Lead Software Engineer Job Listing at Mastercard in Atlanta, GA (Job ID R-236225)

Description

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

Lead Software Engineer Overview:
Mastercard is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Access to Capital team, part of the Small and Medium Enterprise Engineering group. In this key leadership role, you will drive the design, development, and delivery of robust, scalable, and high-performing software solutions that empower small and medium businesses.
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping technical strategies, guiding the engineering team, and ensuring the successful execution of projects.

Small Medium Enterprise Engineering's organizational goal is to build innovative solutions and products that enable Mastercard to provide competitive solutions to small and medium businesses.
Be part of Mastercard and embrace the "Mastercard Way" of - "Create Value, Grow Together and Move Fast" by doing the right thing, focused on "Decency, Inclusion, and Force for Good."

Role:
• Find solutions for complex software problems across services and facilitate cross-functional team interactions to drive resolution.
• Write secure, high-quality code to build and improve services while advocating for code reviews, scanning, and adherence to development best practices.
• Define, design, and implement scalable solutions to meet evolving business requirements.
• Define and drive architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, performance, and alignment with business goals.
• Champion best practices such as test-driven development, code reviews, CI/CD, and observability to deliver reliable, maintainable software.
• Inspire and mentor engineers, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive environment. Provide feedback and technical guidance to ensure team growth.
• Drive prioritization decisions and trade-offs in working with product partners
• Identify opportunities and build roadmaps to enhance primary service/function.
• Identify bottlenecks in development workflows and implement improvements to drive team efficiency and productivity.
• Lead incident resolution efforts and ensure root causes are identified, with solutions implemented to prevent future occurrences.

All About You:
• Extensive background in software development, delivering impactful and scalable solutions.
• Proficiency in software development languages, including but not limited to Java and Java-based frameworks (Spring, Spring Boot), React or Angular, and JSON.
• Demonstrated expertise in containerization, container orchestration, microservices, REST services, and cloud technologies, preferably Azure or AWS.
• Hands-on experience with databases, such as PostgreSQL and/or NoSQL databases, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
• Strong understanding of technology selection, system architecture, and full-stack development principles.
• Proven ability to deliver large-scale, complex software programs with measurable business impact.
• Skilled in performing code reviews, conducting troubleshooting and debugging, executing root cause analysis (RCA), and resolving coding errors.
• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes.
• Knowledge and application of unit testing and automation testing frameworks for robust software delivery.
• Adept at mentoring developers and coaching teams on best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies.
• Exceptional analytical, presentation, and problem-solving skills to address challenges effectively.
• Strong communication abilities to collaborate across teams and articulate complex ideas clearly.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience.

#LI-NF1 Mastercard is an inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Atlanta, Georgia: $138,000 - $221,000 USD

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