Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Mastercard

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Work type: On-site
Location: O Fallon, MO
Salary: $122,000–$207,000 / yr
Posted: 16 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 94 roles within 25 mi

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Similar $180k

This role $164k

$110k most similar roles pay here $238k

This role pays less than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $147,200–$213,692 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $164k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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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 116 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $122,000–$207,000 across 104 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Site Reliability Engineer

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The Lead Site Reliability Engineer joins the Business Operations team to serve as a production readiness steward for essential services powering global operations. This role focuses on ensuring platform stability, health, and scalability by fostering developer ownership and building resilient products through operational design, automation, capacity planning, and monitoring. The engineer will perform root cause analysis, conduct blameless post-mortems, manage risk mitigation, and oversee CI/CD pipelines to reduce manual intervention. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Java, the Spring Framework, Python, or Go, along with expertise in distributed systems, configuration management, and observability. The role addresses the challenge of aligning product priorities with operational needs while ensuring compliance across all environments. This position requires a leader capable of mentoring junior engineers while managing complex infrastructure to enhance customer experience through proactive production and change management.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering Java Spring Framework Python Go DevOps CI/CD Configuration Management Distributed Systems Automation Observability ITSM Root Cause Analysis Capacity Planning Monitoring

What you'll do

Ensure the stability, health, and performance of Java and Spring Framework applications.
Design resilient infrastructure and automate alerts to improve system reliability.
Perform root cause analysis and conduct blameless post-mortems for production incidents.
Automate service lifecycles and CI/CD pipelines to reduce manual intervention.
Manage capacity planning, monitoring, and operational design during the application build phase.
Mentor and guide junior engineers while providing technical leadership in site reliability.
Implement risk management strategies and ensure compliance across all environments.
Collaborate with developers to establish and enforce production readiness standards.

What we're looking for

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related field.
Proficiency in Java, Spring Framework, Python, or Go.
Strong DevOps and configuration management skills.
Experience with distributed systems and automation.
Problem-solving, communication, and leadership abilities.
Passion for observability and continuous improvement.
Willingness to learn and collaborate across teams.