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Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (AI)

Mastercard

Full time
Location
Pune
Work mode
Not stated
Salary
₹14L – ₹25L a year estimatetypical for IT Jobs in Pune, 56 posts
Posted 28 days ago Last checked 3 days ago

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Role at a glance

You will
  • Collaborate with issuer and acquirer clients to understand their operational workflows and surface pain points
  • Design and build rapid proof-of-concept prototypes to test specific business hypotheses
  • Translate ambiguous client requirements into concrete, testable problem statements
Education
Bachelor's degree
Must-have skills
PythonSQL

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Job description

Location: Pune, India
Department: Engineering

Mastercard's Business & Market Insights (B&MI) group is seeking a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (AI) for the Operational Intelligence Program. This role involves embedding with clients to understand their operational workflows, identifying pain points, and determining where AI-driven automation or intelligence creates measurable business value.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with issuer and acquirer clients to understand their operational workflows and surface pain points
  • Design and build rapid proof-of-concept prototypes to test specific business hypotheses
  • Translate ambiguous client requirements into concrete, testable problem statements
  • Run structured validation sessions with customers using working prototypes and gather feedback
  • Synthesize field observations into product briefs with scoped requirements and edge cases
  • Partner with product managers to ensure PoC findings inform roadmap decisions
  • Maintain a working knowledge of the AI capability landscape
  • Identify patterns across client engagements that suggest platform-level investment
  • Represent technical feasibility in pre-sales and discovery conversations
  • Mentor engineers and analysts on customer discovery craft

Requirements:

  • Master's or bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • Significant experience delivering AI or data solutions to enterprise clients
  • Proven track record building working AI prototypes that directly influenced product or investment decisions
  • Strong engineering foundation with fluency in Python and comfort with SQL
  • Hands-on experience with LLM APIs and agentic patterns
  • Exceptional customer-facing communication and strong product instinct
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and experience working in regulated industries

Key skills

Required

PythonSQL

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Job market insights

352active Python jobs in Pune
284active SQL jobs in Pune
₹14L – ₹25L advertised yearly salary for IT Jobs in Pune (middle half of 56 posts that show a salary; median ₹19L)
66 more open jobs at Mastercard

Most IT Jobs posts in Pune ask for 3–6 years of experience (44% of 810 that say).

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What is the salary for this Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (AI) job?

The post does not state the pay. As an estimate, comparable posts on CoreHRx advertise ₹14L – ₹25L a year (typical for IT Jobs in Pune, 56 posts).

Where is this job based?

In Pune.

What kind of job is this?

It is a full time job.

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