Senior 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

Senior Software Engineer

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 Real Time Payments (RTP) Program at Mastercard is an integral part of the Core Network. RTP is designed to facilitate instantaneous money transfers, enabling individuals, businesses, and governments to send and receive funds in real time. By integrating advanced technology, RTP aims to power an inclusive, digital economy, thereby unlocking priceless possibilities for everyone, everywhere. We are looking for a passionate and innovative individual with proven experience in delivering technology and helping teams achieve success
Role:
• Actively participate in team prioritization discussions with Product and Business stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business goals.
• Take full ownership of delivery tasks, including design, development, testing, deployment, configuration, and documentation, to ensure business requirements are met with high quality.
• Drive the automation of build, operation, and runtime processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
• Lead code, design, and process trade-off discussions within the team, balancing technical quality with business priorities.
• Proactively report progress, identify risks, and implement solutions to ensure seamless delivery of applications and services.
• Oversee the integration of services with a strong focus on delivering exceptional customer journeys and seamless user experiences.
• Present demos and participate in acceptance discussions with Product Owners to align on functionality and quality expectations.
• Continuously improve operational and engineering metrics in your area of ownership, enhancing performance, availability, and user satisfaction.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of end-to-end technical architecture and related dependency systems to guide sound engineering decisions.
• Drive the adoption of technology standards, best practices, and opinionated frameworks while reviewing team members' coding, testing, and automation efforts.
• Mentor junior and less-experienced team members, fostering growth and building a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Identify inefficiencies and opportunities to improve processes, reduce waste, and enhance productivity across the team.
• Actively contribute to knowledge sharing within your Guild/Program, promoting the reuse of patterns, libraries, and best practices to boost overall team productivity.
All About You:
• 6+ Years of Experience
• Extensive experience as a Front-End Software Engineer or Software Developer in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Proficient in front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React (JEST and others), and TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Figma
• Skilled in secure coding practices and experienced with JavaScript and Node.js.
• Knowledgeable in design patterns, modular JavaScript codebases, and responsive design.
• Familiar with secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP) and vulnerability management.
• Comfortable working in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Adept in debugging, troubleshooting, and analyzing technical issues.
• Understanding of API standards, service-oriented architecture, and modern engineering principles.
• Experienced in test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD).
• Strong ability to estimate and prioritize requirements, both functional and non-functional.
• Focused on continuously improving delivery metrics and ensuring high availability for systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on improving processes to accelerate delivery, foster innovation, reduce costs, and improve quality.
• Additional experience in building server-side applications with Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Rabbit MQ etc. and managing relational databases like Oracle would be added advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent practical experience will be considered.

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.