Software Engineer I

Job Title:

Software Engineer I

Overview:

Who 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.

Overview

• The Mastercard Digital Network Services team is involved in developing cutting-edge solutions to deliver the Next Generation of Core Payment Products for Mastercard. These cutting-edge solutions are built on the Digital Network Architecture, Cloud Native principles and in a Scaled Agile Framework.

• Represent Mastercard operations & technology interests within region.

• Viewed as the subject matter expert in your field of expertise.

• Ability to work in a "start-up" environment.

• Closely liaison with key stakeholders and potential 3rd party resources.

• Have you ever brought a product to market in an emerging market?

• Have you worked in a "start-up" environment from design-build-operate?

• What experiences do you have working in a highly regulated environment?

The Role

• Play a crucial part in helping drive Quality to help build and ship better products.

• Coordinate and participate in requirements review/story elaborations and testing activities to deliver high quality products and incremental value with every iteration.

• Assist the project team in identifying and monitoring project testing risks and issues.

• Review project test and implementation schedules. Document test plans and acceptance criteria using ALM or other solution life cycle management tools.

• Develop test plans/cases and perform testing to ensure software meets business and security requirements and established practices.

• Own responsibility for end-to-end product quality including defect management and oversight, status reporting and metrics creation, and escalation for issues discovered during the testing phase.

• Develop business and product knowledge over time and share such knowledge to mentor newer team members. This is not a management position; however, this position is expected to provide strong leadership to junior members of the staff.

All About You

• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases for web applications, APIs (REST/SOAP), and databases.

• Validate application codebases for new features and regression testing using automation frameworks.

• Perform performance testing and ensure scalability and reliability of cloud-based applications.

• Write and optimize complex SQL queries to validate large and complex datasets.

• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Git/Bitbucket, Jenkins, and Maven.

• Participate in Agile/SAFe ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

• Communicate effectively with technical teams and stakeholders to report bugs, suggest improvements, and ensure alignment on quality goals.

• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with great attention to detail, critical thinking, solid communication and proven leadership skills. (Must)

• Ability to be flexible, accountable, reliable, and industrious. (Must)

• Ability to manage multiple priority efforts in parallel and ensure Quality Assurance standards are followed. (Must)

• High-energy, detail-oriented and proactive with the ability to function under pressure in an independent environment. (Must)

• Application Automation experience using Java (Must)

• Previous experience in software development desired to create good acceptance and integration test criteria. (Preferred)To find US Salary Ranges, visit People Place. Under the Compensation tab, select "Salary Structures." Within the text of "Salary Structures," click on the link "salary structures 2025," through which you will be able to access the salary ranges for each Mastercard job family. For more information regarding US benefits, visit People Place and review the Benefits tab and the Time Off & Leave tab.

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