Manager, Software Engineering - Data Infrastructure

<p>As <strong>Manager of Data Infrastructure</strong>, reporting to the Director of Data Engineering, you will lead 5-6 engineers operating critical data platforms that power our AI and analytics strategy. This newly created hands-on leadership role combines technical depth with people management, requiring you to mentor your team, drive agile delivery, and apply product thinking to infrastructure. You'll execute on our data strategy while ensuring operational excellence for platforms processing billions in monthly transaction data.</p> <p>We work <a href="https://www.marqeta.com/blog/2022/05/10/flexible-first">Flexible First</a>. This role can be performed remotely in the United States, only in one of our National locations, which you can review <a href="https://www.marqeta.com/company/salaryzones">here</a>.</p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The Impact You'll Have</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li>Lead 5-6 engineers through hands-on technical mentoring, performance management, and career development while fostering operational excellence.</li> <li>Own data lake infrastructure operations (S3, Airflow, Kafka/MSK, Spark/Glue) maintaining 99.5% uptime and managing on-call rotation.</li> <li>Drive agile delivery with sprint planning, capacity planning, and requirements analysis to ship infrastructure improvements quarterly.</li> <li>Apply product thinking by gathering customer requirements from data teams, prioritizing platform features, and measuring adoption success.</li> <li>Execute technical roadmaps that deliver on data strategy, translating vision into concrete project plans with measurable outcomes.</li> <li>Partner with security/compliance on governance controls and work with vendors on technical integrations and platform optimization.</li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Who You Are</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li>6+ years in data engineering/infrastructure with 2+ years leading technical teams at scale.</li> <li>Deep hands-on expertise with AWS data services (S3, EMR/Glue), Airflow, Kafka/MSK, and data catalog tools.</li> <li>Strong product thinking with experience translating customer requirements into platform capabilities.</li> <li>Proven agile delivery skills including capacity planning, sprint execution, and requirements analysis.</li> <li>Track record of operational excellence: on-call management, incident response, and achieving SLAs.</li> <li>Excellent mentoring skills with passion for developing engineers and building high-performing teams.</li> <li>Must be authorized to work in Canada with ability to travel quarterly to the United States.</li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Nice-To-Haves</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li>Experience with payments or the FinTech space.</li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Typical Process</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li>Application Submission</li> <li>Recruiter video call</li> <li>Hiring manager video call</li> <li>Virtual “Onsite” consisting of four 45-60 min video calls</li> <li>Offer!</li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Compensation and Benefits</strong></span></h2> <p>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 align