Principal AI Engineer
Core
Senior technology and architecture advisor for new business opportunities, evaluating technical feasibility, shaping solution concepts, and guiding AI-enabled opportunity identification within Mastercard's innovation and growth organization.
Role type
Principal AI Engineer (Strategy & Architecture)
Builds
Agentic and AI-enabled opportunity identification capabilities, taxonomies, prompt architectures, agent workflows, and supporting intelligence systems.
Domain
Payments / Financial Services / AI & Agentic Systems
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Backend engineering (Java, Kotlin, Python, Scala), LLMs and AI services integration, Agent frameworks and workflow orchestration, Cloud platforms (AWS EMR, Aurora, Databricks, Snowflake), Data processing pipelines, Security and compliance, Technical strategy and trade-off analysis, Mentoring and influence
Preferred skills
Experience in build/buy/partner/acquire decision-making, Ambiguous problem space navigation, Cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
Python, Scala, Spark, SQL, AWS EMR, Aurora, Databricks, Snowflake, LLMs, Agent frameworks
Responsibilities
Evaluate new ideas and market signals through a technology and architecture lens; Support design of agentic and AI-enabled opportunity identification capabilities; Assess opportunities for build, partner, invest, acquire, or discontinue pathways; Challenge assumptions and identify technical risks early; Guide architecture decisions during incubation to scale phases; Identify reusable assets to accelerate value creation across opportunities.
Seniority
Principal (L5), Strategy & Mentorship