Data Engineer (L2-Senior)

Company: Marqeta, Inc
Location: Austin
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in the World in 2021, Marqeta powers innovative payment solutions for many of the apps and services you enjoy daily. Our open API modern card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for industry-leading companies such as Square, Coinbase, J.P.Morgan, and Uber, to issue cards, authorize transactions and manage payment operations in real-time. We are a team of industry experts and technology innovators who take a dynamic approach to solving challenging problems. Marqeta is certified as a 2021-2022 Fortune Great Place to Work, highlighting our company culture and open and collaborative work environment. We power possibilities for our customers and each other by bringing the brightest talent together to do the best work of our lives. Marqeta strives to build a global team as diverse as the markets we serve, staying true to our values: Connect the Customer, Everyone Belongs, Marqeta Cares, Lead Innovation, Deliver Results, Quality First and Build One Marqeta. We are not expecting any single candidate to meet all job requirements listed below, so please apply. It's an exciting time to join Marqeta. As we grow, your career and opportunities will grow as well. Learn more about Marqeta on our Website, Twitter and LinkedIn Marqetans may choose to work remotely, or split their time between the office and home. Marqeta values flexibility in work arrangements and embodies an inclusive and collaborative culture. Data Engineer Summary We are seeking an experienced data engineer interested in building enterprise level data products and solutions. You'll help solve the company's toughest problems, create and prototype data products, and scale our existing data platform to meet our expanding innovative customer base. You'll be a part of the Data & Insights team where we identify and drive new capabilities to unleash value through data models, data feeds, reports, and advanced analytics. The Senior Data Engineer is expected to be a problem solver for Marqeta's growing data needs, be able to deliver on projects in a timely manner while juggling multiple priorities, and proactively ideate with the broader data team. The ability to interact and communicate with technology and business team members. What You'll Do Help develop and enhance a data environment consistent with industry best practices and cutting edge approaches that also meets governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements. Develop, document, maintain, support, and enhance our Snowflake data warehouse. Work with business partners to clarify requirements when necessary to create both high-level and low-level design docs. Operate in a time-sensitive environment with competing deadlines, by appropriately prioritizing the short and long term paths based on an Agile development process. What We're Looking For 5 years of relevant experience as a backend engineer with a Bachelor's degree; or 2 years of experience with an advanced degree. In lieu of a degree, 8 years of relevant experience may suffice Mastery of Python and SQL Experience with AWS (Redshift, etc.) Previous work with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB, HBase, etc.) The ability to optimize queries for high volume environments Experience in designing and developing data modeling and mining, ETL, data warehouse, deployment and performance tuning (custom or structured ETL, preferably working directly with large data environments). Experience designing, building and launching extremely efficient and reliable data pipelines to move data (both large and small amounts) throughout data warehouses Experience with git, and the pull request workflow Experience with CI/CD A positive outlook towards work, strong work ethic, and ability to work in a team environment The ability to listen to the needs of others and comprehend complex matters, articulate issues in a clear and concise manner, and present effectively in both oral and written presentations to all levels in the organization The ability to demonstrate humility, empathy, and to take constructive feedback positively A desire to grow in your career, learn, share ideas and help others grow and learn Demonstrated experience working productively on cross-functional teams and taking a collaborative, team oriented approach Nice to haves Experience with Snowflake Experience with Kubernetes Experience with Docker Experience with Debezium Experience in developing distributed applications using Kafka, Airflow, etc. Experience with big data frameworks Experience with payments or the FinTech space Benefits And Perks Rich suite of benefit plans; employee premiums paid 100% Flexible Time Off Paid Medical, Pregnancy, Parental and Family Leaves 401k plan with a Company match Competitive pay Meaningful equity Employee Stock Purchase Plan Free perks programs that include, financial coaching, and ID theft protection Bi-annual "Hack Week" to support and reward innovation Open, transparent culture that includes Town Hall meetings, Lunch-and-Learns and more Access to corporate gym membership rates, other discounts and employee perks And for select regions; a monthly stipend to support our hybrid work model, and pet insurance As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Marqeta is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant, candidate, or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. 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