Senior Cloud Database Engineer

Role Description

As Marqeta’s Senior Cloud Database Engineer, you will join our Cloud Database Engineering team wherein you will be responsible for all databases that power Marqeta’s card issuing platform. You’ll be at the heart of all things Databases:

• Automating the lifecycle of AWS Aurora instances.
• Working closely with application teams to analyze Database performance.
• Innovating in building Marqeta’s next-generation, highly available and resilient Database solutions.

Marqeta’s platform supports high cardholder availability across multiple regions globally, serving over 5 billion transactions annually. The Cloud Database Engineering team operates at the center of everything Marqeta does, and there is endless opportunity to make a sizable impact across your team and the whole business.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely in the United States, only in one of our National locations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a backend engineer and a Bachelor's degree. In lieu of a degree, 7+ years of relevant experience may suffice.
• Experienced with cloud native databases (AWS preferred), including transactional RDBMS such as Aurora, MySQL, and Postgres, as well as NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB or MongoDB.
• Experienced in cloud based high availability, disaster recovery, and distributed systems including replication and failover.
• Experienced in IaC, automation and orchestration tools (Terraform, AWS Step Function, etc.).
• Experienced CI/CD — pipelines, job runners, deployment automation.
• Solid understanding of database administration: internals, query tuning, indexing, and performance metrics.
• Proficient in Python.
• Experience with Linux commands and shell scripting.
• Experienced in monitoring and observability tools: Datadog preferred.
• Strong sense of ownership — you follow through, raise issues proactively, and take accountability for your work.
• Curious and committed to continuous learning — you actively keep up with industry trends and apply new knowledge to your work.
• You have a team-oriented approach – can effectively work on a project and cross-functionally with other teams.

Requirements

• Logical/physical migrations + blue-green switchovers (current strategic work).
• Database fleet management.
• AI tooling fluency.
• Basics in Java.
• Experience with payments or the FinTech space.
• Experience with ProxySQL and/or RDS Proxy.

Benefits

• 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 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.
• Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive.