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At Mastercard, we're powering economies and empowering people, building ​ a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.

Size: 10000+ employees
Industry: Consulting, Financial Services, Technology, Fintech

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Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. 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.

Title and Summary

Lead Software Engineer ((AWS Cloud, Platform Engineering)

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Software Engineer to join Mastercard's AWS Platform Engineering Team. This role is critical in designing, building, and maintaining a scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platform on AWS. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal platform performance, cost efficiency, and alignment with best practices.

The ideal candidate is expected to have a strong understanding of AWS services, DevOps practices, and infrastructure automation and to focus on enabling application teams to deliver value rapidly and securely.

• The Role

• Design, implement, and maintain a scalable multi-account AWS platform, leveraging services like AWS Organizations, VPC, IAM, EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Glue, EMR, MSK, etc.

• Develop and manage infrastructure using tools like CloudFormation/CDK.

• Manage secure connectivity using technologies like AWS Private Link, Transit Gateway, and Direct Connect.

• Implement and maintain secure access controls and guardrails using AWS Control Tower, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and IAM.

• Engage and improve the lifecycle of the AWS platform and services -- from development to deployment, operation, and refinement.

• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.

• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortem.

• Proven experience in leading engineering teams, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence.

• Ability to lead architecture discussions, conduct code reviews, and foster a collaborative engineering culture

• All About You

• 5+ years of experience in AWS cloud engineering or similar roles.

• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and experience applying them in languages like Python, TypeScript, and Java.

• Fluent in AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

• Proficient with AWS Services esp. EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway S3, Route 53, MSK, Glue, EMR, etc.

• Strong knowledge of networking in AWS (VPC, Direct Connect, Private Link, Transit Gateway, etc.).

• Experience with CI/CD tools like AWS Code Pipeline, Jenkins, BitBucket/GitHub, Artifactory, Sonarqube, etc.

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• Strong knowledge of the best practices around Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting solutions.
• Experience with software deployment and configuration automation.
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale systems.
• Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks.
• Systematic problem-solving approach, with effective communication skills and a sense of drive.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Control Tower, including setting up guardrails, managing Service Control Policies (SCPs), and configuring Landing Zones.
• Knowledge of security best practices and frameworks.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Pune, India

Job ID: Mastercard-22331_R-259026

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-03T19:17:28
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Perks and Benefits

Health and Wellness

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• FSA
• FSA With Employer Contribution
• HSA
• HSA With Employer Contribution
• Fitness Subsidies
• On-Site Gym
• Pet Insurance
• Mental Health Benefits
• Virtual Fitness Classes
• Health Reimbursement Account

Parental Benefits

• Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
• Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Family Support Resources
• On-site/Nearby Childcare
• Adoption Leave

Work Flexibility

• Flexible Work Hours
• Remote Work Opportunities
• Hybrid Work Opportunities

Office Life and Perks

• Commuter Benefits Program
• Casual Dress
• Happy Hours
• Snacks
• Company Outings
• On-Site Cafeteria
• Holiday Events
• Some Meals Provided

Vacation and Time Off

• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Personal/Sick Days
• Leave of Absence
• Volunteer Time Off

Financial and Retirement

• 401(K) With Company Matching
• Performance Bonus
• Relocation Assistance
• Financial Counseling
• Stock Purchase Program
• 401(K)
• Company Equity

Professional Development

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Promote From Within
• Mentor Program
• Access to Online Courses
• Lunch and Learns
• Internship Program
• Work Visa Sponsorship
• Leadership Training Program
• Associate or Rotational Training Program
• Shadowing Opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion

Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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