Staff 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

Staff Software Engineer

Are you ready to revolutionize the world of small and medium enterprises (SMEs)? Mastercard is on the hunt for elite engineers to join our SME Unified Business Experience team. We're crafting groundbreaking global products that deliver unparalleled features and platforms to SMEs across the globe.

As a Staff Software Engineer (Lead), you'll be the driving force behind the design, development, and delivery of robust, scalable, and high-performing software solutions. Your visionary leadership will shape our technical strategies, inspire our elite engineering team, and ensure the triumphant execution of pioneering projects. You will be an expert in both front-end and back-end technology stacks, working closely with enterprise architects and product management to define features and user stories.

Responsibilities:
• Technical Expertise: Mastery in front-end and back-end technologies.
• Collaboration: Work closely with enterprise architects and product management to define features and user stories.
• Development & Maintenance: Contribute to day-to-day system development and maintenance activities to meet service level agreements (SLAs).
• Innovation: Create solutions with high levels of innovation, cost-effectiveness, quality, and faster time to market.
• Training: Provide technical training to other team members.
• Process Improvement: Actively seek opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.
• Production Support: Support services in production.
• Communication: Ensure iterative delivery dates across a continuous development lifecycle are met, while identifying emerging issues.

Qualifications:
• Technical Skills: Expertise in using front-end and back-end technologies such as React, Node, Ext, Java, Kotlin.
• Backend Proficiency: Strong knowledge of Java, REST API, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Jenkins, Spring, Oracle, GIT, Microservices, Messaging Framework.
• Architecture: Experience with Microservices, MicroFrontends and Cloud Native Architecture.
• Leadership: Proven experience leading and mentoring other engineers in a technical capacity.
• Security: Familiarity with secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP, CWE, SEI CERT).
• Project Management: Track record of delivering major pieces of functionality on time and on budget.
• Problem Solving: Ability to solve scale, resilience, security, and robustness problems.
• Database Management: Experience with databases like Oracle/Postgres and NoSQL MongoDB.
• SDLC Practices: Knowledge of different SDLC practices (Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and their appropriate use cases.
• Engineering Principles: Proficiency in basic engineering principles for building and running mission-critical software capabilities (security, customer experience, testing, operability, simplification, service-oriented architecture).
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong relationship-building, collaborative, and organizational skills.
• Bachelor or Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Mastercard is a merit-based, 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. 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.