Director, Software Engineering

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

Director, Software Engineering

Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution.

Would you like to be develop industry leading solutions for preventing cybercrimes in payments?
Are you motivated by using state of the art technologies to speed business solutions to market?
Do you want to create innovative solutions to challenging business problems?

The Cyber Security Services team develops new capabilities for Mastercard's cyber intelligence and security applications, which offers globally scalable products to detect and report on weaknesses in payments systems and transactions, to prevent fraud for Issuers, Acquirers and Merchants. We're looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking technical leader to join our team! In this role, you'll be responsible for delivering cutting-edge applications and enhancements


Role:

• Lead the development of innovative applications and solutions, ensuring they meet business requirements while adhering to industry best practices, standards, and processes.
• Take ownership of new and enhanced technical solutions, managing engineering teams to deliver quality results on both build and run initiatives.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of applications, ensuring they provide an excellent user experience at all times.
• Mentor and support technical team members, helping them grow their skills and advance in their careers, while also contributing to the recruitment process to bring in fresh talent.
• Lead and coach a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation.
• Provide strategic leadership for specific applications, systems, and software development methodologies, guiding the team to success.

All About You

Essential
• Extensive hands-on experience in the full software development lifecycle, with a solid technical background in software engineering.
• Deep understanding of agile development processes and methodologies like Test-Driven Development (TDD) to build high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Ability to read and interpret complex technical diagrams, user journeys, and data flows, with a strong understanding of how technical solutions map to business requirements.
• Strong collaboration skills, working closely with technical architects to shape solutions and bridge the gap between technical designs and business goals.
• Proven leadership experience, including leading design efforts, mentoring developers, and providing clear technical guidance.
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal—to effectively convey technical concepts and updates to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have:
• Development expertise in:
o Java
o Webservices
o Microservices (especially in transitioning from monolith to microservices architectures)
o Cloud-based architectures (PCF, AWS, Azure)
o Data cloud technologies and data lakes

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Mastercard is an inclusive equal 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. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@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 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.