Senior Manager, Software Engineering

As Marqeta's Senior Manager, Software Engineering, you willlead and evolve our Credit onboarding team. This is a critical leadership role responsible for scaling the next generation of innovative credit onboarding platforms that power modern fintech experiences.

You will lead the Credit onboarding engineering team responsible for building, operating, and modernizing core components of our credit platform. This role requires a leader who sets a high bar, moves with urgency, and brings clarity in complex environments.

You will partner closely with Product, Data, Risk, Compliance, and Operations to define strategy, drive execution, and deliver resilient, secure, and highly available systems at scale. We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere in the United States.

This position is for an existing vacancy.

The Impact You’ll Have

• Own the end-to-end Credit onboarding platform responsible for new credit customers onboarding.
• Drive platform resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence
• Drive AI-first automation, reducing manual handling and increasing efficiency across dispute classification, evidence management, and prioritization.
• Partner with Product to shape roadmap, sequencing, and delivery strategy
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team, improving engineering velocity and system reliability through intelligent workflows and automation.
• Establish clear engineering standards around quality, reliability, testing, and documentation
• Improve execution rigor including planning, sprint hygiene, and measurable outcomes
• Lead architectural discussions and make high quality technical decisions
• Stay close to the codebase and system design while empowering teams to execute
• Recruit and develop top engineering talent and actively build bench strength
• Create a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

Who You Are

• Experienced engineering leader (8–12+ years in engineering, 4+ years managing senior engineers or managers).
• Experience building and scaling distributed systems in cloud native environments, preferably AWS
• Strong background in microservices architectures and high availability systems
• Proven ability to operate in regulated or compliance sensitive environments
• Experience in fintech strongly preferred; credit domain experience is a plus but not required
• Demonstrated track record of raising engineering standards and improving execution discipline
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity while driving clarity and momentum
• High personal standards and a bias toward action

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