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 (SDET)

Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview:
Our team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for a brand new team to help us build more resilient systems by proactively uncovering weaknesses in our infrastructure and applications. This role will be central to supporting multiple scrum teams with cutting-edge software solutions. You will closely collaborate with product and engineering teams to coordinate the end-to-end performance, quality, and reliability of our software products.

We are looking for an experienced engineer who combines strong technical expertise with a background in software quality and a passion for innovation. If you are excited by the opportunity to innovate and work in a dynamic environment, this is the role for you.

Role:
•\tDesign, develop, and deliver scalable software platforms and tools for performance, end-to-end, and other forms of comprehensive testing.
•\tChampion engineering best practices, including test automation (BDD), CI/CD, and performance monitoring.
•\tExplore opportunities to incorporate cutting-edge AI tools to increase efficiency across the SDLC.
•\tBe comfortable collaborating across large enterprises
•\tCollaborate with product and business leaders to translate business needs into technical solutions, using Agile methodologies.
•\tEvaluate and introduce new technologies aligned with our enterprise architecture standards.
•\tMentor engineers in resilient testing methodologies and incident preparedness
•\tLead post-incident reviews, help establish long-term and cross-functional fixes, and build a culture of learning from failure
•\tDrive operational excellence by improving platform reliability, scaling, and maintainability using data and metrics.
•\tEnsure platform security and compliance while balancing speed of delivery and long-term maintainability.
•\tDrive continuous improvement in the software development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with our technical and business strategies.
All about you:
•\tA background in software testing, strong technical skills in automation, testing, and performance testing.
•\tExperience with end-to-end testing of multi-tier REST APIs and UIs.
•\tSolid understanding of modern web development (e.g., React, Angular, NodeJS, GraphQL).
•\tDeep expertise in testing strategies, frameworks, and automation tools for multi-tier REST APIs and UIs.
•\tPassionate about driving innovation in the testing space through AI-powered testing strategies.
•\tExpertise with CI/CD pipelines, using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar.
•\tDeep expertise in troubleshooting distributed systems and guiding long-term architectural improvements.
•\tProven ability to work collaboratively across global teams, navigating cultural and time zone differences effectively.
•\tEngineering experience with deep expertise in distributed systems, resilience engineering, or SRE
•\tHands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code
•\tTrack record of leading reliability-focused initiatives across teams or organizations
•\tStrong communication skills and ability to influence engineers, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.


All About You:
•\tBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Why Join Us
•\tDefine and lead a new team built at the intersection of product development and platform engineering
•\tInfluence engineering culture, resilience standards, and reliability maturity across the org.
•\tCompetitive compensation, flexible work environment, and the opportunity to work on systems that combat fraud.

Mastercard is a merit-based, 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. 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.

Pay Ranges

Vancouver, Canada: $127,000 - $203,000 CAD