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.). Today nearly 8 out of 10 Americans use a product powered by Marqeta every week. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.
As Marqeta’s Staff, Finance Systems Engineer, Transformation, you will serve as an integrator between business needs and technology solutions for our Finance and Accounting teams. This is a hands-on role where you will code, configure and deploy highly complex and innovative features across our finance apps portfolio. You will assist with our tech stack strategy, data strategy and architecture design. You will partner with Finance and cross-functional teams to transform processes, systems and data to achieve key business outcomes. Your chief aim is to transform financial apps and elevate financial operations excellence.
The ideal candidate will be happy liaising with stakeholders at all levels, with the ability to understand and clearly articulate the business problem, translate technical information into layman’s terms, explain different design options and deploy the correct solution using best practices and solid engineering fundamentals in an Agile framework.
The impact and visibility of your engineering work will directly align with strategic company-wide initiatives, financial operations excellence, improve customer experiences and increase productivity for internal users.
We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remote within the United States or from our Oakland, CA headquarters. We’d love for you to join us!
What You’ll Do
- Understand the company, business and technical requirements and goals
- Translate requirements into well-architected solutions
- Design, build, test and deploy solutions in Financial SaaS apps in an Agile framework
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, IT dept and other engineering teams
- Proactively identify innovative solutions to improve end-to-end architecture in areas of financial reporting, procurement, accounts payable, compliance reporting, budget and forecasting, Quote-to-Cash
- Design new and expand integrations with external/internal systems
- Author technical strategy, approach and design documents
- Display technical leadership by anticipating departmental and project needs
- Assist project leadership in the estimation of work effort
What We’re Looking For
- 10+ years of financial systems implementation and transformation.
- Experience configuring, maintaining and supporting SaaS applications
- Experience with finance and accounting processes
- Experience with different modules (GL, AR, AP, Compliance, FP&A)
- Experience with reporting for for month end, quarter end and fiscal year results
- Experience with audit controls and compliance requirements
- Architecture experience to design solutions and size the level of effort required
- Strong stakeholder management, requirements gathering, demonstration skills
- Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments
- Experience with with complex multi-phase projects
- Strong knowledge of data warehousing environments
- Strong declarative knowledge, understands tradeoffs of using code
- Ability to systematically troubleshoot and resolve technical issues
- Ability to reliably prioritize and complete tasks with minimal supervision
Nice-To-Haves
- Experience maintaining Intacct, Airbase, Floqast, Workiva, Planful, Expensify
Your Manager
- Beau Wada, Director Business Systems
Recruiter For This Role
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 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: $101,625 - $135,500
- Premium: $114,375 - $152,500
- Premium Plus: $127,050 - $169,400
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
- 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
Equal Opportunity, Accommodations, and Privacy
Marqeta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that gives consideration to all qualified applicants, irrespective of any characteristics protected by law. This includes (but is not limited to) race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, color, ancestry, and Veteran status. We consider qualified applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to criminal histories, in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Our dedication to diversity and inclusion extends beyond the categories above. Review Marqeta’s ESG Report to see that dedication in action. Fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected creates a stronger and more innovative team at Marqeta. We celebrate the unique contributions of each individual and empower all members of our organization. Join us in building a company where diversity thrives and everyone can be their authentic selves.
If you require reasonable accommodation for the application process and beyond, please submit this form and we will be more than happy to assist you. Marqeta will make reasonable accommodations for candidates when needed in accordance with applicable law. The Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice applies to the personal data that you directly provide to us or that we collect during the application and candidate recruitment process.
