Lead design, implement, test, and operate Mastercard's Global File Transfer platform. Drive engineering execution, partner with Product and Ops to prioritize work and resolve incidents, ensure code quality, scalability, security, and operational excellence across a distributed global team.
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
Tech Lead, Global File Transfer
Overview:
The File Transfer team within the Platform Services group designs, builds, and operates the technology that powers Mastercard's market-facing and core platforms. The team enables secure, high-performance file transfers to and from customers across Mastercard's global business.
We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Dublin-based team, with a focus on building and operating our Global File Transfer platform. This platform underpins secure, seamless data movement across Mastercard's global infrastructure, including Mastercard's next-generation switch.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead engineering efforts within a globally distributed team, driven by a shared passion for delivering resilient, scalable solutions for our customers.
Role:
• Design, implement, review, document, and test software components and subsystems to meet world-class global engineering standards. • Translate technical specifications into detailed designs that are scalable, secure, and operable• Ensure code is maintainable, well-structured, and fully traceable through disciplined use of version control and peer review practices.• Partner with Product and Operations to scope and prioritize future work, and to triage and resolve operational issues efficiently. • Drive execution to ensure deliverables are completed on time, meet quality and reliability standards, and support operational excellence.
All about you:
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience.• Strong hands on Java experience with components such as Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate• Strong experience with database technologies Oracle & Postgres• Experience working with global teams and advanced written and verbal communications skills• Experienced with working in distributed version control such as GIT Flow and with agile methodologies• Experienced in delivering resilient commercial grade software globally• Experience with distributed computing and event driven architectures• Understands gaps in knowledge with a passion to learn• Ideal candidate has experience with cloud platforms such as AWS/Azure
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:
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
Tech Lead, Global File Transfer
Overview:
The File Transfer team within the Platform Services group designs, builds, and operates the technology that powers Mastercard's market-facing and core platforms. The team enables secure, high-performance file transfers to and from customers across Mastercard's global business.
We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Dublin-based team, with a focus on building and operating our Global File Transfer platform. This platform underpins secure, seamless data movement across Mastercard's global infrastructure, including Mastercard's next-generation switch.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead engineering efforts within a globally distributed team, driven by a shared passion for delivering resilient, scalable solutions for our customers.
Role:
• Design, implement, review, document, and test software components and subsystems to meet world-class global engineering standards. • Translate technical specifications into detailed designs that are scalable, secure, and operable• Ensure code is maintainable, well-structured, and fully traceable through disciplined use of version control and peer review practices.• Partner with Product and Operations to scope and prioritize future work, and to triage and resolve operational issues efficiently. • Drive execution to ensure deliverables are completed on time, meet quality and reliability standards, and support operational excellence.
All about you:
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience.• Strong hands on Java experience with components such as Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate• Strong experience with database technologies Oracle & Postgres• Experience working with global teams and advanced written and verbal communications skills• Experienced with working in distributed version control such as GIT Flow and with agile methodologies• Experienced in delivering resilient commercial grade software globally• Experience with distributed computing and event driven architectures• Understands gaps in knowledge with a passion to learn• Ideal candidate has experience with cloud platforms such as AWS/Azure
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.
Top Skills
AWS
Azure
Git
Git Flow
Java
Jpa/Hibernate
Oracle
Postgres
Spring
Spring Boot
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