Lead Data Engineer
MasterCard
O Fallon, MO · $140k–$231k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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This listing pays about $185,500 a year. Across 34 open lead data engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $143,000 to $166,000 and the median is $155,000. That is 20% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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About the job
...Lead Data EngineerMastercard's Enterprise Credit Risk (ECR) team is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design and scale the next generation of data platforms that power credit decisioning, portfolio risk management, regulatory reporting, analytics, and AI-driven insights...