Lead Software Engineer (Architect)

Mastercard Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Architect) in Pune to drive architecture and design of MDES services for scalable payments solutions.

You will mentor teams, define non-functional requirements, implement critical components, and influence technology strategy within an enterprise-grade payment system.

Qualifications

• Hands-on leadership of at least one scrum team, refining features and stories, designing at low level, mentoring.
• Expertise in Java stack, Spring, SQL/NoSQL, messaging and cloud-native microservices.
• Experience with architecture, design documentation and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform/solution architecture addressing non-functional requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Management to draft high-level designs.
• Develop critical components and proofs of concept for new ideas.
• Conduct code reviews and coach less experienced engineers.
• Oversee SCM operations like branching, merging, tagging.
• Study emerging technologies and evaluate applicability.
• Ensure compliance with security and organizational policies.

Skills

Core Java

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

Spring IOC

Spring AOP

Security Concepts

SQL

RDBMS Oracle

RDBMS Postgres

NoSQL Cassandra

Web Services

Kafka

Zookeeper

Cloud Deployment

Microservices

IDE: IntelliJ/Eclipse

UML Tools

JUnit

Maven/Gradle

Git

Agile Methodologies

Design Patterns

Authn/Authz

Tools

MS Visio

PlantUML

Job description

Title and Summary

Lead Software Engineer (Architect)

Who is Mastercard?

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. 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 MDES team is looking for a Technical Architect (Lead, Software Development Engineer) who can lead Architecture and Design of MDES Services and define regional distribution / localization design for MDES. The ideal candidate is the one who is passionate about leading software development, driving engineering practices & technically mentoring team members for a highly scalable, highly available enterprise grade payment application.

Role

• Lead platform / solution architecture design addressing all non-functional requirements
• Work closely with Product Management and Engineering Team to come up high level design
• Develop critical components whenever required and create proof of concepts for new/unknown use cases/ideas
• Conduct code reviews, is responsible for overall code quality, Coach and mentor less experienced team members
• Write and review Design Documentation whenever required
• Do SCM Operations – branching, merging, tagging, conflict resolution
• Study upcoming technologies and identify how they can be used to improve existing solution
• Comply with organizations processes. Policies and protects organization’s Intellectual property. Also, participate in organization level process improvement and knowledge sharing

All About You

Essential knowledge, skills & attributes

• Experience of technically leading at least one scrum team in terms of assisting Product Manager in refining the features and stories, doing low level design, doing code review, troubleshooting team’s issues, guiding & mentoring team members
• Hands on experience and expert on working with core Java, Spring Boot, Spring (MVC, IOC, AOP, Security), SQL, RDBMS (Oracle and PostGRES), NoSQL (Cassandra), Web-services (JSON and SOAP), Kafka, Zookeeper
• Hands on experience of developing microservice application & deploying them on any one of the public cloud like Google, AWS, Azure
• Hands on experience of using Intellij/Eclipse/My Eclipse IDE, UML tools (MS Visio, PlantUML)
• Hands on experience of writing Junit test cases, working with Maven/Ant/Gradle, GIT
• Experience of working with Agile methodologies.
• Personal attributes are strong logical and Analytical Skills, design skills, should be able to articulate and present his/her thoughts very clearly and precisely in English (written and verbal)
• Knowledge of Design Patterns
• Knowledge of Security concepts (E.g. authentication, authorization, confidentiality etc.) and protocols, their usage in enterprise application

Additional/Desirable capabilities

• Experience of working in Payments application Domain
• Hands on experience of working with tools like Mockito, JBehave, Jenkins, Bamboo, Confluence, Rally

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.

Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.