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We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Senior Principal Big Data Engineer

Overview

What we create today will define tomorrow. Revolutionary technologies that reshape the digital economy to be more connected and inclusive than ever before. Safer, faster, more sustainable. We need the best people to do it: technologists who are energized by the challenges of a truly global network. Employees with the talent and vision to create the critical systems and products that power global commerce and connect people everywhere to the vital goods and services they need every day.

Working at Mastercard means being part of a unique culture that is inclusive and diverse, a rich collaboration of ideas and perspectives. We are a place that celebrates your strengths, values your experiences, and offers you the flexibility to shape a career across disciplines and continents. We provide you the opportunity to work alongside experts and leaders at every level of the business, improving what exists, and inventing what’s next.

About the Role

As a member of the Data Platforms and Engineering Services team, the Senior Principal Engineer is a key driver of the technology architecture, design, implementation, operation, and support of the data technology and platforms needed to enable Mastercard to leverage the unique and valuable data assets we provide to drive revenue, regulatory compliance, and new product development.

The technology complexity involved is enormous, given that the Mastercard Data Warehouse is the largest shared service of the company, in terms of size of the data assets, the number of physical servers, the number of transactions stored, and how many products and lines of business leverage the data in the warehouse. This role will help lead the continued evolution and modernization of our data platforms and data engineering practices to ensure Mastercard stays at the competitive forefront in the industry.

As a Senior Principal Engineer, this role will:
-\tSet and drive the technical vision and architecture for the Data Platforms and Engineering Services ecosystem –
o\tAs the technical architect, this role will drive the vision and architectural design, including dependent services, service interactions, and policies.
o\tThis includes identifying ways to make demonstrable progress in the short-term, while keeping an eye on the vision to ensure we are setting ourselves up for long-term success.
o\tBe the “technical face” of the Data Platforms and Engineering Services team across Mastercard and be able to easily translate and present complex technical topics to senior business leaders.
o\tChallenge the status quo where necessary and build consensus around those differential opinions.
-\tPartner on critical efforts and liaise across Mastercard –
o\tWork closely with team members on all vendor evaluations and be a key stakeholder and voice in any build vs. buy decisions.
o\tConsult across teams and across program lines to identify synergies and reuse opportunities.
-\tSolve tough problems and pave the path for team members –
o\tLead projects to prototype and prove concepts for new technologies, application frameworks, and design patterns.
o\tEnsure that solutions are built for scale and are applicable on our hybrid public-private cloud environment, addressing the needs of all relevant stakeholders (including M&As).
o\tTackle intrinsically hard problems, venturing beyond comfortable approaches when necessary, and are adept at “Thoughtful Risk Taking”.
o\tBalance trade-offs between competing interests; adapt approach to meet the needs of the team, project, and product; bring clarity to complexity and demonstrate smart ways to simplify.
o\tHave strong ownership of the team’s software and be deep in the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties and dependencies including hardware, operating system, and build.
-\tLearn, educate, mentor, and lead –
o\tConduct technical interviews for hiring engineering staff and raising the performance bar.
o\tMentor, guide, and coach software engineers and leads in the team to improve engineering productivity, quality, and technology policy compliance.
o\tWork with existing Principals and management to set engineering principles and federate them throughout the program
o\tAssist people managers in the talent management process in hiring strong engineering talent and running performance evaluations.
o\tSeek technical knowledge and educate the team about trends, technologies, and approaches.
o\tEngage with external technical communities to extend our reach and benefit from the discovery outside of Mastercard and our industry.

All About You
•\tYou have current, deep, hands-on data and software engineering experience – architecture, design, and implementation – on large scale, distributed systems
•\tDeep Big Data experience and familiarity across industries / technologies and building data pipelines (Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Kafka, Cloudera, Impala).
•\tExperience with cloud data warehouse / Lakehouse technologies.
•\tCloud experience and familiarity with emerging cloud technologies and tools / integration best practices (Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Azure).
• You are strong in databases, data technologies, and multiple modern programming languages; you also have proficiency with cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, serverless technology, NoSQL databases), micro-service design, CI/CD, DevOps.
•\tYou have a demonstrated record of success as a technical leader.
•\tYour communications and technical skills make you a recognized leader and mentor.
•\tYou are passionate about new technology and can dive deep to form an objective evaluation and opinion.
•\tYou have strong written and verbal English communications skills – prior speaking/blogging engagements in technical forums and conferences.
•\tBachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or equivalent, or work-related experience. Suitable advanced degree preferred.

Location Requirements: This is a hybrid position available in Mastercard’s Arlington, Dublin, NYC, or O’Fallon locations. Relocation is not available for this position.

Pay Ranges:

Arlington, Virginia: $230,000 - $368,000 USD
O'Fallon, Missouri: $200,000 - $320,000 USD
New York City, New York: $240,000 - 384,000 USD


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All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.