Director, Software 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 Director, Software Engineering Overview: Mastercard’s Data Analytics and AI Program is seeking a Director, Software Engineering to lead the design and delivery of full-stack applications and data platforms within a fast-paced, agile environment. This leader will partner closely with product, data, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that generate measurable customer and business impact. As part of the Services Technology organization, the Data Analytics and AI program is a strategically critical and rapidly evolving initiative, delivering a portfolio of products across Portfolio Optimization, Merchant & Customer Ad Insights, and Location Insights. This is a high-growth area where data, AI, and engineering converge to unlock next-generation capabilities for Mastercard and its customers. This is a hybrid role based in Arlington, VA or O’Fallon, MO, requiring three days per week onsite. You will lead a global organization of ~25 team members, including 4–5 direct reports, spanning the US, India, and Europe, with significant emphasis on cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and global execution. Role: • Define and drive end-to-end technology and product strategy across applications, architectures, and engineering practices. • Architect, build, and scale complex, distributed systems across multiple engineering teams. • Champion improvements in developer experience, engineering tooling, and best practices, including the adoption of AI to improve productivity and engineering effectiveness. • Partner closely with Product Management to shape and execute product and technology roadmaps. • Lead, coach, and develop engineers and engineering managers across global, cross-functional teams. • Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks in collaboration with senior technology leaders. • Drive modernization of platforms with a focus on scalability, security, reliability, and performance. • Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous technical learning. • Set high standards for engineering excellence and elevate team performance. • Navigate complex cross-team dependencies and drive alignment across stakeholders. • Promote agile ways of working and enable teams to adapt quickly to changing priorities and insights. • Engage and influence senior stakeholders on technology direction and product decisions. • Anticipate and plan for future scaling needs aligned with business growth and customer demand. All About You: • Proven experience as a Software Engineering Manager or Director in an agile, production-scale environment. • Experience leading multiple engineering teams and developing engineering leaders in a global, distributed setup. • Strong track record of defining architecture, design, and delivery of large-scale, multi-team systems. • Hands-on familiarity with full-stack, data, and cloud technologies such as Databricks, AWS, Airflow, .NET/C#, Java, Spring Boot, React, Redux, TypeScript, SQL Server, Python, Spark, Hive, Impala, NiFi, Sqoop, or similar. • Strong technical foundation with ability to quickly learn and adopt new technologies. • Relentless focus on customer value, business outcomes, and delivery excellence. • Experience improving engineering organizations, structures, and delivery processes at scale. • Ability to influence across teams, functions, and geographies to drive technical alignment. • Proven success leading distributed global t ... (truncated, view full listing at source)