Lead Software Engineer

Our PurposeWe work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.Job TitleLead Software EngineerWho is Mastercard?Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.OverviewLooking for a Lead Software Engineer to support the Technology Governance function within our Architecture and Technology team. Technology Governance team is responsible optimizing the management of portfolio of technology products used by Mastercard to build and operate our customer facing products our internal systems and tools, and the technologies used by employees around the globe to do their work. Our team is also responsible for validating the Technologies that are in use are compliant with MasterCard Standards & Principles as well as identifying, minimizing & avoiding Technology Redundancy and sprawl.ResponsibilitiesAs a Lead Software Engineer, you would Help shape technical designs and future direction for designated technologies and business domains with an emphasis on application architecture, cloud native patterns, localization, distributed systems, and infrastructure. Manage logistics for policy exceptions and issues for the technology portfolio across core Mastercard and M&A Integrations. Champion the usage of the approved technologies at Mastercard. Create technical documentation, reports, white papers, etc. for a diverse audience including peers and executive management. Own, enhance, and deeply understand policy documents and standards covering Service Quality Lifecycle Standards, Software Development Lifecycle, and Engineering Principles. Drive the identification and mitigation of key risks on various technology requests and recommend solutions that are aligned with Mastercard strategy. Manage relationships with stakeholders across various functions.About you: Technical leadership experience in architecture, infrastructure, development, testing, and operations with knowledge across multiple technology stacks. Experience in cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, serverless, etc.), microservice design, CI/CD, and DevOps. Expertise with how high-performance, high-reliability, large-scale distributed systems are built and operated. Experience with multiple database (relational, NoSQL) and cache technologies. Strong collaborative and organizational skills valuing transparency over avoiding scrutiny. Strong leadership, relationship-building, and negotiation skills. Strong analytical and excellent problem-solving skills. Ability to operate with independence and autonomy.COVID-19 ConsiderationsWe value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together. In many locations, which may change over time, we’ve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by video or phone. In addition, in some locations, only individuals who have been fully vaccinated will be permitted inside Mastercard offices until further notice.In the US, Mastercard is a government contractor, which may legally require most Mastercard employees to be vaccinated unless a verified approved medical or religious exemption is granted. Further, we are currently making every effort towards having employees return to work in the office 2 days per week, if that makes sense for their team. Everyone must be vaccinated to enter Mastercard offices at this time. Therefore, we expect all candidates to be vaccinated or to be approved for a medical or religious accommodation prior to commencing work at Mastercard.In the US, Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact reasonableaccommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.Corporate Security ResponsibilityAll activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must: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.

Requisition ID: R-163345