Senior Software Engineer
Mastercard · Posted Oct 29
Global technology company connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, and businesses through secure payment processing and digital commerce solutions
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About the role
Mastercard operates a global payments processing network and is building a digital platform for data accessibility for different personas such as business users and data engineers. The Data and Analytics team is developing new data-driven products and product platforms. This hands-on Senior Software Engineer role focuses on Java and Spring Boot development to produce API services and scalable software solutions.
What you will do
- Design components by translating product requirements, break down project into tasks and provide accurate estimates.
- Responsible for the analysis, design, development, and delivery of software solutions.
- Plan, design, and develop technical solutions and alternatives to meet business requirements in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes, and best practices.
- Independently come up with different solutions, extensible low-level design. Write modular, extensible, readable, and performant code.
- Choose the right Data Structures, tools and tech stacks and be able to do High Level Designing with guidance.
- Research new frameworks and technologies, assist with prototyping and proof-of-concepts, participate in code reviews.
- Build, develop, mentor and coach junior team members.
- Collaborate with teams by contributing to the shared vision and working closely with cross-functional stakeholders.
- You will be responsible for the API’s you (and or your team) build and will support them till the time they are live in production.
- Contribute ideas to help ensure that required standards and processes are in place. Maintain solution and technology road maps.
- Accountable for full systems development life cycle including creating high quality requirements documents, use-cases, design, and other technical artifacts including but not limited to detailed test strategy/test design, performance benchmarking, release rollout and deployment plans, contingency/back-out plans, feasibility study, cost and time analysis and detailed estimates.
- Research and evaluate current and upcoming technologies and frameworks. Participate in PoCs (Proof of Concept) and help the Department with selection of Vendor Solutions, Technologies, Methodologies and Frameworks.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of management.
- Ability to build rapport and relationships.
- A record of successful delivery of software applications as an individual
- Problem solver and solution-seeking approach
- Knowledgeable – possessing the technical knowledge, market knowledge, and other specialized knowledge of the team’s problem domain.
- Hands on experience in building complex and highly scalable and performing systems.
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience in Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Security, Spring Boot, RESTful web services
- Solid understanding and experience integrating web services.
- Exposure to building cloud ready applications (microservices)
- Exposure to Test Driven Development, Continuous Delivery, and Integration
- Must be high-energy, detail-oriented, proactive and can function under pressure in an independent environment.
- Must provide the necessary skills to have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.
- Possesses strong communication skills -- both verbal and written – and strong relationship, collaborative skills, and organizational skills.
- Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities and to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.
- Bachelor’s in computer degree (BE/BTech)
- 7-10 years of work experience
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Mastercard
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry that connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, and businesses worldwide. It operates a fast and secure payment processing network that spans more than 200 countries and territories. Through innovative products and solutions in credit, debit, digital assets, and security, Mastercard makes commerce safer, simpler, and more accessible.
- Industry
- Payments
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 1966
- Location
- Purchase, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $115M raised
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Business Officer
President & Chief Technology Officer
Chief People Officer
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