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Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, connecting billions of consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, and businesses worldwide. We are driving the future of commerce by enabling secure, simple, and smart transactions. Artificial Intelligence is at the core of our strategy to make Mastercard stronger and commerce safer, smarter and more personal. At Mastercard, we're building next-generation AI-powered platforms to drive innovation and impact. Role: Drive modernization from legacy and on-prem systems to modern, cloud-native, and hybrid data platforms. Architect and lead the development of a Multi-Agent ETL Platform for batch and event streaming, integrating AI agents to autonomously manage ETL tasks such as data discovery, schema mapping, and error resolution. Define and implement data ingestion, transformation, and delivery pipelines using scalable frameworks (e.g., Apache Airflow, Nifi, dbt, Spark, Kafka, or Dagster). Leverage LLMs, and agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen) to automate pipeline management and monitoring. Ensure robust data governance, cataloging, versioning, and lineage tracking across the ETL platform. Define project roadmaps, KPIs, and performance metrics for platform efficiency and data reliability. Establish and enforce best practices in data quality, CI/CD for data pipelines, and observability. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Data Science, Analytics, and Application Development) to understand requirements and deliver efficient data ingestion and processing workflows. Establish and enforce best practices, automation standards, and monitoring frameworks to ensure the platform's reliability, scalability, and security. Build relationships and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including senior executives, to influence data-driven strategies and decisions. Continuously engage and improve teams' performance by conducting recurring meetings, knowing your people, managing career development, and understanding who is at risk. Oversee deployment, monitoring, and scaling of ETL and agent workloads across multi cloud environments. Continuously improve platform performance, cost efficiency, and automation maturity. All About You: Hands-on experience in data engineering, data platform strategy, or a related technical domain. Proven experience leading global data engineering or platform engineering teams. Proven experience in building and modernizing distributed data platforms using technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink, NiFi, and Cloudera/Hadoop. Strong experience with one or more of data pipeline tools (Nifi, Airflow, dbt, Spark, Kafka, Dagster, etc.) and distributed data processing at scale. Experience building and managing AI-augmented or agent-driven systems will be a plus. Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data ecosystems (Oracle, AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, BigQuery, Snowflake, etc.). Deep understanding of data modeling, metadata management, and data governance principles. Proven success in leading technical teams and managing complex, cross-functional projects. Passion for staying current in a fast-paced field with proven ability to lead innovation in a scaled organization. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to tailor technical concepts to executive, operational, and technical audiences. Expertise and ability to lead technical decision-making considering scalability, cost efficiency, stakeholder priorities, and time to market. Proven track leading high-performing teams with experience leading and coaching director level reports and experienced individual contributors. Advanced degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field. Equivalent experience will also be considered. Why Join Us? At Mastercard, you'll help shape the future of AI in global commercesolving complex challenges at scale, driving financial inclusion, and reinforcing the trust and security that define our brand. You'll work with world-class talent, cutting-edge technologies, and will make a lasting impact. Corporate Security Responsibility 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. 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 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; and many more. Pay Ranges Arlington, Virginia: $170,000 - $273,000 USD Purchase, New York: $170,000 - $273,000 USD San Francisco, California: $178,000 - $284,000 USD
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