Principal Software Engineer
MarqetaPayments company
United States$242,400 - $303,000Lead
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About the role
TL;DR
Principal Software Engineer to drive high-impact projects and own the technical roadmap for core issuing and processing.
- •As Marqeta’s Principal Software Engineer on the Core Issuing & Processing team, you will drive high-impact projects for customers, optimize issuing and processing engines, and own the technical roadmap for the core platform.
- •You will partner with engineering leaders to drive engineering and operational excellence.
- •Key Responsibilities Own the technical roadmap and author system designs for scalable, secure, and efficient card issuing and payment processing products.
- •Write, review, and optimize code across the issuing and processing stack.
- •Identify and drive technical initiatives to improve performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency of core processing engines.
- •Collaborate with Product Managers to analyze requirements and provide technical recommendations.
- •Mentor technical leads, influence stakeholders, and establish success metrics.
- •Requirements 12+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
- •Demonstrated passion for software engineering excellence, including design principles, fault tolerance, scalability, cost, security, privacy, and TDD.
- •Experience partnering with product teams to bring innovative solutions to market.
- •Experience developing and scaling microservices using modern cloud technologies, preferably AWS.
- •Experience working with high volume / low latency data infrastructures.
Required skills
JavaKubernetesTerraformMicroservicesAWS
Domain expertise
fintech
Benefits & perks
Multiple health insurance options, Flexible time off, Retirement savings program with company contribution, Equity in a publicly-traded company, Employee Stock Purchase Program, Family-forming benefits, Fertility support, Up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave, Free therapy sessions, Financial and professional coaching, Legal advice, Monthly stipend to support remote work, Annual development dollars
Tech stack
JavaSpringKubernetesTerraformHelmApache KafkaAWS