Software Engineer, Mastercard
Office located in Mountain View
Global payments technology company
Be an early applicant
Global payments technology company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in Mountain View
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
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
- 3+ years of experience in test automation or software engineering in test
- Strong Java and/or JavaScript skills applied in automation frameworks or tooling
- Hands-on experience with REST Assured for API testing
- Hands-on experience with Playwright for backend service testing
- Experience with Cucumber for BDD-style test design
- Solid understanding of Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline integration
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, HTTP methods, and CRUD-based architectures
- Experience testing distributed systems and microservices-style backends
- Ability to work closely and collaboratively with software engineers in a feature team setting
- A pragmatic approach — knowing when to automate and when to explore manually
- Practical knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) models (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and the ability to participate effectively in agile delivery processes
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve routine issues through log analysis, problem reproduction, and application of documented solutions and security patches
- Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD toolchains — understanding continuous integration, delivery, and deployment practices to support software flow and quality. 1. Exposure to cloud platforms and application design patterns for cloud-based environments
- Understanding of secure coding standards and the ability to apply basic security best practices in day-to-day development
- Business Acumen — ability to understand internal business operations and how technical work connects to customer and business outcomes
- Strong collaboration and communication skills — works effectively with team members and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver quality outcomes
- Proactive approach to documentation, knowledge sharing, and process improvement
- Eagerness to learn, adapt to new technologies, and grow within the Software Engineering discipline
What the job involves
- The Virtual Card Management (VCM) team is part of the Commercial Transaction Management & Controls (CTMC) program within Mastercard's Commercial & New Payment Flows (CNPF) organization — making payments smarter and businesses stronger by providing faster, more secure, and more efficient commercial payment experiences globally
- VCM is responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of virtual and real card management, including authorization & clearing, spend controls, gateway & token management, event notifications, and multi-scheme virtual card capabilities. Our platform powers key products such as InControl (ICCP), Business Payment Controls (BPC, and Commercial Connect API — serving issuers, corporates, fintechs, and travel intermediaries worldwide
- We are looking for a Software Engineer II – Test Automation to join our Account Service team at Mastercard, working on tools and platforms that serve customers and developers globally. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on designing, building, and maintaining high-quality automated test frameworks and pipelines. You will be embedded in a feature team, working closely with software engineers to integrate test automation directly into the development workflow and ensure reliable, production-ready releases
- Our platform is built around exposing RESTful endpoints, and the bulk of our testing work centers on validating HTTP interactions — CRUD operations, request/response contracts, status codes, error handling, and API behaviour across distributed services
- We demonstrate 'Mastercard Way' cultural values every day — own it, simplify it, sense of urgency, thoughtful risk-taking, unlock potential, and be inclusive — with a relentless focus on our customers. As a Software Engineer II on the VCM team, you will:
- You will take end-to-end ownership of testing for assigned features, with a strong emphasis on automation. For each feature, you will:
- Understand requirements and design an automation strategy early in the development cycle
- Build automated test coverage across API and integration layers before release
- Perform targeted manual and exploratory testing to validate edge cases and real user scenarios
- Identify defects, work directly with developers to clarify issues, and drive fixes
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery The primary focus of this role is automation and strong senior technical skills with the Java and or Javascript languages are essential. Taking ownership of QA tasks, driving them to completion is also part of the core responsibilities of this role
- Own test automation for assigned features as an embedded member of a feature team
- Design and implement automated tests using Java, REST Assured (API testing), Playwright (backend service testing), and Cucumber (BDD)
- Validate RESTful APIs across the full range of HTTP interactions — CRUD operations, response contracts, status codes, authentication flows, and error scenarios
- Build and maintain robust, scalable test frameworks that integrate seamlessly into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
- Ensure new features are covered by reliable, maintainable automation before every release
- Monitor test stability, triage failures, and continuously improve test quality and pipeline performance
- Contribute to shared automation tooling and best practices across the team
- Perform exploratory and manual testing where needed to complement automation coverage
Application process
- End Date: August 28, 2026
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 digitized, 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 digitized payments world.
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Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Purchase, Harrison, NY
Leadership
Michael Miebach
(CEO)Michael has served in a variety of roles at the company, including President and CPO. They are currently a 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.
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