Lead Software Engineer - Java Spring Boot, Kafka and Event-Driven Architecture

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

Job summary

Mastercard leads the world in payments technology and is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design, build, and support secure, scalable Java Spring Boot microservices with Kafka-based event-driven integrations.

You will contribute to cloud-native engineering, implement secure coding practices, and collaborate with global product and engineering teams to deliver reliable payment-network solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related discipline.
• Solid experience with Java and Spring Boot in production environments.
• Proven experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support software services based on requirements.
• Build Java Spring Boot microservices and Kafka-based event integrations.
• Apply SOLID principles, secure coding practices, and reusable patterns.
• Create unit, integration, and regression tests and participate in code reviews.
• Troubleshoot performance, data, messaging, and production issues.
• Contribute to CI/CD, observability, and automation efforts.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, testing, and operations teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor team members.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

Event-driven architecture

REST APIs

Cloud-native platforms

CI/CD

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / IT / engineering

Tools

Git

Automated testing

CI/CD

Containers

SQL/NoSQL

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 Engineer - Java Spring Boot, Kafka and Event-Driven Architecture

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

Payments Network Technology is seeking a software engineer to design, build, and support secure, scalable, and highly available payment-network solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native engineering practices.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support software services based on technical and functional requirements.
• Build Java and Spring Boot microservices, REST APIs, and Kafka-based event-driven integrations.
• Apply object-oriented design, SOLID principles, reusable patterns, and secure coding practices.
• Create unit, component, integration, and regression tests and participate in peer reviews.
• Troubleshoot application, data, messaging, performance, and production issues.
• Contribute to CI/CD, observability, operational readiness, resiliency, and automation.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, testing, operations, and dependent engineering teams.
• Provide technical or product leadership, mentor team members, and drive decisions across multiple workstreams.

Essential Skills

• Hands-on Java and Spring Boot development experience.
• Experience with microservices, REST APIs, Kafka or similar messaging platforms, and event-driven architecture.
• Knowledge of SQL or NoSQL databases, Git, automated testing, CI/CD, containers, and cloud-native platforms.
• Understanding of secure, scalable, resilient, and observable software design.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

All About You

• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and across the software development lifecycle.
• Clear communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work with globally distributed product, engineering, architecture, operations, and business teams.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted engineering tools, including GitHub Copilot and Claude CLI, to improve engineering efficiency is required.
• Payments or financial-services domain knowledge is preferred.

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.