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

Mastercard is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (Software Architect) to join Fraud Insights team, which serves various client-tele such as Merchants, Financial Institutions (Issuer, Acquirer), Digital players to recognize & identify fraud patterns in the respective ecosystems and provide ability to react with confidence. Our solution provides data analytics, visualization & data marketplace capabilities while leveraging cloud based user interface, micro-services, visualization capabilities, SaaS integrations like Power BI, Azure AD & SnowFlake. This is leadership role with a highly visibility within the organization. Individual must be able to influence organization with thoughtful technological solutions.

•\tAre you motivated by speeding business solutions to market?
•\tDo you want to innovate, using cutting edge technologies on challenging business problems?
•\tDo you want to be part of an innovator that is changing the ecommerce landscape and reinventing the way global merchants and issuers combat fraud through collaboration?

We welcome the challengers and thought leaders. We want the agile, creative risk-takers who can address challenges with an open mind, the freedom to innovate and the strength to dominate. Fraud Insights Product growth is explosive, and only great problem-solvers, collaborators and thinkers can help us take it to the next level. If that sounds like you, keep reading.

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.

Role
Provide support of applications software through programming, analysis, design, development, and delivery of software solutions. Research alternative technical solutions for changing business needs. Major Accountabilities:

•\tParticipate in designing highly scalable, fault tolerant, and performant systems in cloud
Liaise with clients and business stakeholders to understand the needs of business
•\tBuild relationships, influence and work with cross functional teams
•\tEnsure project implementation(s) are compliant with solution architectural design, established architectural patterns (where applicable), policies, standards, and best practices
•\tProvide architectural guidance to the project team(s)
•\tConsult and support project team(s) regarding project implementation
•\tExplain technical issues and solution strategies to stakeholders
•\tEnsure that solution milestones are accomplished on time
•\tGuide the activities of the solution architecture unit to ensure timely completion of projects
•\tEnsure that solution architectural designs are aligned with business needs, infrastructure capabilities, and security & compliance requirements
•\tEvaluate current and emerging technologies via Proof of Concepts or similar
•\tAssist with project scoping, sizing, prioritizing, planning, and estimation
•\tReview the proposals of vendors and suppliers to ensure solution and business fit
•\tIdentify and mitigate existing business risk(s) associated with solution architecture
•\tThrive in a highly collaborative company environment where agility is paramount
•\tStay up to date with new technologies on the front-end and server-side through self-study, blogs, meetups, conferences, etc.
•\tMentor development team on industry best practices
•\tKeep accurate record of expected deliverables and milestones achieved


All About You

•\tMinimum Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or extensive work experience.
•\tHands-on Software development experience. 12+ years in Software and micro-services architecture. Familiar with dev ops and IT Operations best practices.
•\tGood understanding of public cloud platforms Azure, AWS or GCP
•\tCurrent understanding of best practices regarding application & system security
•\tSuccess with executing Proof of Concept plans
•\tMust have strong data analytics knowledge, experience with ETL, Data Modelling & Pattern analysis using ML
•\tSuccess with producing high quality project design deliverables and documentation
•\tDeep domain knowledge of Java 8 (or later). SpringBoot knowledge is required.
•\tExtensive experience with databases: Relational & NoSQL
•\tExtensive experience with User interface development framework (Angular preferred)
•\tThorough and extensive knowledge and understanding of Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies is required.
•\tUnderstanding of loosely coupled and stateless systems
•\tDemonstrated track record with highly scalable, distributed systems
•\tFamiliarity with performance tuning, designing for failure & automation
•\tPositive outlook in meeting challenges and working to a high level
•\t Excellent written and spoken communication

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.