Principal Software Architect, AI

Mastercard
Toronto
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Java","Spring Boot","React","TypeScript","PostgreSQL","Databricks","Snowflake","AWS","Azure","LLMs","Generative AI","Agent orchestration"]

Lead AI-enabled software architecture for large-scale, data-intensive products. Design scalable, AI-driven solutions, set best practices for responsible AI, and mentor teams across the full product development lifecycle in a fast-paced, Foundry R&D environment in Toronto.

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Principal Software Architect, AI

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Job Summary

Lead AI-enabled software architecture for large-scale, data-intensive products. Design scalable, AI-driven solutions, set best practices for responsible AI, and mentor teams across the full product development lifecycle in a fast-paced, Foundry R&D environment in Toronto.
Location: Toronto
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design highly scalable solution architectures for complex, early-stage product concepts across technology stacks, data platforms, and environments.
  • •Be a cultural influencer in the use, adoption, and innovation of AI in solution architecture and software engineering through all phases of the product development lifecycle.
  • •Provide technical leadership on projects to architect, design, implement, deploy, and release complex applications, interfaces, and integrations.
  • •Contribute to the technical strategy and lead implementation of the architecture of Data Platforms in Foundry R&D.
  • •Lead the productionalization of AI systems including observability, evaluation, and cost optimization.

Key Requirements

  • •Hands-on experience architecting and building 0->1 applications using Generative AI, LLMs, or agentic patterns.
  • •Expertise leading the architecture, design, implementation, and release of complex products and applications.
  • •Experience with one or more modern AI frameworks and SDKs for agent orchestration, AI application development, or coding-agent workflows (e.g., LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, or Codex SDK).
  • •Proficiency in cloud platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, and Azure.
  • •Proven ability to apply AI/ML, data analytics, and data product development with emphasis on data quality and privacy.
Experience:AICloudData platforms
Skills:JavaSpring BootReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLDatabricksSnowflakeAWSAzureLLMsGenerative AIAgent orchestration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JavaSpring BootReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLDatabricksSnowflakeAWSAzureLLMsGenerative AIOpenAICodex SDKLangGraph

Company Brief

Mastercard
Mastercard is a global payments and technology company that processes transactions, provides fraud prevention and data services, and builds payment infrastructure for consumers, businesses, merchants and governments across 200+ countries.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Purchase, New York, United States
Founded: 1966
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