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
Vice President, Software Engineering
Overview
The Networks Exchange team in Core Payments is looking for a Vice President, Software Engineering to lead the modernization of Mastercard's Networks Exchange (NEx) platform, driving transformation across core switching, settlement, and dispute management systems. This role is pivotal in architecting and delivering scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions that align with Mastercard's strategic objectives for speed, resilience, and innovation.
Role
Define and execute a multi-year roadmap to migrate legacy systems (e.g., IST Switch, CMS settlement) to modern architectures leveraging cloud-native, API-driven, and microservices-based designs.
Oversee critical initiatives such as Linux migration, in-house settlement system development, and integration of automation and DevOps capabilities.
Establish engineering standards for scalability, security, and compliance while introducing advanced practices like CI/CD, containerization, and observability.
Partner with Product, TPM, and Infrastructure teams to ensure alignment on modernization priorities, cost optimization, and customer onboarding acceleration.
Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and accountability.
Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, operational resilience, and robust risk controls throughout modernization efforts.
All About You
Proven experience in leading large-scale modernization programs within payment networks or similar high-availability platforms.
Expertise in distributed systems, API development, and secure transaction processing.
Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at executive levels.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field; advanced certifications in architecture or cloud technologies preferred.
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.
Top Skills
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.
Gallery
Mastercard Teams
Mastercard Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
In our ongoing workplace evolution, we’ve introduced hybrid work, Work-From-Elsewhere Weeks and Meeting-Free Days.
