Senior Java Backend Engineer

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Lisbon, PRT
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Senior level
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We are a global technology company in the payments industry.
The Role
Develop and deliver secure, scalable Java backend applications for Mastercard authentication products. Own design, development, testing, deployment, configuration, and documentation; collaborate with product stakeholders; manage delivery risks; conduct demos; review code and automation; promote engineering standards; and improve processes. The role focuses on microservices, REST APIs, testing, event architectures, and cloud-ready applications.
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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
Senior Java Backend 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
The Mastercard Authentication Program owns how consumer authentication works for both in-store and e-commerce transactional use cases. The primary purpose of this role is to develop and deliver best-of-breed authentication products for e-commerce transactional use cases that will drive uptake and penetration for the products and revenue for Mastercard. The authentication products that fall within this role's responsibilities are ID Check, Token Authentication Service and Token Authentication Framework.
Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:
• Participate in team prioritization discussions with Product/Business stakeholders• Estimate and own delivery tasks (design, dev, test, deployment, configuration, documentation) to meet the business requirements• Drive code/design/process trade-off discussions within your team when required• Apply best practices from previous industry experience, whilst adhering to our own engineering principles of writing high quality, secure code that is modular, functional and testable;• Report status and manage risks within your primary application/service• Perform demos/acceptance discussions in interacting with Product owners• Drive adoption of technology standards and opinionated frameworks, and review coding, test, and automation work of team members• Identify opportunities to improve an overall process and trim waste• Share and seek knowledge within your Guild/Program to drive reuse of patterns/libraries/practices and enhance productivity
All About You
You should apply if you have:• A degree in Computer Science or related discipline • Strong experience with server-side, backend applications and technologies, namely microservices architectures;• Strong experience using Java / Spring / RESTful APIs• Strong experience conducting unit, component, integrated and functional tests (e.g. Junit, Mockito, Cocumber etc.) • You enjoy sharing your knowledge and experience with your colleagues;• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English• You are proactive and eager to learn new things• You are a team player
Nice to have skills:• Experience in an Agile environment• Previous experience with Microservices, Event Architectures (e.g. Kafka)• Previous experience with metrics / reporting tools (Grafana, Splunk, etc.)• Previous experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry to deploy cloud-ready applications;
Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.
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.

Skills Required

  • Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Strong experience with server-side backend applications and microservices architectures
  • Strong experience using Java, Spring, and RESTful APIs
  • Strong experience conducting unit, component, integration, and functional testing
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Experience working collaboratively as a team player
  • Experience in an Agile environment
  • Experience with microservices and event architectures such as Kafka
  • Experience with metrics and reporting tools such as Grafana or Splunk
  • Experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry for deploying cloud-ready applications

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Mastercard Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Retirement Support — Retirement plans are presented as best-in-class with a high company match on 401(k) or local equivalents. Career materials and U.S. postings consistently highlight retirement matching as a standout feature.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. postings describe generous paid time off including vacation, personal days, holidays, sick/safe time, and additional bereavement leave. A hybrid policy and a limited “work from elsewhere” option further support time away.
  • Parental & Family Support — Company pages state a global minimum of 16 weeks of paid new-parent leave across birth, adoption, and foster, plus family-building assistance where permitted. Mental-health resources and caregiving supports are also emphasized.

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The Company
HQ: Purchase, NY
38,800 Employees
Year Founded: 1966

What We Do

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re building a resilient 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.

Why Work With Us

We live the Mastercard Way: creating value in the communities we touch, growing together through the opportunities we see, and moving fast to innovate and scale. Our collaborative culture and our passionate people are the key to what we do, driving meaningful change as one team and connecting everyone to priceless possibilities.

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