Vice President, Software Engineering

As a Software Engineering leader in Commercial Solutions at Mastercard, you will serve as the Engineering Leader for the business-critical, rapidly growing Data-as-a-Service program. You will manage teams that operate in modern full-stack development practices and tools to create world-class microservices and web applications. We re building a global business-to-business (B2B) technology platform to help businesses of all sizes streamline how they manage payments when buying or selling products and services. Our Data-as-a-Service program seeks to drive additional value for our customers based on the wealth of information in their commercial data.

You will work in our Mastercard technology location in Pune, India, which provides a state-of-the-art environment for technology teams to thrive in our collaborative, Agile engineering culture. Your role will be responsible for leading the design, development, and maintenance of our data infrastructure. This role requires a strategic leader with a deep understanding of micro services architecture, resiliency patterns, knowledge of full stack applications, data architecture, big data technologies, and very strong team leadership. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of building scalable platforms, managing large datasets, and driving data strategy in alignment with business goals.

The role will require you to:

Develop and implement the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the data platform to support business objectives.
Lead and mentor a high-performing team of full stack engineers, application architects, data engineers, data architects, and data scientists.
Collaborate with senior leadership to align data initiatives with overall company strategy.
Oversee the architecture, design, and development of scalable solutions.
Ensure data integrity, security, scalability, efficiency and availability across the platform.
Drive the adoption of best engineering and operational practices, including data warehousing, and data governance.
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation.
Evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies to enhance the platform s capabilities.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.
Oversee the day-to-day operations of the platform, ensuring high performance and reliability.
Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the effectiveness of data driven initiatives.
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product, analytics, and business units, to understand data needs and deliver solutions.
Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders effectively.
Promote data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Required Experience:
Bachelors degree
You have a solid foundation in Computer Science fundamentals
You have demonstrated strong customer focus
You have demonstrated excellent leadership and management capability for large engineering organization with globally distributed teams
You have experience building applications using Java, Python, Scala etc. and deploying/managing them in a cloud environment
You have experience using storage technologies such as PostgreSQL or Oracle and delivering solutions that leverage them at a massive scale
You have exposure to automated testing and releasing software in a continuous delivery model using Git
You have strong expertise in big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka).
You have proficiency in data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
You are passionate about the art of delivering the highest quality software to customers
You have familiarity with machine learning and AI technologies.
You enjoy working in an Agile team focused on continuous improvement and iterative deliveries
You have a strong desire to learn best practices and modern software architecture and collaborate within a team
You have excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical people

Nice To Have:
Experience working within the payments, commercial card space or corporate banking space
Strong ability to multi-task, organize, manage, and implement complex projects whether directly or through supervision
Operates with minimal supervision and able to make informed, well-reasoned decisions independently
Thrives in an environment that is fast-paced, rapidly changing, and customer-oriented