This role pays less than
92%
of similar roles. Most pay
$151,000–$213,200
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$130k
versus about
$182k
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
116 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
across 104 roles with salary data.
The Senior Platform Engineer joins the Database Engineering team to provide technical leadership and drive platform strategy for enterprise database ecosystems. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and managing secure, scalable, and highly available database infrastructure across hybrid and cloud-native environments. The engineer will build automation capabilities for provisioning, patching, and monitoring while integrating platforms into CI/CD pipelines using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. Key responsibilities include establishing engineering standards, performing root cause analysis, and ensuring data governance. The role requires advanced expertise in Oracle Exadata, Redis, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra to support distributed systems and microservices-based architectures. By leveraging these technologies, the engineer solves complex problems related to performance optimization, reliability, and security for critical applications within the payments industry.
What does a Platform Engineer earn?
Median $150000 from 32 postings across 22 companies.
Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD
DevSecOps
SAN Storage
Git
Scripting
Cloud Infrastructure
System Administration
Networking
Systems Integration
Performance Monitoring
Automation Frameworks
IT Service Management
Disaster Recovery
Capacity Planning