Staff Software Engineer - Kubernetes Operations

As Marqeta’s Staff Software Engineer - Kubernetes Operations, you'll be instrumental in scaling our platform to meet the demands of our rapidly growing business and help architect solutions that power millions of transactions daily.

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

• Design, build, and maintain highly available Kubernetes infrastructure at scale
• Lead architecture decisions for container orchestration and cloud-native services
• Mentor engineers on Kubernetes best practices, container security, and cloud infrastructure
• Develop automation tools and improve CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications
• Collaborate with platform and application teams to optimize workload performance
• Drive initiatives to improve system reliability, observability, and disaster recovery
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and infrastructure strategy

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years of hands-on production experience with Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of container technologies (Docker, containerd)
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm, or similar)
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go, Python, Java)
• Deep knowledge of networking, security, and distributed systems
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Knowledge of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
• Experience in fintech or payments industry
• Contributions to open-source Kubernetes ecosystem

• Application Submission
• Recruiter phone call
• Hiring manager video call
• Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 - 60 min calls
• Offer!

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the role. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so again, don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.