Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Marqeta

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$177,100–$221,400 / yr
Posted
25 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $192k
This role $199k
$106k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $168,619–$214,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $199k versus about $192k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Software Engineering

As Senior Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead and evolve the Credit onboarding team to build, operate, and modernize core components of a credit platform. You will be responsible for the end-to-end credit onboarding platform, driving infrastructure resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence while implementing AI-first automation for dispute classification and evidence management. Collaborating with Product, Data, Risk, Compliance, and Operations teams, you will define strategy, manage roadmaps, and establish engineering standards for quality and documentation. The role requires an experienced leader capable of managing distributed systems in cloud-native environments, specifically using AWS and microservices architectures. You will mentor a high-performing team, oversee architectural decisions, and navigate the complexities of regulated fintech environments to solve problems related to credit products such as underwriting, ledgering, servicing, and transaction processing for modern financial experiences.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?

Median $223750 from 106 postings across 38 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the end-to-end credit onboarding platform to manage new customer acquisitions and system modernization.
  • Drive platform resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence for core credit components.
  • Implement AI-first automation to reduce manual handling in dispute classification and evidence management.
  • Partner with Product, Data, Risk, and Compliance teams to define roadmap and delivery strategy.
  • Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team to improve velocity and system reliability.
  • Establish engineering standards for quality, testing, documentation, and execution rigor.
  • Lead architectural discussions and make high-quality technical decisions regarding system design.
  • Recruit and develop top engineering talent to build organizational bench strength.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must have 8 to 12+ years of experience in engineering.
  • Candidates must have at least 4 years of experience managing senior engineers or managers.
  • Experience building and scaling distributed systems in cloud-native environments, preferably AWS, is required.
  • Candidates should have a strong background in microservices architectures and high availability systems.
  • Proven ability to operate in regulated or compliance-sensitive environments is required.
  • Experience in fintech is strongly preferred, with credit domain experience being a plus.
  • A Master's degree in Computer Science is preferred.

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