Lead 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 Lead Software Engineer Job Description Summary Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Overview: The Transfer Solutions team was created to establish Mastercard as the frontrunner in the fast-evolving real-time payments space, and to position Mastercard to be able to incubate the development of new payment flows. The team is responsible for designing, building, and operating the technology that powers Mastercard’s next generation payment applications – Domestic, Cross Border and Bill Payments. Mastercard seeks to define a world beyond cash. To accelerate this mission, we are committed to building & scaling products & applications that transform payments of any type. Real time payment technology is central to this strategy. The Role: What’s it all about and what we expect you to do day to day? · Own software delivery tasks (code development, test, deployment, release, configuration and documentation) at an application/software component level · Able to troubleshoot and refactor existing code for exceptional code quality. · Adopt new languages and architecture patterns needed for the work. · Participate and contribute to team’s agile process and decisions. Understand and contribute to Prioritization. · Pull from backlog and deliver work after seeking guidance from experienced team members and in partnership with full scrum team. · Automate build, operate, and run aspects of software · Drive code/design/process trade-off discussions within their team when required · Drive integration of services focusing on customer journey and experience · Perform demos/acceptance discussions in interacting with Product owners · Understands operational and engineering experience, actively works to improve experience and metrics in ownership area · Develop complete understanding of end-to-end technical architecture and dependency systems. · Drive adoption of technology standards and opinionated frameworks, and review coding, test, and automation work of team members · Mentor and guide new and less-experienced team members · Identify opportunities to improve an overall process and trim waste · Share and seek knowledge within their Guild/Program to drive reuse of patterns/libraries/practices and enhance productivity All About You and What you need to bring: · Has ability to write secure code in three or more languages (e.g., Java, .NET, JavaScript, SQL) · Familiar with secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP, CWE, SEI CERT) and vulnerability management · Infrastructure as code and cloud first software development knowledge experience preferred. · Understands and implements standard branching (e.g., Gitflow) and peer review practices. Move the team towards trunk based development · Apply tools (e.g., Sonar, Zally, Checkmarx ) and techniques to scan and measure code quality an ... (truncated, view full listing at source)