Lead Engineer - Java AWS

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 Engineer - Java AWS

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. We work 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:
The Transfer Solutions group is responsible for designing, building, and operating the technology that powers Mastercard’s next-generation payment applications—domestic, Cross–Border, and Bill Payments.
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our team, focusing on building and running our cross-border payments platform. In this role, you will provide technical leadership to a team of engineers and work on innovative products delivered at scale to global markets.
The Role:
You will be responsible for developing, testing, implementing, documenting, maintaining, and supporting application software systems in accordance with MasterCard standards, processes, and best practices. Your responsibilities include:
• Designing and delivering detailed solutions for complex technical challenges, guiding your team through implementation.
• Providing technical expertise and strategic direction on assigned projects.
• Identifying opportunities for automation and process improvement across the software lifecycle (build, operate, run) to enhance efficiency.
• Collaborating closely with technical architects and product owners to define and prioritize features and user stories.
• Evaluating technical solutions to meet current and future business needs.
• Continuously expanding your technical knowledge and driving innovation within our systems.
• Leading technical demonstrations, facilitating discussions with Product Owners, and promoting best practices adoption.
• Reviewing code, test automation, and engineering deliverables to ensure high standards.
• Mentoring junior engineers, providing technical guidance to support their career growth.
All About You
• Advanced expertise in Java with Spring Boot development, including design patterns, performance optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Solid experience designing and developing RESTful services and deploying on cloud native environments.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and cloud-first software development (AWS preferred).
• Experience in building highly resilient, scalable distributed systems with expertise in databases, messaging, and caching technologies.
• Proven track record of promoting engineering best practices, including API design, continuous integration, and test-driven development.
• Experience working in a dynamic and collaborative work environment and making independent decisions.
• Experience providing technical leadership to scrum teams; providing technical direction and resolving technical blockers.
• Ability to innovate and develop new approaches to complex design problems.
• Self-motivated with a continuous learning mindset and a drive to take on new challenges.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, fostering relationships, and working effectively within a team.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering.

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.