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Title and Summary

Senior Software Engineer

Overview:
Mastercard’s Commercial Transaction Management and Controls team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work with a cross-functional development team to enhance and modernize our Commercial Buyer Services Experience services.
Focused on secure, highly available and innovative solutions, this dynamic team is responsible for end-to-end solutions for a diverse global customer base.

Role:
• Collaborate with engineers to develop and maintain high-volume, high-performance Java applications.
• Work with technical leads and product managers to define features and write user stories that align with project requirements.
• Lead day-to-day system development and maintenance efforts, ensuring alignment with SLAs.
• Seek opportunities to enhance standards and streamline processes, improving team efficiency.
• Actively contribute to agile discussions and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in both the development and production environments.
• Contribute to the entire software development lifecycle, including planning, coding, testing, deploying, and supporting applications.
• Apply best practices in software engineering, ensuring clean, efficient, and maintainable code using object-oriented programming (OOP) principles and modern frameworks.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge-sharing, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

All About You:
• Proven full-stack development experience with expertise in back-end development.
• Proven expertise in Java development using frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate.
• Strong background in RESTful APIs and JSON/SOAP-based APIs with Java.
• Hands-on experience with web technologies such as JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, CSS, HTML, and cross-browser compatibility.
• Experience working in cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, Cloud Foundry).
• Familiarity with Agile development practices.
• Excellent knowledge of software engineering concepts and methodologies.
• Experience building global-scale, high-quality solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive problem-solver with a focus on identifying solutions and driving them to implementation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent practical experience will be considered.


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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 based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Arlington, Virginia: $132,000 - $212,000 USD