Manager, Platform Engineering

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 Manager, Platform Engineering Overview The Manager, Platform Engineering leads a team responsible for designing, building, and operating scalable, secure, and resilient platform infrastructure. This role combines hands-on technical leadership across Mastercard’s Big Data Engineering team with people management responsibilities, enabling teams to deliver high-quality solutions aligned to enterprise priorities. This leader will drive adoption of modern engineering practices, including infrastructure as code, container platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and microservices architectures, while fostering a high-performing, collaborative team environment. Role Platform & Cloud Engineering Leadership • Lead the design and delivery of cloud infrastructure solutions that meet scalability, resilience, security, and cost efficiency requirements • Oversee the development and operation of container platforms and orchestration environments (e.g., Kubernetes) • Ensure platform capabilities support evolving application performance and business needs DevOps & Automation • Establish and mature CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows to enable efficient, high-quality software delivery • Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure consistent, automated infrastructure provisioning and management • Champion automation, reducing manual processes and increasing reliability and speed Distributed Systems & Microservices • Guide teams in building and operating distributed systems and microservices architectures • Ensure systems are designed for fault tolerance, scalability, and performance • Oversee monitoring, observability, and operational health across platform services Software Engineering & Technical Enablement • Provide technical direction across software programming practices and frameworks • Ensure engineering solutions meet standards for performance, maintainability, and reliability • Partner with application teams to align platform capabilities with development needs Infrastructure & Operating Systems • Oversee management of operating systems and core IT infrastructure components (compute, storage, networking) • Ensure platform environments are stable, performant, and aligned with enterprise standards People Leadership & Enterprise Mindset This role includes direct people leadership with developing proficiency in leadership capabilities: Team Leadership • Build and develop a high-performing, inclusive engineering team • Provide coaching, feedback, and growth opportunities for team members • Support hiring and talent development aligned to future capability needs Enterprise Leadership Behaviors • Delivers Results: Drives accountability and execution against business objectives • Navigates Complexity: Leads teams through ambiguity and cross-functional dependencies • Drives Change: Promotes new technologies, tools, and ways of working • Fosters Enterprise Mindset: Connects team output to broader organizational impact • Shapes Strategy (Developing): Contributes to platform and technology strategy through insights and innovation All About You Required Qualifications • Experience leading high performing engineering teams with a customer-focused mindset. Attracts, grows, and develops exceptional, future-ready talent in