Manager, Software Engineering - Data Infrastructure

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves, and they are seeking a Manager of Data Infrastructure to lead a team of engineers in operating critical data platforms. This role involves technical mentoring, driving agile delivery, and executing on the company's data strategy to ensure operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• 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
• Must be authorized to work in Canada with ability to travel quarterly to the United States
• Experience with payments or the FinTech space