Company

MasterCard

Description

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Job Title

Principal Software Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in leading the design, development, and implementation of our software solutions. You will have the opportunity to work on complex and innovative projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive technical excellence and deliver high-quality software products.

Role

Lead the end-to-end software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment
Participate in designing highly scalable, fault tolerant, and performant systems on prem and in cloud
Ensure project implementation(s) and technical delivery are compliant with solution architectural design and best practices
Ensure that technical designs and deliveries are aligned with business needs, infrastructure capabilities and security & compliance requirements
Evaluate current and emerging technologies via Proof of Concepts or similar
Assist with project scoping, sizing, prioritizing, planning, and estimation
Identify and mitigate existing business risk(s) associated with solution architecture and technical designs
Analyze ITSM activities of the platform and provide feedback loop to development teams on operational gaps or resiliency concerns
Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, capacity planning and launch reviews
Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health
Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems
Ensure that technical designs and deliveries milestones are accomplished on time
Liaise with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements, ensuring alignment with overall company goals
Find resilient and reliable solutions to integration challenges with vendors and /or acquired entities, that meet Mastercard's high security and quality standards
Set priorities, objectives, and driving deliverables within global technology domains and sub-domains
Engage with the broader technical community to anticipate developments in innovation, often evaluating new solutions and recommending future business platform system requirements
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of software engineers, guiding them in best practices, code reviews, and problem-solving
Additional tasks as required

All About You

10+ years’ experience as a Software Engineer / Software Developer / Full Stack Developer
Strong knowledge of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices
In depth knowledge of JavaScript, Node.js, Express, React.js, and Angular.js
In depth knowledge of Cloud provider (PCF, AWS, Azure), Container and Container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
In depth knowledge of Advance Java, Springboot and Spring framework, Persistence framework, Performance tools, Apache Nifi, Apache Spark, Object storage, Messaging service, Testing framework
Understanding of use cases for advanced design to implement efficient code
Understanding of Application Programming Interface (API) standards and experience cataloging to drive API/service adoption and commercialization
Proven track record of designing and developing large-scale, enterprise-grade software solutions
Able to handle multiple high-priority demands while driving consistent results
Strong communication skills – both verbal and written – and strong relationship, collaborative, and customer service skills
Able to work as a member of a diverse and geographically distributed team
Ability to quickly learn new technologies, development tools, and frameworks and mentor junior team members
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering

In the US, Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment 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. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application 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

Responsibilities

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.

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