Job Description

Our Purpose We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutio

Our Purpose We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results. Job Title Principal Data Engineer Overview Ethoca a Mastercard company is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join our team to lead data enablement and explore big data solutions within our technology landscape. This senior role is visible and critical as part of a high performing team - it will appeal to you if you have an effective combination of domain knowledge, relevant experience, and the ability to execute on the details. You will bring cutting edge software and full stack development skills, data lake experience with an extensive cloud platform background. Expectation is that you are hands on and capable of driving the data strategy and architecture to build out and solidify existing platforms. You will own this - our teams are small, agile, and focused on the needs of the high growth fintech marketplace. We are committed in making our systems resilient and responsive yet easily maintainable. Role Drive the architectural design, including dependent services, service interactions and policies while owning the development of applications, services, user interfaces and scaling the platform in the cloud. Maintaining and scaling existing applications and platforms is imperative and part of your portfolio. Applications are built on data that resides in the data warehouse so we expect the successful candidate will always have attention to detail configuration, maintenance, security and reliability of data and Data Services in the different environments as we build out a state-of-the-art analytics foundation. Hands-on responsibility for architecture with code and application development across environments with the capability to write high quality, secure code that is modular, functional, and testable Design and build technology roadmaps to optimize services and functions focusing on performance, security, and cost/benefit optimization Focus on standing up/adopting tools that will enable self service options for both internal and external customers Key leader/contributor in the software and database/data warehouse development life cycle (i.e. design, development, documentation, testing, deployment, support) Plan deployments, migrations, and upgrades to minimize service impacts with mitigation plans Understand and tune performance across all physical and logical dimensions Support architects and engineers as they design and build effective, agile applications and data warehouses across platforms Work efficiently within a high security, PII and PCI-DSS Level 1 environment All About You Significant experience with full stack application development experience together with extensive architecture experience Proficiency with cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, serverless technology, NoSQL databases), micro-service design, DevOps Degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field including programming Excellent SQL and higher-level programming languages Strong analytical and excellent problem-solving skills Good understanding of 12-Factor App methodology Proficiency in multiple programming languages such as NodeJS, Java, Java Script, etc. are mandatory Experience working: In a Data Warehousing and BI environment with understanding of warehousing concepts Strong understanding of database change management process (DCM) With Source Control System (SCS) is a must - preferably 'Git' source control Excellent understanding and working knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment concepts. ETL tools experience Reporting/Dashboarding tool/s experience With application frameworks (i.e. Springboot) Quick learner with the ability to pick up new ideas and concepts quickly Excellent written and verbal communication skills Top notch problem solving and analytical skills Mentor and teacher of new technologies and design patterns across functional groups Ideally you have experience in banking, e-commerce, credit cards or payment processing and exposure to both SaaS and premises-based architectures. In addition, you have a post-secondary degree in computer science, mathematics, or quantitative science. 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.