Senior Director @ Marqeta

As Marqeta’s Senior Director, Engineering Systems, you will solve complex technical problems to enable innovation at scale, while building world class developer experiences. The Engineering Systems organization accelerates innovation, improvement, and a culture of ownership with tools to amplify Marqeta talent. We enable a secure software development lifecycle for hundreds of engineering innovators. Engineering Systems teams focus on Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Infrastructure as Code.

These teams provide an end-to-end experience for Marqeta engineers. We enable teams to build, validate, ship, monitor, and continuously improve their services and infrastructure. We make shared investments that result in other teams being more productive, more effective, and happier. We seek to empower engineering teams while simultaneously meeting the growing security needs of a financial platform that processes over $200 billion in card transactions annually. We define our success as enabling the company to be both secure and agile, and we hold ourselves accountable for the challenging, creative and innovative work needed to pull that off. The team is looking for a highly motivated Senior Director to help us build the world’s best Engineering Platform.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the United States. We’d love for you to join us!

The Impact You’ll Have

Deliver a highly available, disaster-tolerant engineering system to ensure the resiliency of capabilities necessary to enable others to innovate globally.
Anticipate and solve for internal customer needs and security requirements in durable, proactive fashion with tools that permit both agility and security.
Manage multiple teams of highly motivated service owners to ensure a cohesive and optimal experience for the internal engineering community
Build, develop, and scale a distributed engineering organization to enable Marqeta’s next phases of our growth.
Instill and demonstrate a focus on key metrics of velocity, service quality, and engagement.
Act as a technical advisor to enable and influence peers across the organization to continuously evolve our systems towards optimal efficacy.

Who You Are

BS or MS degree in Computer Science (or similar field). Will also consider candidates with equivalent work experience.
15+ years of experience leading technology teams and teams of teams. You are a technologist and a technology leader who has worked at large scale.
Experience with Cloud Computing is a must. AWS experience is preferred.
A strong commitment to Software Security is essential for the role.
Deep experience working with and working on CI/CD systems and software delivery pipelines.
Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast paced environment and to deal effectively with ambiguity.
Prior experience with operational excellence, service ownership, incident response.
A strong sense of Ownership, Customer Obsession, and Empathy.
Strong written and oral communication skills. The ability to communicate complex technical ideas across all levels of the organization is critical.

Your Manager

Jeffrey Hamblin, SVP of Technology

Recruiter For This Role

Lizzie LaPonsey

Typical Process

Application Submission
Recruiter phone call
Hiring manager video call
Virtual "Onsite" consisting of 5, 45-60 minute rounds

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. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:

National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.
Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA
Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.

Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.

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 is:

National: $204,000 - $272,000
Premium: $229,500 - $306,000
Premium Plus: $255,000 - $340,000

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 and after tax contributions
Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice
Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive

About Marqeta

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re 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 well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t 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.

Marqeta’s Values

– Intentional Curiosity: We believe in asking the questions others shy away from. True progress comes from understanding today’s realities while challenging ourselves to do better and take on the status quo.

– Thoughtful Responsibility: We believe that every interaction with our technology and platforms matters. Businesses and livelihoods rely on our work, so we strive for excellence and accountability every day with the highest standards for failsafe technology and compliance.

– Innovative Simplicity: We believe that simplicity is powerful, especially in innovation—making a tool work better or finishing that feature that makes everyone smile. Our customers face a lot of complexity. We’re not here to add more.

– Shared Success: We believe the measure of our success is the success of our employees, customers, and communities. From local businesses to big corporations, our impact goes deep and wide. And we’ve got the results to prove it.

– Passion to Thrive: We believe anyone with a better idea should be able to change the game for our company and our customers. We solve big problems for our customers and draw energy from that challenge and opportunity.

Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy

Marqeta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that gives consideration to all qualified applicants regardless of race, ancestry, national origin, color, Indigenous, citizenship, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression marital status, family status, disability, veteran status, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Our dedication to diversity and inclusion extends beyond the categories above. Review Marqeta’s ESG Report to see that dedication in action. Fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected creates a stronger and more innovative team at Marqeta. We celebrate the unique contributions of each individual and empower all members of our organization. Join us in building a company where diversity thrives and everyone can be their authentic selves.

If you require reasonable accommodation for the application process and beyond (including due to a disability), please submit this form and we will be more than happy to assist you. Marqeta will make reasonable accommodations for candidates when needed in accordance with applicable law. The Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice applies to the personal data that you directly provide to us or that we collect during the application and candidate recruitment process.

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