Principal Software Engineering (R&D)

Our Purpose

We 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 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.

Title and Summary

Principal Software Engineering (R&D)

Overview
Who is Mastercard?
We are the global technology company behind the world’s fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless®. We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities.


Role
Principal Software Engineer, R&D
Mastercard Labs is Mastercard’s global Research and Development division, focused on the evolution of technological and consumer trends and the implication of these evolutions on the payments industry. Our tried, tested and proven methodologies enable us to generate new ideas from a variety of sources, and fast-track the best ideas from concept through prototype, pilot and into commercialization faster than ever before.
• Mastercard Labs India is focused on leveraging innovative technology to drive wide scale growth of payment technology in India.

• The Mastercard Labs India will leverage proven Mastercard Labs innovation methodologies to ideate and accelerate meaningful innovation and bring to market breakthrough payment solutions that scale quickly and prove sustainable for the business in terms of technology architecture/execution and business model.
Role
• In this role, you will be a key member of a highly agile commercialization team of engineers within the global network of Mastercard Labs, working to accelerate innovative payment solution for India
• This is an opportunity to become part of a world class engineering team, focused on creating cutting edge technology and empowering technology leadership position for India.
• The job offers opportunities to commercialize innovative payment/commerce solutions, experiment with cutting edge technologies and develop prototype/pilot projects
• Design, build and launch robust, flexible, scalable solutions focused on driving wide scale growth of payments and commerce technology in India.
• Coordinate the successful hand-over documentation and processes post project completion
• Share knowledge of various technologies to other team members; Mentor junior developers
• Ensure all services can be readily published as APIs on the Mastercard Developers platform
• Keep up to date on technology trends and assess relevance in the payments space
• Be a champion for technological innovation inside Mastercard

About You
• Love coding?
• Enjoy a fast paced, start-up culture?
• Have a track record of building robust, flexible, scalable backend systems with intuitive user experience?
• Are you a talented software developer with a passion for technology development and innovation?
• Do you have a strong track record in rapid commercialization and delivering new and exciting projects, and learning new technologies (e.g. digital payment wallets, big data, and internet of things)?
• Do you have a passion for product design and technology innovation and have a high energy, can-do attitude and strong sense of ownership /desire to succeed?


• Expert software development skills
• Entrepreneurial, experience in a start-up and corporate environment
• Ability to quickly learn and implement new technologies, frameworks and tools and support multiple concurrent activities and to interface with external / internal resources, working as a member of a geographically distributed project team.
• High-energy, detail-oriented, proactive and able to function under pressure in an independent environment along with a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.
• Strong communication skills -- both verbal and written – and strong relationship, collaboration skills and organizational skills
• Expert in iOS/Android Mobile development.



• Hybrid mobile apps (Ionic) and/or Full stack development experience will be a big plus
• Knowledge of payment protocol, NFC/EMV Technology will be an advantage
• Experience in implementing APIs and SDKs
• Experience in building technology solutions for both developed and emerging markets

Key Technology Areas
• Mobile Development (Android/ iOS)
• RxJava / RxAndroid
• Swift/ObjC/Xcode
• Kotlin
• J2ME

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.