Rakesh Awasthi

Principal Software Engineer | Enterprise Data Architect | Distributed Systems Expert | Patent Holder (Data Integrity)

Role: Principal Software Engineer at Mastercard
Location: O\'Fallon, MO, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Rakesh Awasthi

Principal Software Engineer with nearly 23 years of experience, including a 17-year tenure designing critical financial infrastructure for Mastercard. Recognized as a technical anchor for the \"Data & Analytics\" division, architecting systems that process over a billion daily transactions.Core Focus:Enterprise Architecture: Designed the \"Golden Source\" MDM framework serving as the Single Source of Truth for global analytics.Regulatory Engineering: Lead Architect for the critical RBI Data Localization strategy, designing the framework that ensured long-term regulatory compliance and business continuity for the India market.Innovation: Inventor of U.S. Patent #10,942,765 (Data Auditing), cited by Bank of America, Fuji Xerox and China Unicom among others as foundational prior art.

Experience

Principal Software Engineer
Mastercard
Jan 2022 — Present · O\'Fallon, MO, US
Spearheading the engineering architecture for Mastercard’s Enterprise Master Data Management (MDM) strategy. Designed the \'Golden Source\' framework that consolidates merchant data for the Data & Services division.

Education

Banaras Hindu University
Master’s Degree, MCA, Computer
2000 — 2003
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Statistics
1996 — 2000

Skills

Syncsort
Data Warehousing
Sql Tuning
Oracle
Requirements Analysis
Etl
Hive
Oozie
Hadoop
Netezza
Pl/Sql
Sdlc
Apache Pig
Sqoop

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Current company

Mastercard

Information Technology & Services · 36K employees · Founded 1966

Mastercard Inc. is a prominent American multinational technology company that specializes in global payment card services. Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Purchase, New York, Mastercard connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, and businesses across over 210 countries and territories. The company operates a capital-light model focused on processing electronic payments, rather than issuing cards or providing consumer loans directly. Mastercard offers a wide range of payment solutions, including core payment processing through the Mastercard Network, which handles transactions for credit, debit, and prepaid cards. The company also provides digital and real-time payment services, security and fraud prevention solutions, and data analytics and advisory services. With a diverse customer base that includes banks, merchants, consumers, and government entities, Mastercard facilitates secure and accessible financial transactions worldwide, serving more than 37 million businesses globally.

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About Rakesh Awasthi

Experience

Principal Software Engineer

Education

Banaras Hindu University

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

Skills

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