Proposal Manager in Pune

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200&#43; countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Manager, Software Engineering Overview We are seeking a hands-on Manager, Software Engineering to lead the development of scalable data platforms, backend systems, and data pipelines supporting Mastercard's Portfolio Intelligence products. This role will initially focus on leading a team of Data Engineering contractors while providing strong technical leadership across architecture, delivery, and engineering excellence. The ideal candidate is a recent practitioner who has built and operated modern data platforms and backend services, can confidently review architecture proposals and code, and leverages AI-powered engineering tools to improve productivity, quality, and delivery speed. As the team evolves, this leader will play a key role in building and developing a high-performing organization of full-time engineers. What You'll Do Technical Leadership Provide technical leadership for backend services, data pipelines, and platform capabilities that support analytics, reporting, and AI-driven products. Review architecture and design documents to ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with long-term platform strategy. Conduct and oversee code reviews, promoting engineering best practices, reliability, security, and operational excellence. <br