🇨🇦 Compensation and Benefits - Canada 🇨🇦

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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