Senior AI Engineer, Big Data & AI Solutions

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Work type
On-site
Location
O'Fallon, MO
Salary
$115,000–$184,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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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.

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TL;DR · Senior AI Engineer, Big Data & AI Solutions

The Senior AI Engineer, Big Data & AI Solutions joins the Security Solutions Data Science team to develop AI and machine learning capabilities for the Safety Net product. This role focuses on protecting the global payments ecosystem from fraud and cyber threats by analyzing billions of transactions. You will build and enhance large-scale data and feature pipelines, transforming high-volume data into reliable inputs for machine learning models. Key responsibilities include supporting model development, deployment, and production performance while strengthening monitoring, observability, and drift detection. You will utilize Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, SQL, Databricks, Airflow, and Hadoop within CI/CD-driven environments. The role also involves applying MLOps practices and developing solutions using Generative AI, RAG, LLMs, or agentic AI to improve engineering workflows and operational efficiency.

What does a AI Engineer earn?

Median $211200 from 139 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and enhance large-scale data and feature pipelines using Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, and SQL.
  • Transform high-volume data into reliable features and inputs to support machine learning models.
  • Support model development, evaluation, deployment, and production performance in partnership with data scientists.
  • Strengthen model monitoring, observability, and drift detection to identify performance changes.
  • Support the ongoing optimization and retraining of production models and their supporting pipelines.
  • Apply CI/CD, automated testing, version control, and MLOps practices to improve system reliability and scalability.
  • Develop AI-powered solutions, including Generative AI and agentic approaches, to improve engineering workflows.

What we're looking for

  • Master’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, in a related field.
  • Hands-on professional experience with Apache Spark/PySpark in large-scale or distributed data-processing environments.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD practices, including automated integration, testing, or deployment workflows.
  • Proficiency with Python and SQL and experience building ETL, data, or feature engineering pipelines.
  • Experience working with large-scale data and technologies such as Databricks, Airflow, Hadoop, Linux/Unix, or comparable platforms.
  • Understanding of the production machine learning lifecycle, including model development, deployment, monitoring, evaluation, and optimization.
  • Experience supporting production AI/ML systems, including model monitoring, observability, or drift detection (preferred).
  • Experience in fraud, cybersecurity, payments, risk management, or with Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, or agentic AI (preferred).

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