Staff Adversarial Engineer, Marqeta

$121-203k

Salary is partially dependant on applicant’s location. Plus annual bonus and equity

AWS
Kubernetes
GCP
Python
Java
Go
Ruby
Terraform
C++
C
Rust
Azure
Mid, Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area
Marqeta

Modern payment and card issuing solutions

Open for applications

Marqeta

Modern payment and card issuing solutions

501-1000 employees

FintechB2BPaymentsCredit cardsFinancial Services

Open for applications

$121-203k

Salary is partially dependant on applicant’s location. Plus annual bonus and equity

AWS
Kubernetes
GCP
Python
Java
Go
Ruby
Terraform
C++
C
Rust
Azure
Mid, Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area

501-1000 employees

FintechB2BPaymentsCredit cardsFinancial Services

Company mission

To be the global standard for modern card issuing, empowering builders to bring the most innovative products to the world.

Role

Who you are

  • You have at least 5+ years of experience as an engineer with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree. Instead of a degree, 8+ years of relevant experience may suffice
  • Experience in Red/Blue teaming teaming activities and automation
  • Prior experience managing security tooling infrastructure and configuration
  • Industry standard certifications like OSCP/OSCE/CEH, CISSP, CWAD
  • Experience or knowledge about Payments or Financial Services and associated compliance requirements
  • Understanding of cloud computing architecture
  • Demonstrated experience creating positive team and cross-team dynamics
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills that enable navigation of complexity, uncertainty, risks and issues
  • Expert-level knowledge in threat modeling methodologies such as STRIDE or PASTA and their applied use in fast-moving, iterative development lifecycles
  • Experience in working with static analysis (SAST), dynamic analysis (DAST), and software composition analysis (SCA) security tools
  • Knowledge of cloud native technologies including containers, Kubernetes, and services provided by AWS, GCP, and Azure
  • Knowledge of OWASP ASVS, SCVS, and related verification standards
  • Ability to work independently or with a team, under minimum supervision
  • Proven ability to apply technical concepts to solve complex business challenges
  • Ability to network with key stakeholders across multiple teams to influence outcomes through well-articulated thoughts, strong presentation skills, and pragmatic solutions
  • Understand ownership and support positive outcomes
  • Remain constructive under pressure, with a flexible working style

Desirable

  • Experience with Java, Go, Rust, Python, C, C++, or Ruby
  • Experience with AWS cloud services, containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, and IaaC tooling such as Terraform or Helm
  • Knowledge of automated secure code Reviews

What the job involves

  • We are looking for a Staff Adversarial Engineer with a passion for Product Security and a deep expertise in Penetration Testing
  • The ideal candidate will be excited about an opportunity to heavily contribute to the penetration testing, security architecture reviews and security best practices in cloud
  • Initiate and lead all phases of penetration tests and red team activities, including Scoping, Planning, Communications, and Execution of key activities (Reconnaissance, Vulnerability identification, Exploitation, and Reporting)
  • Conduct penetration tests across Web applications, APIs, Mobile applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, and devices
  • Conduct red team engagements across complex environments (including operational technologies)
  • Experience in Supply Chain Security Risks identification and management
  • Liaison compliance driven web application penetration tests with external vendors
  • Triage vulnerability reports submitted to our Bug Bounty program – includes tracking and responding to submissions, coordinating with teams to triage and resolve issues, and providing feedback to security researchers
  • Engagement with Core Engineering leads to ensure timely risk remediation
  • Work closely with development teams to design and implement strategies for enhanced shift-left security within the SSDLC
  • Take a role in the definition of relevant product security architecture strategies, roadmaps, policies, standards, and procedures
  • Maintain and update relevant solutions and tooling to support new business requirements while ensuring a consistent, compliant, and central service delivery
  • Document operational procedures (such as those for deployments, breakglass plans etc.) as well as current state architecture and configurations
  • Provide on-call rotation support to relevant services and tooling
  • Provide subject matter expertise to project teams, and other audiences as needed
  • Your Manager: Krantikishor Bora - Senior Manager, Product Security

Application process

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

Our take

Marqeta processes payments quickly, offering businesses a more straightforward way to take customer payments with its physical and virtual card solutions. The company has a string of major companies utilizing its flexible and scalable platform, including Uber, Doordash, and Square.

The company is rapidly expanding in Europe, with strong growth in processing volumes and new partnerships, including major collaborations with firms like Trade Republic. Along with the company's recent partnership with Visa and Affirm which introduces the Visa Flexible Credential, allowing users to access multiple payment methods on one card, adding convenience and flexibility.

With a focus on global growth and delivering innovative financial services, Marqeta is targeting new verticals and supporting underbanked businesses. With this aim, the company is on its way to deepening its impact in the fintech space and driving further innovation in payments.

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Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

39% female employees

3% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

May 2020

$150m

LATE VC

May 2019

$250m

SERIES E

Total funding: $541.3m

Company benefits

  • Praise: We believe in generously recognizing each other’s talents and contributions, and sharing the goodness we see
  • Health and wellness: We cover your premiums for health, dental, and vision. Plus, your pet gets his/her/its own insurance, on us
  • Flexible time off: We take time to relax and recharge when needed. We have unlimited time off for most employees and encourage an average of 5 weeks per year
  • Marqeta paid family leave: We support all families. We offer 12 weeks of paid leave for all new parents and up to 20 for birthing parents. We also offer 4 weeks of caregiving leave
  • 401k match: We invest in your future. We’ll match 50% of your contribution and up to 6% of your salary
  • Meaningful equity: As owners of the company, we’re all in this together. Full-time employees will receive equity in Marqeta
  • Giving back: We recognize we’re part of a larger community and encourage employees to donate their time and expertise to organizations they support
  • Monthly stipend: You’ll get an additional monthly stipend on your paycheck to help fund your daily commute, cell phone, and/or internet connectivity
  • Stock discount: The Employee Stock Purchase Program allows employees to buy discounted company stock

Company values

  • Intentional Curiosity: We believe in asking the questions others shy away from. True progress comes from understanding today’s realities, while challenging ourselves to do better and take on the status quo
  • Thoughtful Responsibility: We believe that every interaction with our technology and platforms matters. Businesses and livelihoods rely on our work, so we strive for excellence and accountability every day with the highest standards for failsafe technology and compliance
  • Innovative Simplicity: We believe that simplicity is powerful, especially in innovation—making a tool work better or finishing that feature that makes everyone smile. Our customers face a lot of complexity. We’re not here to add more
  • Shared Success: We believe the measure of our success is the success of our employees, customers, and communities. From local businesses to big corporates, our impact goes deep and wide. And we’ve got the results to prove it
  • Passion to Thrive: We believe anyone with a better idea should be able to change the game for our company and our customers. We solve big problems for our customers, and draw energy from that challenge and opportunity

Company HQ

Northgate - Waverly, Oakland, CA

Leadership

Jason Gardner

(Founder)

Having studied at Arizona State University, they worked in Management for Benettar Marble & Granite, NetManage, and Gartner Group. They founded PropertyBridge and spent 2 years at MoneyGram before founding Marqeta in January 2010.

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