Senior Software Engineer

MasterCard; Navi Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive the Open Banking Platform Engineering team’s developer experience and technical excellence. You will design robust architectures, automate deployments, and collaborate across Product and Business to meet strategic objectives.

The role emphasizes DevOps, cloud proficiency (AWS), and secure coding practices, with a focus on scalable, distributed systems across global teams.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software architecture and system design.
• Experience in automation, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Ability to write secure, maintainable code across multiple languages.

Responsibilities

• Participate in prioritization with Product/Business stakeholders.
• Estimate, own, and deliver design, dev, test, deployment, and docs.
• Automate build, operate, and run aspects of software.
• Drive technical trade-offs and code quality within the team.
• Report status, manage risks, and ensure customer journey focus.
• Demonstrate and validate features with Product owners.
• Improve developer experience and engineering ownership metrics.
• Understand end-to-end architecture and dependencies.
• Promote standards and review teammate work.

Skills

Software architecture

DevOps

Cloud AWS

Containerized deployment

Kubernetes

Secure coding

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

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

Senior Software Engineer

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 Open Banking Platform Engineering team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help drive our developer experience strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about DevOps, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an engineering mindset.

Role

• Participate in team prioritization discussions with Product/Business stakeholders
• Estimate and own delivery tasks (design, dev, test, deployment, configuration, documentation) to meet the business requirements
• Automate build, operate, and run aspects of software
• Drive code/design/process trade-off discussions within their team when required
• Report status and manage risks within their primary application/service
• Drive integration of services focusing on customer journey and experience
• Perform demos/acceptance discussions in interacting with Product owners
• Understands operational and engineering experience, actively works to improve experience and metrics in ownership area
• Develop complete understanding of end-to-end technical architecture and dependency systems
• Drive adoption of technology standards and opinionated frameworks, and review coding, test, and automation work of team members

All About You

• Advanced skill in software architecture
• Intermediate skill in automation and DevOps
• Intermediate skill in cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Advanced skill in software development
• Intermediate skill in container-based software deployment practices
• Beginner to Intermediate skill with Kubernetes or managed Kubernetes services
• Experience working in cross-functional and large projects with globally dispersed development resources
• Has the ability to write secure code in three or more languages (e.g., C, Golang, Python, Terraform, JavaScript) and familiar with secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP, CWE, SEI CERT) and vulnerabilities
• Intermediate skill in global focused design
• Intermediate skills with innovation and thought leadership
• Understands internals of operating systems (Windows, Linux) to write interoperable and performant code
• Understands and implements standard branching (e.g., Gitflow) and peer review practices

Corporate Security Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. 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.