This role pays more than
92%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$225,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$273k
versus about
$200k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Marqeta
Marqeta is a modern card issuing platform that provides open API technology for businesses to create, issue, and manage customized payment cards, powering payment programs for fintech companies and enterprises. Industry: Financial Technology & Card Issuing
Marqeta currently has
17 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$158,550–$198,200
across 14 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer on the Core Issuing & Processing team, you will drive high-impact projects from inception to completion while owning the technical roadmap for the core platform. You will spend significant time in the codebase writing and optimizing code across the issuing and processing stack to improve performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Your role involves authoring system designs for scalable card issuing and payment processing products, collaborating with product managers on requirements for onboarding, digital wallets, authorization, clearing, transaction controls, and ledger systems. You will utilize a technical stack including Java, Springboot, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Kafka, JPOS, and AWS services. The work focuses on the foundational infrastructure of card issuing and payment processing, specifically addressing non-functional challenges such as high availability, low latency data infrastructures, and multi-region system scaling within the payments industry.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
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