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
Execute technical roadmaps that deliver on data strategy, translating vision into concrete project plans with measurable outcomes.
Track record of operational excellence: on-call management, incident response, and achieving SLAs.
Requirements
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.
Deep hands-on expertise with AWS data services (S3, EMR/Glue), Airflow, Kafka/MSK, and data catalog tools.
Experience with payments or the FinTech space. Typical Process
– Solve for the Customer: With a deep understanding of our customers' business and empathy for their needs, we deliver products and services that drive their success.
– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.
Experience
6+ years in data engineering/infrastructure with 2+ years leading technical teams at scale.
Benefits
Offer! Compensation and Benefits
Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:
Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA
Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.
When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:
National: $174,700 - $218,400
We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.
Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers
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
Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
Additional details
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 analysis to ship infrastructure improvements quarterly.
requirements from data teams, prioritizing platform features, and measuring adoption success.
Partner with security/compliance on governance controls and work with vendors on technical integrations and platform optimization. Who You Are
Strong product thinking with experience translating customer
Proven agile delivery skills including capacity planning, sprint execution, and requirements analysis.
Excellent mentoring skills with passion for developing engineers and building high-performing teams. Nice-To-Haves •
Virtual “Onsite” consisting of four 45-60 min video calls