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
Overview
As a member of the Software Defined Networking team, you will own and deliver the code to bring our network to the next level. As a "militantly automated" team, we work in Source Control and let pipelines drive our work. We believe in configuration modeling and defining standards via automation so the tooling can do the heavy lifting for us. You will participate on a high performing team that designs, builds, and runs world-class and leading-edge networking technology on many exciting platforms.
Role:
* Pacesetter for engineers and follow defined SDLC while adhering to standards, processes, and best practices
* Design, build, and deliver software to manage secure network infrastructure and configuration
* Create and participate in peer code reviews through pull requests
* Ongoing evaluation and improvement of our software modules
* Support what we build - either by machine or by hand
* Work with partners and external vendors to ensure all needs are addressed
* Work across internal IT teams to resolve complex issues
* File and follow up on bugs and feature enhancements needed for industrialization of our offerings
* Document every solution to build an internal Knowledge Base, usable globally
* Mentor and grow engineers to the next level
* Multiplier for team commitments and deliveries
All About You
* Has a degree or similar in IT / Computer Science
* Is familiar with driving complex software projects from design and development to ongoing management
* Can write high quality, secure and clean code following SOLID design principles in multiple programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, C#, Java, JavaScript)
* Experience with modern approaches to automated software testing
* Hands on experience with CI/CD topics and development methodologies including pipelines, pull requests, git, command line, etc.
* Displays willingness and aptitude to learn
* Has a proven ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
* Can produce quality technical documentation
* Has good communication skills and is eager to work on an awesome team
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.