Software Development Engineer II (Test Automation)

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

Software Development Engineer II (Test Automation)

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 Treasury Services Program is one of the key businesses of Mastercard. We provide vital systems and services to the Mastercard Treasury and Finance team to support global payments/customer funds movement, treasury operations, liquidity, foreign exchange, risk management, and capital management. We are directly responsible for moving billions of dollars in domestic and cross-border currencies worldwide daily between our customers. We are an agile development organization with teams distributed globally across technology hubs in the U.S., India, and Ireland.
Role:
We are seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test II to join a feature team which is building and maintaining a new modernized settlement application. This application facilitates the transfer of billions of dollars per day worldwide.
An Automation Test Engineer designs testing methodologies, tools, and standards based on industry best practices and performs comprehensive software testing.
Responsibilities
• SQL (PostgreSQL): Develop SQL scripts using PostgreSQL to gather and analyze data.
• Spearhead complex testing initiatives; oversee the entire test cycle, including the planning, execution, and validation of manual and automated tests.
• Translate complex system specs into detailed test requirements and methods.
• API Testing: Design, develop, and execute API automation test scripts using Java.
• Automation: Create and run automated test suites and manage them through Jenkins pipelines. Analyze and optimize the automation framework and tests.
• Routine Testing: Conduct regular smoke testing and comprehensive regression testing.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and the adoption of best practices within the team.
About You:
• Proven experience in test planning, execution, and validation, with a focus on automation testing (required).
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies especially for testing of APIs and web applications (required).
• Proficiency in Java for creating automation tests (required).
• Proficiency in SQL (required).
• Proven experience analyzing application logs and using debugging techniques to assist engineers in resolving issues (required).
• Experience with streaming and event-based technologies such as NATS and Kafka (preferred).
• Experience with any of the following: Jenkins, Splunk, Dynatrace, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Docker, Chef Infra, Chef Habitat (preferred).
• Experience with shell scripting (ksh, bash) and familiarity with Unix/Linux (preferred).

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $92,000 - $147,000 USD