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

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Mobile SDK engineer to drive the design and development of Test Automation suite of our mobile software development kits (SDKs) for iOS and Android platforms. In this role, you will lead a team of quality engineers, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and ensure our SDKs are robust, scalable, and easy to integrate for third-party developers.
What You’ll Do:
• Develop, build end to end test Automation, and maintain mobile applications for various platforms like Android and iOS.
• Write clean and efficient code using programming languages like Java, Swift, or Kotlin.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Architecture, development, and other quality Engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of projects primarily focused on E2E Automation and functional testing and test framework development.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Utilize agile methodologies to manage projects effectively and efficiently.
• Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in mobile application development and apply them in current projects.
• Debug and troubleshoot technical issues to ensure seamless performance and user experience.
• Create technical documentation for applications to facilitate future maintenance and updates.
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to discussions on project requirements, design, and implementation.
• 9+ years of experience in mobile test automation and developing and delivering high-quality iOS, Android applications
• Solid understanding of android and iOS application architecture and design patterns
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as XCTest or Swift Testing and Junit5
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, tools, and best practices
• Experience in working with RESTful APIs and JSON data formats
• Well versed with database and related tools & technologies
• Experience with iOS architecture patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture) and modern concurrency paradigms
• Hands-on experience with Appium for mobile automation testing (iOS and Android).
• Experience with Allure or similar tools for test reporting.
• Experience with the creation of complex pipelines to execute mobile tests using simulators.
• Experience with integration of API requests into the mobile automation framework.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop complex iOS, Android applications
• Identify and address End to end testing needs and dependencies
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of coding standards
• Stay up-to-date with the latest iOS and android technologies and trends and apply them to development as appropriate
• Be an active advocate of the mobile platform through both internal and external developer communities
• Remain an active learner in all technologies related to mobile development (Kotlin, Swift 3rd party libraries, etc.)
• Influence and contribute to group discussions and incorporate feedback/communication from the broader team
• Mentor junior to mid-level members of the team
• Actively engage with developers outside of the local sprint team across various disciplines (Android, iOS, APIs, Web, etc.)
• Own and lead delivery of major components and platform needs in partnership with Senior Engineers and Architects
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across sprint teams
• Identify technical obstacles early and work closely with the team to find creative solutions
• Develop UI automation suite for iOS and android applications
Education:
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience.
All About You:

• Experience in related field, Experience in delivering secure solutions in Financial Services Sector is preferred.
• Hands on experience of writing Test scenario & Test cases for Enterprise applications
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies is required.
• Advantage if you have payments expertise and experience/proficiency with cloud technologies, micro-service design understanding, API design, and distributed systems
• Experience with Mobile SDK Development, TDD, BDD in the software development processes and architecture patterns

Skills/ Abilities:

• Ability to be high-energy, detail-oriented, proactive, and able to function under pressure in an independent environment along with a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.
• Strong communication skills -- both verbal and written – and strong relationship, collaboration skills and organizational skills.
• Ability to quickly learn and implement new technologies, frameworks and tools and support multiple concurrent activities and to interface with external / internal resources, working as a member of a matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project 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.