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

Principal Software Engineer - Java

Overview
As a Platform Engineer you will work with your product team to develop, deploy, operate and maintain security software solutions from inception to production. Our leading-edge solutions are integrated across the enterprise and provide automated, flexible and compliant authorization methods to accelerate migration, deployment and operation of applications in the public cloud. This is a fast-paced environment providing rapid delivery for our cross-market partners. You will be working in a highly collaborative environment that values speed and quality, with a strong desire to drive change as we continue our agile transformational journey.

Primary Skills\t

•\t13-16 years of overall career experience as a Hands-On Developer or in a similar field
•\tStrong Coding & Programming experience in Java
•\tStrong exp in Spring boot, Microservices, Architecture, Distributed Systems, Resiliency
•\t Has dealt with applications working at scale, cross functional exp across functions, expertise in production support & Capacity planning
•\tSpring Boot / Framework
•\tAPI Development - REST
•\tKnowledge of IT concepts, strategies, and methodologies, architectures and technical standards.
•\tExcellent coding skills

Role
•\tIndividual Contributor Role
•\tDefine, develop, and own end-to-end features and capabilities within continuous integration / continuous delivery frameworks and best practices
•\tProven track record of solving complex technical challenges, with deep expertise in architecture, coding, and design.
•\tLead optimization of a high-traffic web application, improving performance through efficient caching and query tuning etc.
•\tSpearhead the adoption of site reliability engineering (SRE) practices, including automated incident response and service-level objectives (SLOs), resulting in a reduction in downtime.
•\tDesign and implement scalable microservices architecture for a mission-critical platform, enhancing system resilience and maintainability.
•\tInvestigates and recommends components of new tools and techniques
•\tWorks independently and/or paired within a highly collaborative environment
•\tCollaborates with team to understand and resolve issues with software and propose innovative solutions
•\tContributes to development and refinement of product backlog
•\tTakes ownership of work and collaborates and communicates effectively and frequently with teammates
•\tEmbraces Agile / XP development methodologies in a dynamic environment to meet and exceed prioritized business needs

Desired skills
•\tWorking knowledge of Microsoft Azure & Microsoft E5
•\tExperience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Lean Startup, XP) and cross-functional teams (Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers) and interest or experience with pair-programming mindsets.
•\tDemonstrated knowledge of CI/CD concepts, processes and tools, testing frameworks and practices. (Bamboo, Jenkins)
•\tFamiliar with Design Thinking, Behavior and Test-Driven Development
•\tStrong communication and collaboration skills with track record of contributing to and improving solutions.
•\tPCF Experience
•\tAwareness and experience with IT Security - SSL, Certificates, OAuth
•\tDatabase experience - DBA / Development

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.