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
Manager, Software Engineering
Summary
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead the design, development, modernization, and support of scalable, high-volume applications within the Card Payments ecosystem.
The ideal candidate will bring a combination of strong technical leadership, people management, Java engineering expertise, payment domain knowledge, and AI-driven engineering practices.
Key Expectations
- Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, technical leads, and senior developers.
- Drive end-to-end delivery of enterprise-scale Java applications and microservices.
- Provide technical leadership for architecture, design reviews, code quality, security, and operational excellence.
- Build and support highly available, resilient, and scalable payment processing platforms.
- Partner with Product, Architecture, Operations, and Business teams to deliver strategic initiatives.
- Champion Agile, DevOps, and cloud-native engineering practices.
- Technical Expertise
- Strong hands-on experience with Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, Kafka, and Distributed Systems.
- Experience with AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and Observability platforms.
- Deep understanding of modern software architecture, cloud transformation, and platform modernization.
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Key Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership
- Lead the design and development of enterprise-scale Java applications and microservices.
- Drive architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
- Ensure engineering best practices, coding standards, security, and performance optimization.
- Review system designs, code quality, and production readiness.
- Champion modernization initiatives and cloud-native development.
- People Management
- Manage and mentor a team of software engineers and technical leads.
- Conduct performance reviews, career development discussions, and coaching sessions.
- Support hiring, onboarding, succession planning, and talent development.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance engineering culture.
