Principal Software Engineer – CXDX
Marqeta
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $206,100 - $303,100 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
CloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaMicroservicesPythonReact NativeSwift
About the role
- Define and drive the architecture of mission-critical systems, setting long-term technical direction and ensuring scalability, security, and sustainability across the platform.
- Lead large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that span multiple teams and domains, ensuring alignment with business priorities and delivering high-impact outcomes.
- Serve as a technical advisor to senior leadership, providing insight on technical risks, trade-offs, and innovation opportunities that shape product and business strategy.
- Raise the technical bar across the organization by mentoring engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of technical rigor, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Partner with engineering managers and product leaders to ensure roadmap decisions align with architectural goals and long-term scalability.
- Actively influence and contribute to the creation and evolution of the company’s engineering principles, tooling, and standards.
- Conduct technical deep-dives into system architecture, identifying opportunities for performance improvements, technical simplification, and operational efficiency.
- Represent engineering in key cross-functional forums, helping the organization navigate complex decisions around infrastructure, platform capabilities, and product development.
- Act as a steward of engineering quality—promoting clean code, reliable systems, robust testing, and sustainable development practices.
- Drive innovation across teams, leading explorations of emerging technologies and ensuring Marqeta remains on the forefront of industry standards and capabilities.
Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a track record of designing and delivering complex distributed systems at scale.
- 3+ Experience with payments or the FinTech space.
- Strong experience across multiple technology stacks (e.g., Java, Python, Go, ReactNative, Swift, Khotlin) and proficiency in designing scalable APIs, microservices, and cloud-native applications.
- Demonstrated ability to drive architectural decisions that balance short-term trade-offs with long-term goals.
- Proven leadership in complex initiatives spanning infrastructure, product development, and platform evolution.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience shaping technical strategy and mentoring senior staff and principal engineers across multiple domains and teams.
- Adept at solving ambiguous problems, balancing innovation with execution, and leading teams through change and complexity.
- A passion for system reliability, observability, and building secure, maintainable systems.
- Strong understanding of regulatory and security requirements in the financial domain is a plus.
Benefits
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
software engineeringdistributed systemsJavaPythonGoReactNativeSwiftKotlinAPIsmicroservices
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationinfluencingmentoringproblem-solvinginnovationcollaborationtechnical rigorcontinuous learningengagement