Lead Software Development Engineer - API Platform

Mastercard; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global payments technology company seeks a Lead Software Development Engineer for its Mastercard Developers team. The role involves designing and implementing solutions for global clients, with a focus on delivering high-quality APIs. Candidates should have over 8 years of backend development experience, especially in Java, and familiarity with Kotlin, Spring Boot, and SQL databases is essential. This role encompasses collaboration in an Agile environment to continuously innovate and improve API offerings.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend development experience.
• Very strong Java and object-oriented design skills.
• Knowledge of Kotlin is a plus.
• Strong fundamentals of Spring Boot, microservices, and SQL.
• Proven track record in API-based products.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, and implementation of technical solutions.
• Ideate, scope, develop, deliver, test, and iterate features.
• Ensure appropriate automation levels for deployment.
• Liaise with global technology and operations teams.
• Act as subject matter expert for API Platform.

Skills

Backend development experience

Java

Object-oriented design

Spring Boot

APIs

Agile

Tools

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Kotlin

Job description

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 Software Development Engineer - API Platform Overview

Mastercard Developers (https://developer.mastercard.com) is the primary API platform for Mastercard partners to access a diverse range of payment, data, loyalty, and security APIs. The team is responsible for delivering an experience that ensures developers can quickly find the right API, assess its technical capabilities and integrate it into new and innovative solutions. Mastercard Developers is looking for a versatile and customer-obsessed engineer to join our team. You will play a key role in designing and developing next-generation products and services in Mastercard for a global audience.

• Would you enjoy collaborating with your team to design new features and solutions in an evolving Enterprise environment?
• Do you have a strong background in developing and delivering high volume web services?
• Are you passionate about delivering high quality, high performing and highly extensible software?
• Are you as excited about the value of what you design and build for your customers as you are by the journey to deliver it?
• Do you want to be part of one of the most exciting global initiatives in Mastercard right now?

Role

• Lead planning, design and implementation of technical solutions for global customers (internal and external)
• Continually ideate, scope, develop, deliver, test and iterate features for the constantly evolving and growing Mastercard Developers
• Ensure appropriate levels of automation are adopted (build, deploy, configure, validate, monitor)
• Liaise with other global technology, data, operations teams to execute
• Act as subject matter expert for Mastercard Developers API Platform and services to support customer integrations on occasion

All About You

• 8+ years of backend development experience
• Very strong Java and object-oriented design and development skills
• Knowledge of Kotlin is a plus as it is one of our primary language for backend services
• Strong fundamentals of Spring Boot, microservices and SQL based database (Oracle and PostgreSQL)
• Proven track record in API based products
• You care about the technical architecture and design - ensuring that the solution is flexibly designed and performs efficiently
• Experienced working in an Agile environment with a global team that makes frequent production releases
• Background in Dev/Ops a distinct advantage
• Background in automation a distinct advantage
• Experience in designing and delivering APIs and security models an advantage
• You strive to create highly intuitive and responsive products

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.