Senior Software Engineer

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're 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.

Title and Summary

Senior Software EngineerMarketing Technology Solutions (MarTS) is building cutting-edge, intuitive, intent-driven marketing products to empower our customers, generate high-value leads and fuel the Mastercard brand. We are a part of the Corporate Technology Solutions Group Mastercard Technology business unit that powers the customer technology backbone of Mastercard. MarTS operates at the center of marketing, business, product, and technology, and brings to life marketing strategies and helps to pave the way for new ones that power our growth. This Senior Software engineer would 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.

Role:

•  Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex engineering projects.

•  Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and cross-functional teams.

•  Ensure engineering best practices, code quality, and performance standards are upheld.

•  Conduct code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical deep-dives.

•  Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement.

•  Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability

•  Experiment with new tools to streamline the development, testing, deployment, and operation of application.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify high-priority challenges and develop innovative solutions.

• Establish and enforce best practices for engineering, including coding standards, code reviews, and documentation.

• Ensure security and privacy compliance by implementing appropriate protection measures for sensitive data.

All About You:
·       Education: Bachelor's or Master's 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.
·       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.

Corporate Security Responsibility

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 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.

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