Software Engineer II

Software Engineer II Overview
If you are a fantastic software engineer with experience in building and operating world-class distributed systems, and want to work in a high-growth, fast-paced startup like organization within Mastercard scaling an AWS based global platform, come talk to us.
The Priceless Platform was created by a Silicon Valley startup that Mastercard acquired. We are experiencing significant growth, and we are looking for seasoned engineers in Pune, India, with experience and passion scaling an AWS cloud and cloud native platform.
An e-commerce like workflow platform, Priceless Platform is Mastercard s premium B2B2C platform. It delivers experiences and benefits to banks and partners globally, for their customers. Even after becoming part of Mastercard, we continue to run at high velocity, and drive impact. Our portfolio is expanding significantly, and we need to flawlessly execute to grow the business, while also designing and building for scale.
The Role
We are looking for a Lead backend engineer with an emphasis on database architecture, optimizations, and data warehousing.
As a Lead Software Engineer at Priceless Platform, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, delivering, and monitoring scalable and secure data solutions. The tech using various AWS cloud and cloud native platforms, such as EC2, ECS, S3, RDS. You will need to improve and expand the existing Priceless platform, as well as extend the platform using sidecar services or other microservices, using AWS, open source, and in-house developed capabilities. You will need to ensure that our platform is resilient, secure, high performance and cost-efficient, as we scale it globally in more countries.
Your expertise and passion in scaling out distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and robust system design will be essential in delivering beautiful, reliable, secure, and scalable systems. Which surprise and delight our customers.
You will collaborate with team members in Pune, US, and UK.
You will raise the bar on technical excellence through hands-on work and experience in scaling cloud platforms and processes. You will demonstrate thought leadership, execution, and communication excellence, with different audiences, including customers. This role is based out of our Mastercard location in Pune, India.

Responsibilities
Responsible to lead technical conversations and decisions making in product and infrastructural aspects end-to-end.
Design and implement efficient database schemas, optimize data models for performance, scalability, and reliability, and choose appropriate database technologies based on requirements.
Write efficient SQL queries, optimize existing ones, implement indexing strategies, and monitor database performance metrics.
Utilize caching mechanisms (e.g. Redis) to reduce database load, implement caching layers for frequently accessed data, and understand cache eviction policies and trade-offs.
Collaborate with stakeholders to define reporting requirements, design and develop APIs for generating reports and visualizing data, and ensure data accuracy and consistency in reporting.
Architect solutions for horizontal scaling, implement sharding techniques to distribute data across multiple servers, and ensure data consistency and integrity in a distributed environment.
Implement access controls, encryption, and data masking.
Stay informed about data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, Schrems II) and ensure compliance.
Implement Data warehousing solutions - refining raw data for reporting and analytics while selecting the appropriate technologies (e.g. Amazon Redshift, Snowflake,) based on project requirements.
Work with other engineers, perform design reviews and code reviews to ensure high-quality software development, foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement within the team.
Collaborate with cross-functional engineers to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and automation processes.
Implement DevSecOps practices, integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle, ensure compliance and protect software systems.
Ensure observability through effective logging, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms for system health and performance.
Improve the platform resilience by adapting modern cloud native architectural patterns.
Partner with platform engineering leads to support in regulating cloud infrastructure, reduce operational cost and simplify vendor management.
Makes recommendations to improve the process efficiency and effectiveness of platform reliability and operations.
Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, adapting quickly to changing requirements.
Stay updated with open-source emerging technologies and industry trends.
Emulate and drive Mastercard Way behaviors through collaborative behaviors, recognitions, coaching, and employee engagement.
We are looking for someone who meets the following requirements:
Requirements:

Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Minimum 5 years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer.
Proficiency in backend languages (e.g., PHP, Golang, Python, Java).
Advanced understanding of database systems (relational and NoSQL).
Experience with query optimization and performance tuning.
Familiarity with caching mechanisms (e.g., Redis, Memcached).
Previous work on large-scale applications with high traffic.
Strong troubleshooting skills
Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a team in Pune and a global team in US.
Preferred experiences:
oPublic Cloud Environments
oExperience with data pipelines
oExposure to modern data engineering patterns (e.g. Data Lake, Delta Lake)
oExperience with managed database services.
oUnderstanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
oKnowledge of infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, AWS CloudFormation).
oMulti Region Code deployments
oDistributed Databases experience

• 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.