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Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.\nTitle and Summary\nPrincipal Software Engineer, Data ArchitectureOverview:Mastercard's Data & Analytics organization is seeking a visionary Principal Software Engineer, Data Architecture to define and advance our global enterprise data architecture strategy. Reporting to the Vice President of Data Engineering, this role serves as the senior technical authority for how data is architected, governed, secured, and enabled across Mastercard's complex global ecosystem.\nThe successful candidate will establish the architectural vision for modernizing data platforms across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, supporting both high-volume batch processing and low-latency, real-time workloads. This leader will play a critical role in enabling Mastercard's \"Edge Everywhere, Run Anywhere\" strategy, ensuring data platforms can be deployed consistently, securely, and at scale across diverse geographies and regulatory environments.\nThis position combines deep hands-on technical expertise with enterprise influence, driving architectural decisions that maximize the value of Mastercard's data assets while meeting the highest standards for security, resiliency, compliance, and operational excellence.\nRole:\nServe as the senior technical leader for enterprise data architecture, partnering closely with the VP and senior technology leadership.\nAct as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, translating business strategy into scalable, secure, and resilient data architecture decisions.\nDefine and evolve Mastercard's global data architecture strategy across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.\nArchitect secure, resilient solutions that meet global regulatory and compliance mandates, including GDPR, ISO 20022, and regional data localization requirements.\nChampion Data Mesh principles, enabling data-as-a-product capabilities, federated ownership, governance, and self-service access.\nEstablish and drive enterprise architecture standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices through the Data & Analytics Architecture Review Board.\nLead the modernization of legacy data platforms to cloud native architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.\nDrive adoption of modern data technologies, including Databricks, Snowflake, Delta Lake, and streaming platforms.\nEnable both real time and batch analytics use cases to support high availability, mission critical workloads.\nEvaluate and incorporate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled data platforms and agent-based architectures.\nMentor and influence global engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and thoughtful risk taking.\nAll About You:\nProven experience as a Principal Engineer, Lead Architect, or equivalent technical leadership role driving enterprise-scale data architecture and platform strategy.\nDeep expertise designing, building, and operating distributed data systems at global scale.\nStrong hands-on experience with technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink, NiFi, Databricks, Snowflake, and modern cloud-native data platforms.\nDemonstrated success modernizing data platforms using cloud native architectures across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.\nExperience integrating AI driven capabilities into data platforms, with appropriate governance and guardrails for emerging use cases, including agentic commerce.\nStrong understanding of data governance, security, and regulatory compliance in highly regulated, global environments.\nProven ability to lead and influence architectural initiatives within Agile, SAFe, or product centric delivery models, partnering effectively with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.\nDemonstrated ability to influence technical and business decisions at all levels, including C-suite stakeholders.\nStrong executive presence with the ability to translate complex architecture concepts into business language.\nExceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences.\nStrong Decency Quotient (DQ) with a track record of building inclusive, collaborative, high performing teams.\nBachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.\nThis role is not eligible for Mastercard’s work authorization sponsorship. As such, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States, now as well as in the future, without employer sponsorship.Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact  and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.\nCorporate Security Responsibility\nAll 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:\nAbide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;\n\nEnsure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;\n\nReport any suspected information security violation or breach, and\n\nComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.\n\nIn 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 and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. 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