Lead Software Engineer, Mastercard

• Demonstrated software development experience in a professional development setting
• PHP experience, or experience with at least one object-oriented language such as Java, C#, C++, Python, or Scala with some prior experience with PHP or Java
• Knowledge of testing frameworks and source control systems
• Experience with building and managing software packages and/or server images
• Experience in managing servers, networks, and infrastructure with broad knowledge of the following: Linux, networking, servers, virtualization, security, availability, resiliency, redundancy, alerting, and monitoring
• Familiarity with building scalable distributed data processing and visualization tools
• Strong problem solving, algorithm design, and complexity analysis skills
• Exceptional communication, both written and spoken

Desirable

• We are looking for a talented and passionate technical lead specializing in DevOps or site reliability engineering (no people management) to join our team in our Vancouver-based office
• The Cyber and Intelligence Solutions (C&I) team is responsible for product management and innovative product development of products and services to address the evolving risk & cyber security needs of all of MasterCard’s various customer segments
• The C&I team was established with the responsibility to safeguard all aspects of safety and security in payments and have made great strides with new products, services, and standards, positively impacting all aspects of our current and future payment eco-system
• A Cloud & Devops Engineer manages our production environment, providing a highly available and scalable platform for Ekata to serve our customers
• The infrastructure team provides a resource for Engineering to help diagnose production issues and provide guidance on improving the availability and performance of our applications
• This position also develops systems, automation, and tools to help make it easier for Engineering teams to deploy services in a fast, automated, and reliable fashion
• You will be a key member of our growing team which is responsible for building and expanding Mastercard's footprint in the cloud, focusing on increasing service stability, adding application insights, enhancing deployment processes, and improving our products
• Implement solutions that solve complicated challenges around performance, scaling, and security while instrumenting services to provide high quality insight into emerging issues
• Design and develop applications, system to system interfaces and complete software solutions, perform vendor-related activities, and create documentation such as user guides and software development guides
• Refine and enhance the development process used within our teams to drive improvements to develop efficiency
• As a developer, you will manage your own time when accomplishing project goals and are encouraged to grow your skills with continual learning, workshops, conferences and talks. Leadership is technical, meetings are short
• As an operator, you will manage colonies of servers across multiple environments and regions, deploying updates, migrating databases, and architecting self-healing infinitely scaling services