Lead PostgreSQL Engineer

Mastercard

Confirmed live yesterday High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
O'Fallon, MO
Salary
$122,000–$207,000 / yr
Posted
41 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $186k
This role $164k
$108k $248k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This role pays less than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $167,000–$205,200 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $164k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Mastercard

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, processing transactions between financial institutions and merchants using its extensive network of credit, debit, and prepaid card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services

Mastercard currently has 162 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $122,000–$207,000 across 152 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Mastercard

At a glance

TL;DR · Lead PostgreSQL Engineer

Role Posting Log in to save

The Lead PostgreSQL Engineer joins the Database Engineering team to lead the design, engineering, automation, and modernization of enterprise database platforms. This role involves building and operating secure, scalable, and highly available database services that power global applications. The engineer will manage the lifecycle of PostgreSQL platforms, including Open Source PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB, and AWS Aurora PostgreSQL, while supporting Oracle, Cassandra, MongoDB, and Redis. Key responsibilities include driving Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Chef, and enhancing CI/CD integration for database provisioning and deployments. The position requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and performance tuning. The work focuses on solving complex infrastructure challenges by establishing monitoring frameworks, ensuring security compliance, and providing technical leadership for microservices-based applications across hybrid environments.

Skills

PostgreSQL AWS Aurora PostgreSQL EnterpriseDB (EDB) Terraform CloudFormation Ansible Chef Kubernetes OpenShift Oracle Cassandra MongoDB Redis CI/CD Infrastructure as Code Linux Unix Distributed Systems Microservices Platform Engineering

What you'll do

  • Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise database platforms.
  • Serve as the primary technical leader for PostgreSQL, including Open Source, EnterpriseDB, and AWS Aurora.
  • Design highly available, secure, and scalable database solutions using modern platform engineering principles.
  • Engineer and support cloud-native database services across AWS and hybrid environments.
  • Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption and platform automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
  • Build and enhance CI/CD integrations for database provisioning, deployments, upgrades, and testing.
  • Perform advanced troubleshooting, performance tuning, capacity planning, and disaster recovery planning.
  • Establish monitoring, observability, and reliability frameworks for all database services.

What we're looking for

  • Deep expertise in PostgreSQL architecture, administration, replication, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and security.
  • Strong experience with AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and EnterpriseDB (EDB).
  • Expertise in cloud infrastructure engineering and enterprise-scale platform operations.
  • Hands-on knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Chef.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of container platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift.
  • Strong Linux/Unix system administration and software scripting skills.
  • Experience supporting Oracle, Cassandra, MongoDB, and Redis.

Related searches

More Lead PostgreSQL Engineer jobs Lead PostgreSQL Engineer jobs in O'Fallon All jobs at Mastercard

More like this

Similar roles

Lead Database Infrastructure Security Engineer

Prudential Financial

Remote (Newark, NJ) +6 14 days ago $133,600–$220,400
Python SQL Ansible Terraform CloudFormation AWS Azure Linux Unix Docker Kubernetes PostgreSQL MSSQL Oracle DB2 Redshift DynamoDB MongoDB Splunk SNOW DevSecOps TDD TCP/IP IBM Guardium Imperva DAM Vulnerability Assessment API Disaster Recovery
Remote
Save

Senior Database Platform Engineer (Oracle)

Mastercard

O Fallon, MO 39 days ago $96,000–$163,000
Oracle Redis PostgreSQL Oracle Exadata MongoDB Cassandra Infrastructure as Code Ansible Chef Puppet CI/CD Cloud Infrastructure Distributed Systems Microservices Configuration Management
Save

Senior Database Platform Engineer (Oracle)

Mastercard

O Fallon, MO 39 days ago $96,000–$163,000
Oracle Redis PostgreSQL Oracle Exadata MongoDB Cassandra Infrastructure as Code Ansible Chef Puppet CI/CD Cloud Infrastructure Distributed Systems Microservices Configuration Management
Save

Senior Database Platform Engineer (Oracle)

Mastercard

O Fallon, MO 39 days ago $96,000–$163,000
Oracle Oracle Exadata Redis PostgreSQL MongoDB Cassandra Infrastructure as Code Ansible Chef Puppet CI/CD Cloud Infrastructure Distributed Systems Microservices Configuration Management
Save

Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase

Jersey City, NJ 33 days ago
Java Python Databricks SQL Oracle Sybase SQL Server Scala Apache Spark Kafka Tableau Business Objects ThoughtSpot System Design Agile
3+ yrs exp
Save