Senior Software Engineer-Database Engineer

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

Senior Software Engineer-Database Engineer

Overview
Responsible for defining, designing, and maintaining the organization's data architecture, including database design, integration, optimization, security, and data management processes. Drives database performance, reliability, and scalability while supporting modernization, automation, and cloud initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
• Define and implement database architecture by translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize database solutions using Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Develop and support data models, database structures, and integration processes.
• Analyse and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, and database performance to reduce latency and improve stability.
• Implement and maintain database standards, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Support database security, compliance, risk mitigation, and access control initiatives.
• Troubleshoot database issues and provide technical guidance to development teams and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with application teams to improve system performance, availability, and reliability.
• Drive automation initiatives and leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity.
• Prepare status reports, perform root cause analysis, and support production environments.
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to process and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage small to medium-sized projects and provide technical leadership within Agile/Scrum teams.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and coordinate delivery activities across technical teams.
• Experience in Database technology on any Cloud provider.
• Skills to orchestrate release workflows and pipelines, and apply standardized pipelines via APIs to achieve CI and CD using industry standard tools (e.g., Jenkins, AWS/Azure pipelines, XL Release, others).
• Skills to orchestrate release workflows and pipelines, and apply standardized pipelines via APIs to achieve CI and CD using industry standard tools (e.g., Jenkins, AWS/Azure pipelines, XL Release, others).

Required Qualifications
• Strong experience in database design, data modelling, development, production support, and performance optimization.
• Expertise in Oracle or PostgreSQL Database.
• Experience designing and implementing database architecture standards and best practices.
• Proven experience in SQL tuning, query optimization, indexing, and performance troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with database security, backup, recovery, and high-availability solutions.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies, automation, and DevOps practices.
• Experience leading technical teams and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices.
• Experience in Java development activities or ready to upskill.
• Tools – Eclipse or IntelliJ, Sonar, GIT, Maven, SQL Developer/TOAD, Jenkins, CI/CD
• familiar with secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP, CWE, SEI CERT) and vulnerability management

Success Measures
• Improved database performance and reduced query response times.
• Increased production stability and system reliability.
• Successful delivery of scalable and secure database solutions.
• Adoption of automation and AI-driven engineering practices.
• Effective collaboration with development and business teams to meet organizational goals.

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.