Lead Software Engineer (Azure Platform 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 Lead Software Engineer (Azure Platform Engineering) ABOUT 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. At Mastercard, our industry expertise is enhanced by our commitment to being a force for good in the world. We do well by doing good. Our core values of trust, partnership, agility, and thoughtful risk taking are displayed in everything we do. Our culture of collaboration and inclusion makes our company the place where the best people choose to be. OVERVIEW On the Cloud Platform team, you will be working with Mastercard’s Azure Platform Engineering team. The team is responsible for developing the best of breed Azure Platform capabilities to application development teams such that automated cloud infrastructure can be provided to software engineering and operation teams. The Role • Implement solutions to manage Mastercard’s Azure infrastructure via code. • Engage and improve the lifecycle of the Azure platform and services -- from development to deployment, operation, and refinement. • Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity. • Design and Develop scalable platform solutions • Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortem. All About You • Experience in the fields of Computer Science or Software Engineering. • Experience in Azure infrastructure provisioning through automation tools Terraform. • Experience programming in at least one of the following languages: Python, Java, Go, Bash, etc. • Experience using DevOps tools such as ADO, Jenkins, BitBucket, Artifactory, SonarQube, etc. • Having an understanding of best practices for Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting solutions. • Experience with software deployment and configuration automation • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field involving programming • Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale systems. • Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks. • Systematic problem-solving approach, with effective communication skills and a sense of drive. • Understanding of Windows/Linux operating systems. • Implement solutions to manage Mastercard’s Azure infrastructure via code. • Engage and improve the lifecycle of the Azure platform and services - from development to deployment, operation, and refinement. • Design, develop, and implement software systems and applications on Azure platform. • Establish and ensure adherence to Azure cloud best practices and standards. • Troubleshoot issues and provide solutions to complex problems. • Stay updated with the latest Azure updates, features, and capabilities. • Contribute to design, architecture, process, and development discussions. • Assist in the deployment, scaling, and performance tuning of applications on Azure. 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 ... (truncated, view full listing at source)