Our Purpose

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Title and Summary

Software Engineer II

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join Mastercard’s Transaction Switching program and improve authorization transaction time. Authorization sends billions of transactions among the integrated issuers, acquirers, and service providers worldwide. This position is on the Agile performance team in O’Fallon, Missouri who partners with the feature development teams to performance test and tune each release. We are looking for software engineers that are passionate about creating high quality software while keeping performance top of mind.

All About You

•\tDo you have a passion for solving complex technical challenges?
•\tDo you love learning new technologies and apply it to your team?
•\tHave you developed software before – preferably in C/C++?
•\tHave you spent time in Linux environments?
•\tHave you created scripts to automate manual tasks (i.e. shell script, TCL, Perl, Python)?
•\tDo you understand throughput, latency, memory and CPU utilization?
•\tDo you have experience and prefer working in an Agile environment?

Responsibilities

•\tWork closely with feature teams to identify risks and anticipate problems to ensure that each release does not negatively impact performance
•\tDig into the code to determine performance bottlenecks and make the improvement
•\tDesign, configure, automate, and execute performance tests
•\tImprove the performance environment with your own code, automation, and onboarding of external tools (i.e. Dynatrace and Splunk)
•\tWork collaboratively and effectively in a fast-paced environment

Mastercard is an 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. 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 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.