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Lead Data Engineer
Mastercard International Incorporated · 🌍 Navi Mumbai, India (Finicity)
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About the role
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 Data Engineer Lead Data Engineer Overview: We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, delivery, modernization, and operational management of enterprise data platforms, databases, data warehouses, and data engineering solutions. The role is responsible for providing technical leadership across Data Engineering, Database Administration, Cloud Data Platforms, and Data Warehouse operations while ensuring the reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency of the organization's data ecosystem. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in data engineering, database technologies, cloud platforms, data warehousing, ETL/ELT, CDC, and platform operations, combined with proven leadership experience in managing projects, driving strategic initiatives, mentoring teams, and collaborating across multiple technology functions. This role will partner closely with Data Engineering, DBA, Cloud Engineering, SRE, Security, Analytics, and Business teams to deliver scalable and business-aligned data solutions. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Architecture Provide technical leadership for Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, and Database initiatives. Define and drive architecture standards, engineering best practices, and platform governance. Design scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across cloud and on-premise environments. Lead technical design reviews, solution assessments, and modernization initiatives. Mentor engineers and foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement. Data Engineering & Data Warehouse Design, develop, and oversee enterprise ETL/ELT and CDC pipelines. Manage data integration across relational, NoSQL, SaaS, and cloud-based platforms. Design and optimize data warehouse, lakehouse, and analytical solutions using technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, Apache Iceberg, and Amazon S3. Ensure data quality, reliability, observability, and operational readiness of all data products. Drive adoption of reusable frameworks, automation, and standardized engineering practices. Database & Platform Management Provide oversight of enterprise database environments including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, Aurora MySQL, MongoDB Atlas, and DynamoDB. Ensure database availability, performance, security, backup, recovery, and capacity planning. Collaborate with DBA, SRE, and Cloud teams on performance tuning, incident resolution, disaster recovery, and operational improvements. Establish monitoring, alerting, and operational processes for critical platforms. Project Delivery & Operations Ensure successful and timely delivery of projects through effective planning, prioritization, and execution. Track project progress, dependencies, risks, and milestones. Proactively identify and remove blockers impacting team productivity and project delivery. Lead incident management and root cause analysis activities while driving preventive actions. Continuously improve operational processes, runbooks, and service reliability. Strategic Initiatives & Optimization Drive modernization initiatives including migration from legacy platforms to cloud-native solutions. Evaluate emerging technologies and conduct proof-of-concepts to suppo