As Marqeta's Staff Software Engineer on the Core Edge Processing team, you will write and review production code at the heart of our processing systems, drive the initiatives that make them faster and more reliable, and help set the engineering bar for a team running real-time, always-on payment infrastructure. Core Edge Processing owns the systems that route and authorize transactions across card networks, along with the cryptographic infrastructure underneath them. This is a hands-on role where the quality of your code directly shapes whether transactions succeed.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the province where you reside, whether that's Ontario or British Columbia, Canada. We'd love for you to join us!

The Impact You'll Have

Ship and refine production code across our routing and processing stack, where every millisecond and every line counts

Lead initiatives that make our platform more reliable, faster, and more cost-efficient

Shape system design alongside your EM and fellow engineers, from data model changes to failure and degradation strategy to blast-radius containment

Take on complex, mission-critical codebases and lift the engineering standard for everyone around you

Mentor engineers and guide technical direction at the Staff level

Who You Are

An engineer with 8+ years of experience who is still deep in the code every day

A Java expert with strong fundamentals in concurrency, performance, and building reliable systems at scale

Someone who writes system designs, defends them in review, and runs what you build in production

At home in a regulated, cloud-native, high-availability environment

Experienced in payment processing, card issuing, or network integration (JPOS, ISO 8583, or similar)

Nice-To-Haves

Cryptography or key management experience (HSM, AWS Payment Cryptography, KMS)

Experience running systems across multiple regions, including tested failover

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS

Recruiter For This Role

Kayla Osuna

Typical Process

Application Submission

Recruiter phone call

Hiring manager video call

Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls

Offer!

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta calibrates pay to a competitive value according to working location. 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 full-time position, reflected in CAD, is: $156,800 - $196,000

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 currently offers:

Multiple health insurance options

Flexible vacation time with additional floating holidays

Retirement savings program with company contribution

Equity in a publicly-traded company

Monthly stipend to support our remote work model

Annual development stipend to support our people growth and development

Family-forming benefits and generous parental leave base salary top-up

About Marqeta

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.

Marqeta’s Values

– 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. Earning and keeping their trust guides everything we do.