Staff Technical Recruiter

As Marqeta’s Staff Technical Recruiter, you will own full cycle recruiting across our Product and Technology organizations, partnering closely with Product and Engineering leadership to bring in exceptional talent. You’ll join a Talent Acquisition team that supports every part of the business, from engineering to go to market. This role is a high visibility partnership, working directly with senior stakeholders to build out some of our most critical teams, and offers the flexibility to move between Product and Engineering hiring as business priorities shift.

We work Flexible First . This role can be performed remotely. We’d love for you to join us!

The Impact You’ll Have

• Partner directly with Product and Engineering leadership to understand hiring needs and build a recruiting strategy for each role

• Own full cycle recruiting for Product and Technology roles, from intake through offer, with a strong focus on candidate experience

• Build and maintain strong pipelines of product, software engineering, and other technical talent, with particular attention to candidates who bring fintech or payments experience

• Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers on market data, leveling, and how to position Marqeta competitively for both product and engineering talent

• Flex across disciplines, taking on Product, Engineering, and adjacent technical searches as business needs evolve

• Continuously refine sourcing and interview approaches, including technical assessment and evaluation practices, to keep pace with a fast growing Product and Engineering org

Who You Are

• 8+ years of full cycle recruiting experience, with a strong focus on Product and Technology/Engineering roles

• Demonstrated ability to recruit across both product and engineering disciplines, and comfort moving between them as priorities change

• Working knowledge of engineering roles, tech stacks, and technical concepts, enough to screen effectively, build credibility with engineers, and partner with technical hiring managers

• Experience recruiting in fintech, payments, or another highly regulated industry

• A track record of managing a high volume, high urgency requisition load without sacrificing candidate experience

• Strong communication skills and comfort partnering with senior stakeholders

• Experience working in a modern ATS

• Experience recruiting for both individual contributor and leadership level roles across Product and Engineering

• Familiarity with structured interview and scorecard methodology, including technical assessments and coding or system design interview loops

Typical Process

• Application submission

• Recruiter phone call

• Hiring manager video call

• Virtual onsite consisting of 3 to 4, 45 minute calls

• Offer!

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta calibrates 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, oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost of living areas, such as Los Angeles and Seattle

• 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 full-time position is:

• National: $136,000 - $170,000

• Premium: $146,900 - $183,600

• Premium Plus: $157,800 - $197,200

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 time off, take what you need

• Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions

• Equity in a publicly traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Family forming benefits, fertility support, and generous parental leave base salary top up

• 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's growth and development

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.

– Do What's Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver high-quality results that our customers count on. We own our work from start to finish.

– Simplify and Innovate: We approach challenges with curiosity and take smart risks. Innovation comes from finding better, simpler ways to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

– Win as a Team: We succeed together by embracing diverse perspectives and pushing each other to raise the bar. We lead with humility and set aside hierarchy to work as a team.

– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.

Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy

Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request.

Marqeta cares about your privacy. Personal data that is provided as part of the application and recruitment process is processed in accordance with the Applicant Privacy Notice . Additional information for California residents can be found here .

To keep our interview process fair and consistent, we ask that all candidates join video interviews with their camera on.

Notice on Use of AI in Recruitment
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in our recruitment processing consistent with the requirements of applicable laws. For more information, review our AI notice here.