Automation Engineer

Automation Engineer

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ 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.

The Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automation solutions that drive operational excellence, reduce manual effort, and improve service reliability across MC&O. This role leverages software engineering, automation technologies, data analysis, and modern infrastructure practices to automate operational workflows, monitoring, reporting, and system integrations. The engineer will collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Support teams to identify automation opportunities, streamline processes, and build scalable solutions that enhance performance, resilience, security, and efficiency.

Success in this role is measured through measurable improvements in operational effectiveness, automation adoption, quality, reliability, and reduction of manual intervention.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions that eliminate manual effort and improve operational efficiency.
• Develop scripts, queries, integrations, and lightweight applications using technologies such as Python, SQL, and other automation platforms.
• Automate operational workflows, monitoring processes, reporting functions, and system integrations through APIs and internal tools.
• Analyze operational data and create automated reporting and insights that support business decision-making.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation practices to improve consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Support cloud-based and distributed technology environments through automation and operational tooling.
• Contribute to CI/CD automation and deployment processes that improve speed, quality, and reliability.
• Apply software engineering best practices including testing, documentation, version control, and operational support.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify operational pain points and transform repetitive activities into scalable solutions.
• Measure and report automation outcomes, focusing on efficiency gains, service reliability improvements, and operational quality.

Ideal Candidate:

• Has experience developing automation solutions using one or more scripting or programming languages.
• Possesses strong SQL and data analysis skills for reporting, workflow optimization, and operational insights.
• Understands cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and modern Dev Ops practices.
• Has experience integrating systems using APIs and automation platforms.
• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Produces maintainable, well-documented, production-quality solutions.
• Embraces an automation-first mindset and continuously seeks opportunities to improve efficiency and reliability.

Corporate Security Responsibility:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

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. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay Ranges:

O'Fallon, Missouri: $96,000 - $163,000 USD