Lead Software Engineer

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

Lead Software Engineer

Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Overview
• Core Payments of MasterCard is involved in developing Authorization, Clearing and other major functionalities for MasterCard.
• Clearing system manages clearing processing for Credit and Debit -offline transaction.
Functions include the following:
Editing transactions to ensure adherence to MasterCard processing standards
Performing currency conversion, assessing interchange fees, and calculating settlement values for each transaction
• Develop solutions for the Clearing and Core Systems which includes Modernizing the existing Mainframe based applications to Cloud based Micro Services.
• Develop project schedule and track the deliverables
• Coordinate with other groups including vendors and other groups within MasterCard to ensure success of the project.
• Have you worked in a full lifecycle development project and used various development methodologies including Agile.
• Do you have an understanding of Payment and Cards industry?
• Are you a technical Subject Matter Expert who can guide young talent ?
Role
• To develop and implement changes in high performance and scalable application using Java technologies.
• Involve in development, testing, implementation and Support of Clearing System.
• Delivery of any assigned tasks within specified timelines to the expected quality.
All About You
• Designing, developing, and maintaining backend applications using the Spring Boot framework using Redis Cache, Swagger framework, DB2, JPA, Unix, ssh and SCP protocols
• Strong programming skills in Java , a deep understanding of Apache Kafka architecture, experience with distributed systems, knowledge of Kafka components like brokers, topics, and partitions, and familiarity with data processing frameworks
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, familiarity with the gRPC protocol, experience designing and implementing gRPC services, and knowledge of related technologies like HTTP/2 and Protobuf for defining message structures
• Experience with cloud computing, specifically the Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) platform
• Ability to navigate in Mainframe based COBOL code.

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 [email protected] 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.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $138,000 - $221,000 USD