Lead Software Engineer

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200 countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, were 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.

Lead Software Engineer

Position: Lead Software Engineer Java Fullstack
Location: Pune / Vadodara
Business Unit: Marketing Technology Solution

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Engineer to oversee technical projects, guide engineering teams, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality solutions. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership and communication skills to drive innovation and excellence across all engineering efforts.

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex engineering projects.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to define project requirements and deliverables.
• Ensure engineering best practices, code quality, and performance standards are upheld.
• Conduct code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical deep-dives.
• Manage project timelines, risks, and resources to ensure timely delivery.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability.

All About You

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Leadership: Extensive experience in software engineering with a proven record of leading technical teams and delivering scalable, enterprise-grade solutions.
• Programming Expertise: Ability to write secure, high-performance code in two or more languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript).
• Backend Development: Deep hands-on experience building multi-threaded, event-driven, and scalable applications using Java 17 , Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Batch, Hibernate/JPA/MyBatis, Maven/Gradle, PL/SQL, Unix/Shell scripts.
• Data & Caching: Strong proficiency in PostgreSQL (schema design, query optimization, stored procedures) and Redis/ElasticCache for distributed caching and state management.
• SalesForce Marketing Cloud knowledge an additional plus.
• File/Object Storage: Practical experience with file and object storage systems (e.g., AWS S3, ECS) for data ingestion and retrieval.
• Microservices & Communication: Proven expertise in RESTful API design, asynchronous communication (Kafka/Axon), and resilient inter-service communication patterns (retry, circuit breaker, saga, pub/sub).
• Frontend Development: Experience building responsive UIs with (preferred) with focus on accessibility and cross-browser compatibility.
• Load Balancing & Scalability: Working knowledge of application load balancing (F5, Nginx, ALB, API Gateway), service discovery, and designing for multi-AZ/high availability deployments.
• Web Gateways & SSO: Familiarity with API Gateways, Heracles, FSSO, and Web SSO integrations, ensuring secure authentication and authorization flows.
• Testing & Automation: Hands-on experience with JUnit, TestNG, RestAssured, Selenium, Postman, and mocking frameworks (Mockito, EasyMock).
• Build & Version Control: Skilled with Maven/Gradle/Ant, Git (GitHub/Bitbucket), and artifact repositories (Artifactory, Nexus).
• CI/CD & DevOps: Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, CodePipeline), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS), and deployment automation on PCF and AWS.
• Observability & Ops: Experience with Splunk, Dynatrace, Swagger, Grafana for monitoring, logging, and API documentation.
• Agile Ways of Working: Experienced in Agile/SAFe delivery, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and working closely with cross-functional teams.
• Security & Compliance: Knowledge of OWASP, secure coding practices, encryption standards, and compliance frameworks. Skilled in configuring SonarQube, Checkmarx, Veracode for code quality and security assurance.
• Problem Solving & Innovation: Ability to analyze complex design challenges, propose innovative solutions, and make independent, data-driven decisions in dynamic environments.

• Expertise in designing and scaling distributed systems with caching, queuing, and load balancing.
• Prior experience with financial services or other high-compliance environments.
• Familiarity with API versioning, throttling, and rate limiting strategies.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced, global enterprise settings.
• SalesForce Marketing Cloud knowledge an additional plus.

All 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 Mastercards 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 Mastercards guidelines.

Location
Pune, India, 411006