Principal 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 Principal Software Engineer Overview We are a St louis based development team building high value, cloud native applications. We are looking for brilliant and passionate software engineers to join our team. In this role you will play a leading role in building out a world class engineering team and design and implement world class innovative, high volume web applications. Role • Design, code, document and test components / subsystems to a world class standard in an agile way • Be solution oriented – find and implement the ‘best fit’ solution to address the requirements on time • Work independently with teamwork spirit • Drive technology innovation within Commercial and across the company • Lead architectural design of various initiatives • Ensure adherence to established software development process • Share knowledge of various technologies to other team members • Mentor junior developers to technical leads. About You: • Do you love to code? • 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? • Are you a talented software developer with a passion for delivering high quality, high performing and highly extensible software? • Do you have a strong background in developing and delivering high volume web services? Multiple examples of solutions deployed where you were a key architect and coder. • Current background in modern Architecture is a must. Background in Dev/Ops a distinct advantage. • Background in automation a distinct advantage. • You strive to create highly intuitive and responsive products. • You are comfortable with security concerns, authentication, authorization, and fixing vulnerabilities. Key Technology Areas: • Backend (Java/2JEE, Spring Boot, Python, API design, microservice architecture) • Frontend (CSS, HTML5, JavaScript, AngularJS) • Mobile (iOS, Android) • Database (Postgres, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB) 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 and may be el ... (truncated, view full listing at source)