Principal of Software Architecture & Engineering, Mastercard
Global payments technology company
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Global payments technology company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years’ experience as a Software Engineer / Software Developer / Full Stack Developer
- Experience in implementing complex technology solutions for enterprises and making it available for general use within the corporate
- Broad and extensive deep knowledge of the software development process and its technologies, hands on experience of creating design (high & low level) and engineer on variety of technologies and product and experience of architectural styles and design patterns
- Hands on experience of various coding methods and computer languages, Data modelling and database design experience, MicroServices Architecture
- Experience in build & operating a high scalable global platforms with significant throughput with 5 9’s availability
- In depth knowledge of Advance Java, Spring boot and Spring framework, Persistence framework, Performance tools, Apache Nifi, Apache Spark, Object storage, Messaging service, Testing framework
- Understanding of use cases for advanced design to implement efficient code
- Understanding of Application Programming Interface (API) standards and experience cataloguing to drive API/service adoption and commercialization
- Expertise in Junit or other automated unit testing frameworks e.g. Karate
- Experience of CI/CD principles and tools such as Jenkins, Gradle, Maven, Source Control Management and working with code in a multi-developer that’s integrated with secure code coverage & static code coverage tools (SonarCube Prisma etc)
- In depth knowledge of JavaScript, Node.js, Express, React.js, and Angular.js
- In depth knowledge of Cloud provider (PCF, AWS, Azure), Container and Container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Proficient working in cloud with AWS preferred
- Experience in building containerized applications, following CI/CD, Canary release, in depth knowledge and experience in devOps functions on cloud
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code
- Sound knowledge of cryptography functions incl PKI infrastructure, hashing, encryption, consensus algorithms, virtual machines
- Loves creating innovative solutions to problems in a collaborative fun environment
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of modern software engineering concepts and methodologies
- Passionate about software development and comfortable in a fluid environment
- Passionate about code quality and coding best practices
- Show initiative and demonstrate a willingness to take on challenging opportunities
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and strong collaboration skills
- Interested in mentoring and helping grow the skills of the next generation of software developers
What the job involves
- Mastercard is looking for a talented Principal Software Engineer to join the Mastercard Cross Border Services team in our New York City that’s focussed in building Cross Border Services (XBS) capabilities to financial services
- This role will be pivotal for XBS in the cloud transformation journey
- In this role you will be part of a highly agile team building exciting and innovative products delivered at scale to global markets
- This role involves working with a team of talented engineers to develop high performance Cross Border payment solutions
- The role is mix of defining the technical strategy, architecture, design and hands on coding and working with broader team of engineers to drive outcomes
- As a principal software engineer your role would be categorized into these broad areas
- Define, Design & Code Software solutions
- Lead the architecture, design and development of software systems and applications. These solutions & software targeted towards a clients’ specific needs or create products geared for Mastercard
- Act as senior most engineers in the team to determine everything from design choices to technical standards, such as platforms and coding standards
- Collaborate to product teams to understand the requirements, identify solution, propose ideas and provide technical thought leadership
- Evaluate build vs buy solutions, partners with fintechs and startups to create innovative solution
- Document the overall systems/application architecture, help create high level design and provide guidance to the engineering team on low level design
- Domain driven design is your game. Code to enforce the contextual mappings and aggregates for each bounded context. Drive implementation of consumer driven contracts to allow for evolution and learning of the domain model with hyper speed while meeting our promises to other teams internally and customers alike
- You are polyglot engineering guru, you bring cutting edge engineering practices to life in multiple evolving frameworks – Feature flags, fitness functions and whatever is required to reduce the cost and increase the lifecycle value of next feature delivered by engineering teams
- You love declarative paradigm and functional programming. No one can stop you in paying off technical debt and refactoring the code for better SDLC, performance and availability
- You implement, monitor and maintain compliance and security concerns in CI/CD pipelines to bring life to the principle of “Code is Design and Design is Code”
- Tech Lead
- Tech lead on software development projects, especially at early stage (concept, PoC, Prototype, Pilot)
- Create a team of engineers suitable for the scope of the project, assigning tasks, working with scrum lead to create timeline, provide estimates and acting as engg lead in operating/steering committee
- Engage with partner organization in ensuring that proposed solution meets the corporate standards in creating & operating the applications
- Act as lead in bringing multiple engineering team to achieve the overall objective of the proposed solution
- Thought Leadership/Mentoring
- Build relationships with technical peers across organization with a focus on our Enterprise Architecture (EA) relationship; socialising new technologies with EA and bringing EA technology and updates back to the group
- Maintain common tech stack & integration components. Design a tech stack and blueprints for simplified transitions. Align coding conventions with EA
- Develop and maintain common tools and services for use by the global engineering teams
- Work with Information security, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, internal tech partners, external tech partners to help design our infrastructure/cloud environments and a secure application architecture
- Provide updates and technical talks about new technologies, bring in domain expertise to business, market direction around technical innovation for Cross Border to the global XBS engineering teams
Application process
- End Date: February 28, 2025
Our take
Mastercard is in the global payments business, and operates the world's fastest payments processing network. Its products and solutions have become central to everyday commerce across the world, in activities ranging from shopping and travelling to running businesses.
As the economy has become more and more digitised, Mastercard has been a leading player in helping businesses and individuals across the globe embrace card payments and digital banking. One of the world's largest companies, its revenue has seen consistent gain in the last 20 years.
The challenge for modern payments companies is that payments are always changing, as seen in the astronomical rise of contactless payments over the last decade. Mastercard's acquisition of blockchain systems, and an overall focus on leveraging its technology towards a digital economy, has placed the company in good stead to keep up to date with current trends, like cryptocurrency, in the digitised payments world.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Company benefits
- Gym membership
- Share purchase options
- Extra holiday purchase optional
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Trust - integrity, respect, openness
- Agility - urgency and value through innovation
- Partnership - working as one team for the benefit of all
- Initiative - taking bold and thoughtful actions
Company HQ
Purchase, Harrison, NY
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Leadership
Michael Miebach
(CEO, not founder)Has served in a variety of roles at the company, including President and CPO. Currently Board Member at IBM, Accion, the World Resources Institute, the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, and the Metropolitan Opera. They are also a Trustee of USCIB.
People progressing
Joined as VP in 2008, promoted 4 times in 11 years to their current position of Executive Vice President.
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