Manager, Software Engineering - Data Infrastructure

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.

The Impact You'll Have

• 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.

Who You Are

• 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.

Nice-To-Haves

• Experience with payments or the FinTech space.

Typical Process

• Application Submission
• Recruiter video call
• Hiring manager video call
• Virtual “Onsite” consisting of four 45-60 min video calls
• Offer!

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:

• National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of 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.

Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.

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
• 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