Software Engineer II, Core Edge Processing

As Marqeta's Software Engineer II on the Core Edge Processing team, you will write and ship production code at the heart of our processing systems, learning alongside senior engineers on a team running real-time, always-on payment infrastructure. Core Edge Processing owns the systems that route and authorize transactions across card networks, along with the cryptographic infrastructure underneath them. This is a hands‑on role where the quality of your code directly shapes whether transactions succeed.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the province where you reside, whether that's Ontario or British Columbia, Canada. We'd love for you to join us!

The Impact You'll Have

Ship production code across our routing and processing stack, with senior engineers in your corner

Own well‑scoped features and bug fixes end-to-end, from design discussion all the way to production

Join the on‑call rotation and incident response, building real operational fluency on live payment systems

Grow your Java, distributed systems, and payment processing skills through hands‑on project work

Work side by side with senior and staff engineers to steadily expand your technical scope

Who You Are

An engineer with 2+ years of professional experience, including deploying and operating mission‑critical services in AWS

Solid in Java fundamentals, with a real interest in going deeper

Comfortable debugging and troubleshooting production issues, with teammates to back you up

Eager to learn distributed systems and the world of payment processing

A strong communicator who asks good questions and takes feedback well

Nice-To-Haves

Exposure to payment processing, card issuing, or network integration concepts

Familiarity with cryptography or key management concepts

Prior on‑call or production‑support experience

Compensation and Benefits
Marqeta calibrates pay to a competitive value according to working location. 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, reflected in CAD, is: $92,900 - $116,100

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 vacation time with additional floating holidays

Retirement savings program with company contribution

Equity in a publicly‑traded company

Monthly stipend to support our remote work model

Annual development stipend to support our people growth and development

Family‑forming benefits and generous parental leave base salary top‑up

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, 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…