Director Software Engineering

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

Director Software Engineering

Who is Mastercard

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible.

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.

Overview:

Mastercard is looking for a talented Director Software Engineer to join the Mastercard Connect team in Pune (India) location that’s focussed on building solutions supporting the Connect ecosystem.
The Role:

The ideal candidate will be technically proficient with strong experience leading engineering teams. They will have full software lifecycle experience and a strong track record of delivery – from initial concept and design, to implementation and ultimately production.
Responsibilities
· Provide technical leadership for the development of the Connect platform architecture.
· Partner with Business and Product Owners to prioritize enhancements and drive strategic decisions.
· Manage multiple software development teams
· Recruit and retain top talent in the team
· Identify process gaps and suggest and implement improvements.
· Drive culture of continuous improvement on the team.
· Provide ongoing feedback and coaching to enable a high-performing team.

Skills
· 10+ years of engineering experience (development or devops) and significant management experience.
· Strong understanding of software best practices.
· Ability to drive architectural change which balances technical and business priorities
· Be a champion of engineering and operational excellence: developing organizational metrics for measurement of engineering and performance excellence.
· Ability to navigate a complex global organization.
· Experience in development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications.
· Experience databases, PCF and Java Frameworks

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.