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Senior Data Engineer
Mastercard International Incorporated · 🇺🇸 O'Fallon, Missouri
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 286 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Mastercard International Incorporated paid sponsored hires in similar roles7 certified filings for “Data Engineer” (Data Scientists) in MO: $98k–$138k, median $119k. Most were filed at wage level IV (57%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Mastercard International Incorporated
The US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 286 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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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 Senior Data Engineer Overview: Mastercard’s Data Collection & Engineering (DC&E) organization is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling Mastercard's next-generation data platforms and analytical ecosystems. In this role, you will develop high-performance, cloud-enabled data pipelines that power Mastercard's enterprise data warehouse and Lakehouse environments. Your work will enable advanced analytics, business intelligence, regulatory reporting, and data-driven decision making across the organization. This role offers a unique opportunity to solve large-scale data engineering challenges while working with cutting-edge big data technologies and contribute to a modern cloud transformation program supporting global payment processing platforms. The Data Collection & Engineering (DC&E) organization powers the global economy by enabling secure, seamless, and intelligent payments across the world. Behind every transaction is a sophisticated technology ecosystem that processes billions of payment events with speed, resilience, and precision. This is a hybrid position based in O’Fallon, MO, requiring three days per week onsite. Role: • Design, develop, test, and deploy secure, scalable, high-performance, and resilient data pipelines using Apache Spark, Java/Scala, Hadoop, and cloud-native object storage platforms. • Build and maintain batch and near-real-time data processing frameworks capable of supporting petabyte-scale workloads and demanding enterprise data requirements. • Develop reusable engineering components, frameworks, and design patterns that accelerate data product delivery while maintaining enterprise architecture and engineering standards. • Design and implement “build once, run anywhere” architectures that enable seamless deployment across on-premises and public cloud environments without requiring code changes. • Implement enterprise data capabilities including data lineage, metadata management, data cataloging, data quality, monitoring, and observability across the data ecosystem. • Collaborate with architects and platform teams to establish scalable architecture patterns, distributed computing practices, and engineering standards, while driving adoption of modern Lakehouse architectures. • Contribute to cloud modernization initiatives by migrating legacy ETL, data warehouse, and analytics workloads from on-premises environments to cloud-native architectures using services such as Amazon S3, EMR, and AWS Glue. • Lead end-to-end engineering activities, including requirements analysis, solution design, coding, testing, deployment, production support, and continuous optimization. • Partner with product owners, analysts, architects, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into high-quality, scalable solutions and deliver committed outcomes within established timelines. • Troubleshoot complex production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable remediation strategies while ensuring compliance with Mastercard’s security, quality, and operational governance standards. • Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, knowledge sharing, and best practices, while identifying opportunities to improve per