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 Software Development Engineer in Test (Performance)
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 Dispute Resolution Services team develops new capabilities for MasterCard's Dispute Platform, which serves as
single point where all issuer and acquires come together to mediate their disputed transactions, exposed via our Developer zone and web presence to 3000+ customers.
Role• Design and implement application logic in Java.• Write code to do unit testing, integration testing and functional testing.• Work with automated testing frameworks like Rest Assure, Selenium with web driver etc.• Manage your own time while collaborating with teammates to accomplish project goals• Participate in all the scrum ceremonies.• Apply best development practices to write well designed, maintainable, testable, scalable, and secure code.
All About You• Experience in Java/J2EE stack• Has lead performance testing/engineering initiatives for large products and high volume applications on Micro services architecture• Expertise on Mercury Load Runner/Storm Runner (Web/Java Vuser Protocols) , DynaTrace (AppMon & OneAgent) , Splunk• Strong background in performance testing/engineering, Code Profiling, Core Java , Thread/GC/Connection Pool concepts, JVM Tuning , Web & Application servers Tuning (Jboss,Tomcat,Apache) , Oracle DB Tuning , SQL Tuning , Thread & Heap Dump Analysis• Performance Test Workload Modelling , Performance Test Strategy/Approach , Strong SQL writing skills, Test Data Management , Strong system level understanding of Linux/Unix, Production Performance Monitoring• Exposure to Spring boot Micro services , Pivotal Cloud Foundry(PCF) , AWS etc.• Good programming experience with any programming languages, preferably Java• Experience in creating NFR's, capacity planning and performance tuning for a large project.• Has experience in Memory and CPU thread analysis, GC overview, experience in managing Production incidents• Has a very good understanding of Test Infrastructures and multiple variables (data , configuration , sizing) which impact performance• Testing Coordination experience in an agile environment - Full understanding of End to End performance test process and experience on how and when to engage different teams• Experience collaborating closely with product and engineering teams
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
- Experience in Java/J2EE stack
- Led performance testing/engineering initiatives for large, high-volume microservices applications
- Expertise with LoadRunner and StormRunner (Web/Java Vuser protocols)
- Experience with Dynatrace (AppMon & OneAgent)
- Experience with Splunk for monitoring and analysis
- Strong background in performance testing/engineering, code profiling, Core Java, thread/GC/connection pool concepts, and JVM tuning
- Web and application server tuning experience (JBoss, Tomcat, Apache)
- Oracle DB tuning and strong SQL writing and SQL tuning skills
- Performance test workload modelling, strategy, and approach
- Strong system-level understanding of Linux/Unix and production performance monitoring
- Experience creating NFRs, capacity planning, and performance tuning for large projects
- Experience in memory and CPU thread analysis, heap/thread dump analysis, and managing production incidents
- Testing coordination experience in an agile environment and full understanding of end-to-end performance test processes
- Exposure to Spring Boot microservices, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), and AWS
- Good programming experience with any languages (preferably Java)
- Experience collaborating closely with product and engineering teams
Mastercard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Careers materials and job postings advertise a “best‑in‑class” 10% retirement match (401k or equivalent). Public-facing benefits pages consistently position this as a standout element of the U.S. package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Recent U.S. postings list 25 vacation days, 5 personal days, 10 paid holidays, up to 20 days of bereavement, and 80 hours of sick/safe time. The combined time‑off framework is described as well above typical U.S. baselines.
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Parental & Family Support — Company materials specify a minimum of 16 weeks paid new‑parent leave and inclusive family‑building support, with financial assistance for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy where allowed. Impact/ESG reporting also notes coverage enhancements for gender‑affirming care in North America.
Mastercard Insights
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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