Lead AI / DevOps Engineer

Overview

The LLM as a Service team is looking for a Lead AI / DevOps Engineer to drive our customer experience strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about the customer experience journey, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.

The Role

• Lead DevOps initiatives in on-prem environments.
• Design, deploy, and manage scalable AI infrastructure using Kubernetes for reliable orchestration of large language models and related services.
• Develop proof-of-concept solutions for advanced AI use cases, including model context protocols (MCPs), LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic workflows.
• Partner with security and governance teams to ensure AI solutions comply with enterprise policies, regulatory standards, and privacy best practices.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams to optimize cloud resources for scalable, efficient, and cost-effective AI workloads.
• Work directly with customer teams to gather requirements, deliver innovative solutions, and provide ongoing technical support throughout the AI product lifecycle.

All About You

#AI1 Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must :

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include : insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more.

Pay Ranges

New York City, New York : $166,000 - $265,000 USD

Arlington, Virginia : $159,000 - $254,000 USD

Boston, Massachusetts : $159,000 - $254,000 USD

O'Fallon, Missouri : $138,000 - $221,000 USD

Remote - California : $138,000 - $221,000 USD

Remote - New York : $138,000 - $221,000 USD

San Francisco, California : $166,000 - $265,000 USD

Job Posting Window

Applications for this job posting will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

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