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

Senior Software Engineer (Java, Spring boot, microservices, Cloud, Kafka, RDBMS)

Overview

\tMDES Special Interests Group is MDES Research and Development Team within MasterCard with mission to innovate and enhance MDES platform in terms of Architecture, Operational efficiency and Robustness This includes driving the research and development around platform needs and challenges, developing proof of concepts and building consensus around it. The team leads the exploration in software architecture & technology innovations along with enabling excellence in overall team.
\tSr. Software Engineer is a senior role in SIG group and spearheads the technology initiatives. He or She participates in the Software Development Life Cycle through Coaching, R&D, Proof of Concepts, Prototyping, Code review etc. Also, He or She influences the development practices so that they are following best practices, policies and procedures.
\tHow to know you should apply?
\tHave you ever worked on product or project of enterprise grade application solution in a Senior Engineer or Technical role?
\tAre you excited about software & fintech/payment technologies used for smarter life and ready to be part of that drive?
\tAre you motivated to be a part of driving a world beyond plastic and cash?

Role

\tResearch and Development of Technical solutions to address platform needs and challenges related to Architecture, Functionality, Operational efficiency and Robustness.
\tWork with Product Management, SRE/BizOps, Engineering to translate platform use cases and requirements to industry-leading design, architecture and implementations. Influence the product owner to balance the business and technical priorities and the value of the architecture work.
\tParticipate in code review of key functionalities or architectural aspects.
\tRegularly communicate with management and stakeholders about risk analysis and design tradeoffs.
\tStrong communication skills, with an ability to express and design ideas to a development team.
\tPerform knowledge sharing and coaching, mentoring by
o\tTech Talks & Presentation session on specific topics of expertise
o\tTechnical writing and publishing - Articles, Blogs, References
\tParticipate & contribute in talent acquisition and recruitment activities as follows:
o\tCollaborate with hiring team to outline and execute strategy for recruiting technical folks
o\tRecords, reviews and provides inputs on Skill requirements
o\tTakes up interview sessions for candidate positions including Technology consultants & Sr. Engineers (Level 2 if needed).
\tProvide guidance to teams on processes such as Agile, Lean, etc.
\tProvide guidance to teams on development standards, automation and tools
\tEstablish design, architecture and coding standards for EMA solutions. Establish design and development methodologies (e.g.: Agile, SCRUM) to drive feature velocity, quality and predictability.

All about You

\t7+ years of software development, design & architecture experience in enterprise grade software solutions.
\tDetailed experience at designing enterprise grade distributed and reactive systems that involve
1.\tSoftware Engineering and Design Principles, Patterns, Methodology, Domain Concepts
\tGOF, Java EE Blueprints, Software Architecture Patterns
\tDesign Principles including SOLID, YAGNI, DRY and others.
\tSecurity Patterns
2.\tOne of the technology platforms including
\tMobile platforms – Android or iOS, Mobile App Frameworks (Mobile App Design & Technology Skills)
\tJava and Java EE platforms including Spring framework & components, Hibernate, JSP, Node JS or Express JS or similar, Web & Application Server (Server App Design & Technology Skills), Web Services, SOAP, WS-Security, REST (Services Design & Technology Skills)
\tWeb Stack including JavaScript, CSS, JSON, Angular JS or similar framework (Web App Design & Technology Skills)
\tSQL / PL-SQL Programming
3.\tApplication Security including Information security principles & realization, Mobile app security, OWASP & PCI DSS Compliance
\tExperience building solutions for large scale deployments including large enterprises or service providers, banking or payment solutions.
\tExperience in Enterprise wide or application level technology adoption or migration
\tGood understanding & experience with software development processes such as Scrum, SAFe, Extreme Programming and/or Lean etc.
\tExperience working with multiple customers.
\tExperience with mobile application development, and internet-related cloud technology development. Deep understanding of, a practical experience with, one of Android or iOS
\tStrong inter-personal skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams and select third parties.
\tFormal training in systems analysis and computer programming
\tA deep understanding of technical solution and software patterns (including architectural & design patterns) at various levels.
\tSolid experience of working in project teams
\tDesire to stay abreast of new development tools and methods
\tBachelor Engineering or Technology in Computer Science, Engineering or IT Required & Master’s degree in related discipline Preferred
Other Personal Attributes
•\tMaturity to understand large systems and recommend upcoming technologies to solve complex business problems
•\tEnjoy challenging and thought provoking work and have a strong desire to learn and progress (motivated enough to self-learn)
•\tAbility to pick up new technology independently
•\tBe able to work under constraints and multi-task while remaining professional and courteous
•\tExceptional ability to analyze problems and to propose innovative but workable solutions
•\tTeam player
•\tOpen minded, flexible, and willing to listen for other people’s opinions.
•\tInterpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate over the phone and via email with a variety of individuals at all technical levels are required.
•\tExcellent verbal and written skills ARE A GREAT TO HAVE

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.