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Senior Cloud Database Engineer

Remote, USA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$144k-$180kDetected 27 days ago

JavaBashDistributed SystemsNoSQLPostgreSQLMySQLDynamoDBAWSTerraformCI/CDLinuxDatadogMentoring

About the role

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.
This role can be performed remotely in the United States, only in one of our National locations, which you can review here.
Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.

Be part of a 24x7 on-call rotation supporting all services the Database Engineering teams owns
Contribute to the design of high availability and disaster recovery solutions for database architecture
Work on initiatives including but not limited to platform architecture, database partitioning, sharding, and the continuous evolution of the database footprint to support business growth.
Keep automation as the primary focus and ensure the design is tightly coupled with various automation to reduce manual work
Work on the root cause analysis, remediation and document efforts to effectively minimize incidents.
Write clear design documents and articulate technical decisions and trade-offs to peers and stakeholders.

5+ years experience as a backend engineer and a Bachelor's degree.
In lieu of a degree, 7+ years of relevant experience may suffice.
Experience with Linux commands and shell scripting
You have a team-oriented approach - can effectively work on a project and cross-functionally with other teams.

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 monitoring and observability tools: Datadog preferred

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.
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Annual "development dollars" to support our people growth and development

Contribute to the technical vision for database engineering in maintenance and Cloud migration of the relational and non-relational databases used at Marqeta.
Work with the engineers from various teams to execute on short- and long-term technical vision.
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
Monthly stipend to support our remote work model

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