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This role pays more than
89%
of similar roles. Most pay
$169,550–$220,800
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$259k
versus about
$195k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
150 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
across 142 roles with salary data.
JOB TITLE: Principal Software Engineer
As a Principal Software Engineer within the Decision Stream program, you will provide technical leadership and hands-on engineering for the next-generation Decision Management Platform. You will design, code, and prototype core platform capabilities, focusing on real-time AI inferencing and decisioning to improve product effectiveness and technical resilience. Your daily work involves building large-scale distributed systems, reusable services, and low-latency data pipelines. You will utilize AI-assisted development tools, AWS infrastructure, and cloud-native patterns to improve developer experience. Key technical domains include lakehouses, delta lakes, event streaming, and ML lifecycle engineering, including LLM integration and prompt engineering. You will also manage data contracts, rules engine modernization, and model observability to ensure trustworthy, production-ready decisioning data across complex, enterprise-wide initiatives.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Virginia?
Median $165000 from 125 postings across 23 companies.
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