Lead Software Quality 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 Quality Engineer

Job Description
In addition to our traditional payments portfolio, Mastercard is aggressively expanding into new payment flow and leveraging the digital and connected world of people and economies to deliver faster, reliable and more efficient propositions to make payments – send or receive money.
The Cross Border program is part of the wider Disbursement & Remittances business that we are looking to expand at a compounded rate of 50% per year for the next 5 years. We are building solutions to enable payments in an any-to-any format – anyone, anywhere can send or receive money using any channel – money exchanges, banks, digital wallets, cards or fintech apps – providing a seamless and unified experience for both individuals and business to move money.
Who is Mastercard?
We are the global technology company behind the world’s fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless®. We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities.
Lead Software Quality Engineer
As a Lead Software Quality Engineer, you will have the chance to tap into your expertise and knowledge to champion quality by crafting and deploying testing at scale. This role requires a deep understanding of software quality principles, quality assurance methods, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve issues. Someone in this role is expected to implement proactive software quality strategies which are both scalable and maintainable.
Responsibilities:
• Participate in requirements discussion, test planning, test data creation and execution of testing Plan in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes and best practices.
• Work with project teams to meet scheduled due dates, while identifying emerging issues and recommending solutions for problems and independently perform assigned tasks.
• Design and develop test automation frameworks to validate system to system interfaces and complete software solutions (for Database/ETL, API and UI tests)
• Interact with business and development stakeholders to define test plans and schedules
• Translate complex system requirements into test requirements and testing methods
• Identify and implement complex automation efforts, including refactoring of automation code where needed
• Develop test scripts and perform automated and manual exploratory testing to ensure software meets business and security requirements and established practices.
• Design and develop test data management for defined test cases, recognize test environment preparation needs, and execute existing test plans and report results
• Own responsibility for defect management and oversight and escalation of issues discovered during the testing phase
• Document as per Software Development Best Practices and follow MasterCard Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes.
• Document performance test strategies and test plans, and execute performance validation
• Collect quality metric data and communicate test status/risks to stakeholders
• Act as first-review for project-level reviews, walkthroughs and inspections
• Provide technical support and mentoring to junior team members
• Perform demos of new product functionality to stakeholders
• Develop business and product knowledge over time.
• Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness and time-to-market
• Provide training and guidance to team members on quality best practices and principles
• Facilitate knowledge sharing sessions to promote a culture of quality awareness
• Be a strong individual contributor to the implementation efforts of product solutions
All About You:
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Management Information Systems or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of experience in the Software Engineering with a focus on Quality Engineering methodologies
• Technical skills in Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Soap UI, Spring framework, REST, JSON, Eclipse, GIT, Jmeter/Blazemeter
• Excellent SQL skills to work on large and complex data sources and capability of comprehending and writing complex queries
• Experience testing APIs (REST and SOAP), web user interface, and/or reports
• Experience in implementing CI/CD build pipelines with tools like Git/Bit Bucket, Jenkins and Maven
• Successfully validated one or more application codebases via automation, for new feature functionality and regression testing
• Experience working in Agile teams and conversant with Agile/SAFe tenets and ceremonies. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with quick adaptation to new technologies, methodologies, and systems
• Excellent English communication skills (both written and verbal) to effectively interact with multiple technical teams and other stakeholders
• High-energy, detail-oriented and proactive, with ability to function under pressure in an independent environment along with a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results
• Eager to experiment with new team processes and innovate on testing approach
• Prior experience with Data Analysis and Data Engineering is a plus
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, interdependent team environment

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.