Manager, Platform Engineering - Big Data Engineering
$122k - $207kMastercard
Manager, Platform Engineering - Big Data 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.
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 a platform, cloud, or DevOps environment
• Strong expertise across Big Data platforms and technologies such as Hadoop, Cloudera, etc.
• Experience managing or operating distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go)
• Strong understanding of operating systems and enterprise IT infrastructure
• Experience integrating security requirements into platform engineering practices Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in enterprise-scale or regulated environments
• Experience optimizing cloud cost, performance, and scalability
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 View email address on decentrajobs.com 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.
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.
In 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. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
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