Lead architectural design for complex, enterprise-wide initiatives involving multiple services, programs, and high-scale decisioning workloads.
Define service interactions, data flows, dependency models, and architecture policies that ensure scalability, resiliency, and security.
Partner with business and product leaders to architect new services that enable innovative Mastercard products and decision capabilities.
Improve the end-to-end experience of internal and external customers across services and applications.
Simplify and optimize architecture strategies to balance cost efficiency, performance, and functional requirements.
Apply expert-level technical judgment to guide trade-offs in large-scale design and implementation.
Drive engineering best practices, software craftsmanship, and architectural rigor across the organization.
Represent the engineering organization through technical presentations, publications, and internal knowledge-sharing sessions.
Participate in Principal-level architecture reviews and address complex enterprise-wide technical challenges.
Work across organizational boundaries to identify integration opportunities, reduce redundancy, and drive platform cohesion.
Mentor engineers and rising architects to elevate technical expertise and leadership within the organization.
Promote knowledge sharing across guilds, programs, and engineering communities.
Conduct deep technical interviews and help identify candidates who raise the engineering bar.
Champion behaviors that support a culture of excellence, inclusivity, and accountability.

Requirements

Extensive hands-on software engineering experience building and architecting distributed systems or real-time processing platforms.
Deep architectural expertise in large-scale, high-throughput systems, including end-to-end service design, data flows, and dependency modeling.
Strong experience with cloud and data platform technologies, real-time decisioning, and enterprise-grade system reliability and security.
Prior work integrating AI/ML or analytic models into production systems, especially for real-time or near real-time workloads.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical designs, influence cross-functional engineering teams, and guide platform-wide architectural decisions.
Strong problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills, with experience mentoring senior engineers.

Benefits

insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
flexible spending account and health savings account
paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire
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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

architectural designdistributed systemsreal-time processingservice designdata flowsdependency modelingcloud technologiesdata platform technologiesAI/ML integrationenterprise-grade system reliability

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationtechnical leadershipmentoringinfluencingknowledge sharingcollaborationdecision-makingaccountabilityinclusivity