Software Engineer II

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

Software Engineer II

Overview
Mastercard is a global technology company behind the world’s fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless®. We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities.

As a Data Engineer in Data Platform and Engineering Services, you will have the opportunity to build high performance data pipelines to load into Mastercard Data Warehouse. Our Data Warehouse provides analytical capabilities to a number of business users who help different customers provide answers to their business problems through data. You will play a vital role within a rapidly growing organization, while working closely with experienced and driven engineers to solve challenging problems.

Role
• Develop high quality, secure and scalable data pipelines using spark, Java/Scala on object storage and Hadoop.
• Follow Mastercard Engineering Principals while designing and developing projects.
• Leverage new technologies and approaches to innovating with increasingly large data sets.
• Work with project team to meet scheduled due dates, while identifying emerging issues and recommending solutions for problems.
• Perform assigned tasks and production incident independently.
• Contribute ideas to help ensure that required standards and processes are in place and actively look for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.

All About You
• 3 to 5 years of experience in Data Engineering and implementing multiple end-to-end Data Warehouse projects.
• Experience of building data pipelines using Spark with Java/Scala on Hadoop or Object storage.
• Experience of working with Databases like Oracle and have strong SQL knowledge.
• Experience of working on Nifi and API development will be an added advantage.
• Experience of working in Agile teams.
• Strong analytical skills required for debugging production issues, providing root cause and implementing mitigation plan.
• Strong communication skills - both verbal and written – and strong relationship, collaboration skills and organizational skills.
• Ability to multi-task across multiple projects, interface with external / internal resources and provide technical leadership to junior team members.
• Ability to be high-energy, detail-oriented, proactive and able to function under pressure in an independent environment along with a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.
• Ability to quickly learn and implement new technologies, and perform POC to explore best solution for the problem statement.
• Flexibility to work as a member of a matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project teams.

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.