Engineering Co-Founder, AI-Driven Decision Platform

Engg; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking an Engineering Co-Founder to lead the Decision Stream platform, blending startup agility with enterprise rigor. You will shape the engineering vision, architecture, and talent strategy to deliver real-time decisioning at scale.

You will partner with Product, AI, and Foundry teams to align investments with customer outcomes and drive a culture of ownership, speed, and accountability across globally distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Engineering leadership experience with large-scale platforms.
• Proven ability to scale distributed systems with high availability.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering vision for Decision Stream and partner with product and AI teams.
• Drive platform delivery, MVP validation, and scalable deployment at enterprise scale.
• Establish governance, metrics, and an operating rhythm for high performance.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

Microservices

Executive communication

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Job description

Mastercard is seeking an Engineering Co-Founder to lead the Decision Stream platform, blending startup agility with enterprise rigor. You will shape the engineering vision, architecture, and talent strategy to deliver real-time decisioning at scale.

You will partner with Product, AI, and Foundry teams to align investments with customer outcomes and drive a culture of ownership, speed, and accountability across globally distributed teams.