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 Software Engineer 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. 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. The Role: Cloud Infrastructure Engineers at Mastercard design, build, and operate the foundational platforms that enable our product and service teams to deliver securely, reliably, and at scale. This role focuses on Azure-based infrastructure, cloud-native services, and automation that power transaction processing, analytics, developer productivity, and self-service delivery across the enterprise. As a Software Engineer II, you will work as part of a small, highly collaborative team to build reusable infrastructure components, enable self-service provisioning, and improve the reliability, security, and operability of cloud environments. You will contribute hands-on across the full lifecycle, from design and implementation to deployment and operational support, while continuously improving platform capabilities and developer experience. As a Software Engineer II, you are expected to perform the following general responsibilities: • Own infrastructure components and services through design, build, test, deployment, and operational support • Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code and automation-first practices • Support and improve CI/CD pipelines and self-service provisioning capabilities for service teams • Troubleshoot, remediate, and improve reliability of cloud platforms and environments • Contribute to technical decisions within the team and provide input on design tradeoffs • Assist and mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing All About You: • Hands-on experience building and operating Azure-based cloud infrastructure, including core services such as compute, networking, storage, identity, and security • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management (e.g., ARM, Bicep, Terraform, or equivalent), with an emphasis on reusable modules and standard patterns • Understanding of cloud networking and security fundamentals, including VNETs, routing, private connectivity, identity and access management, and secure service-to-service communication • Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and distributed systems, including high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery concepts • Experience supporting the full lifecycle of infrastructure features, including writing design documentation, evaluating implementation approaches, breaking work into deliverable stories, and planning safe rollouts with rollback strategies • Treats operability as a first-class concern, incorporating logging, monitoring, alerting, and cost awareness into infrastructure designs • Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling and enterprise SDLC practices, including version control, code reviews, automated testing, and change management • Strong trouble ... (truncated, view full listing at source)