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Lead Data Engineer

Job · Full-timeIn OfficePune5-6 years1 opening

About this role

Mastercard is hiring for Lead Data Engineer in Pune. This opening was published by Mastercard on their official careers board (phenom) on 2 September 2026 and was confirmed live on 14 September 2026. Job details • Company: Mastercard • Role: Lead Data Engineer • Location: Pune (as listed: Pune…

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Skills you'll use

PythonJavaSQLAWSAzureGCPDockerKubernetesGitGoKafkaSpark

What you'll do

  • Design and build scalable batch and real-time data pipelines using Spark, Kafka, and (preferred) Apache Flink
  • Develop robust ETL/ELT frameworks for structured and unstructured data
  • Build and optimize data ingestion and transformation pipelines for Data Lakes and Data Warehouses
  • Implement stream processing solutions for near real-time use cases
  • Ensure data quality, lineage, observability, and governance across pipelines
  • Optimize data jobs for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
  • Design and operate cloud-native data platforms on AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Leverage managed services such as S3/ADLS/GCS, EMR/Databricks, BigQuery/Redshift/Snowflake
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent)
  • Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery

Who can apply

  • Strong proficiency in Object-Oriented Programming and Design (OOP/OOAD) Java (JDK 8+); Python and/or Go is a plus
  • Experience building data services and distributed systems
  • Strong understanding of multithreading, scalability, and performance tuning
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Experience with cloud-native data services (S3, ADLS, GCS, Databricks, EMR, BigQuery, Redshift)
  • Strong experience with Apache Spark (Core, SQL, Structured Streaming)
  • Hands-on experience with Kafka or equivalent messaging platforms
  • Experience with real-time processing frameworks (Apache Flink preferred or Spark Streaming)
  • Strong understanding of ETL/ELT design patterns and pipeline architectures
  • Experience with data formats (Parquet, Avro, ORC)

About Mastercard

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…

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