Manager of Software Engineering, Mastercard

• The ideal candidate will be technically proficient with strong experience leading software engineering teams, passionate for the software development lifecycle and releasing well-tested and code through well-managed pipelines
• Passion for working in an Agile software development environment
• Must be driven, highly motivated, a strong team player with the ability to motivate others
• Show a high degree of initiative and demonstrate a willingness to take on challenging opportunities
• Strong understanding of software best practices
• Ability to work well with people and be both highly motivated and motivating
• Ability to represent the technical organization and evangelize the work to
• Be a champion of engineering and operational excellence: ensure organizational metrics for measurement of engineering and performance excellence are met. Maintains strong technical grip across architecture, code quality, and delivery execution to ensure high-performing, scalable systems
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of the payments industry an advantage
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated technical grip and ownership across system design, REST and gRPC-based service development, automation, and operational excellence in complex production environments
• Understanding of Windows/Linux operating systems
• Experience in monitoring and logging tools e.g. Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace, etc
• Experience in monitoring as a code e.g. SplunkSync, rolling deployment and release automation e.g. XLR
• Knowledge of building CI/CD pipelines with hands on work done on building pipelines using Jenkins
• Good understanding of Chef, preferably Chef Habitat, Ruby/Bash scripting
• Awareness of security implementations, certificate management lifecycle, mutual TLS, SSL handshake, SSH keys, symmetric and asymmetric encryptions
• Understanding of API authentication mechanisms such as OAuth and MTLS
• Basic understanding of network protocols, network security, WAF
• Problem solver and solution-seeking approach. Team player
• A wide breadth and depth of technical experience using Java/JEE
• Oracle & PL/SQL and advanced SQL scripting
• Extreme Performance or NoSQL Data Storage such as GemFire Object Grid, Terracotta, or Cassandra
• Spring Framework (including Spring Boot)
• J2EE Web Application/Web Services (e.g. with JBoss and/or Apache Tomcat)

Desirable

• Join the Operations & Technology Fraud Products team to help develop innovative capabilities for Mastercard’s Decision Management Platform, the backbone for a range of solutions that detect fraud and authenticate identity
• We are seeking an experienced and energetic Software Engineering Manager to provide leadership and direction to deliver mission-critical Fraud Platform solutions
• The candidate will be working closely with the development, platform, operations, and release management teams in Mastercard
• As a member of the Software Engineering leadership team, you will be passionate about building world-class engineering teams that enjoy what they do
• A strong focus on quality is a must, as is seeking out and driving continuous improvements
• As a software engineering manager, you will be responsible for solution delivery
• You will be confident in advising the wider project team on matters of design, enhancements, optimization and implementation, while being commercially aware and able to make sound judgment calls