Manager, Software Engineering - Data Infrastructure

Marqeta

2d • Remote

About The Position

As Manager of Data Infrastructure, 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.
We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely in the United States, only in one of our National locations, which you can review here.

Requirements

• 6+ years in data engineering/infrastructure with 2+ years leading technical teams at scale.
• Deep hands-on expertise with AWS data services (S3, EMR/Glue), Airflow, Kafka/MSK, and data catalog tools.
• Strong product thinking with experience translating customer requirements into platform capabilities.
• Proven agile delivery skills including capacity planning, sprint execution, and requirements analysis.
• Track record of operational excellence: on-call management, incident response, and achieving SLAs.
• Excellent mentoring skills with passion for developing engineers and building high-performing teams.
• Must be authorized to work in Canada with ability to travel quarterly to the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with payments or the FinTech space.

Responsibilities

• Lead 5-6 engineers through hands-on technical mentoring, performance management, and career development while fostering operational excellence.
• Own data lake infrastructure operations (S3, Airflow, Kafka/MSK, Spark/Glue) maintaining 99.5% uptime and managing on-call rotation.
• Drive agile delivery with sprint planning, capacity planning, and requirements analysis to ship infrastructure improvements quarterly.
• Apply product thinking by gathering customer requirements from data teams, prioritizing platform features, and measuring adoption success.
• Execute technical roadmaps that deliver on data strategy, translating vision into concrete project plans with measurable outcomes.
• Partner with security/compliance on governance controls and work with vendors on technical integrations and platform optimization.

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
• Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees