Lead Software Engineer – Payments & Platforms

Mastercard Inc.; México; On-site; MXN 1,684,000 - 2,433,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive the evolution of enterprise software, guiding a team and delivering scalable solutions across markets. The role combines hands-on coding with architectural leadership, mentoring engineers, and shaping the technology roadmap to maximize impact.

You will collaborate with Product Management and Operations to translate business needs into robust, high-performing systems while maintaining strong governance, security, and reliability standards

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering scalable, resilient software solutions.
• Hands-on experience building full-stack applications in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Expertise in software engineering principles, OO design, architectural patterns, and best practices.
• Advanced experience with Java, Spring Boot, Angular, PostgreSQL, and test automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own complex problems with dependencies across services and drive cross-functional collaboration.
• Define, design, and develop service-level procedures to meet business requirements.
• Drive prioritization decisions and trade-offs with product partners.
• Identify opportunities and build roadmaps to enhance primary service/function.
• Automate and simplify software delivery and promote automation mindset.
• Drive seamless integration across connected services to meet end-user expectations.
• Lead blameless postmortems to identify root causes and implement learnings.
• Introduce new technologies and architecture following enterprise guidelines.
• Advocate for engineering principles beyond current organization.
• Provide development and architecture guidance to team members.
• Build relationships and partnerships across organizations.
• Make difficult decisions on behalf of the team if required.
• Lead by example with hands-on engineering excellence.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Angular

PostgreSQL

Test automation

Distributed systems

API design

Microservices architectures

DevOps practices

Agile

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive the evolution of enterprise software, guiding a team and delivering scalable solutions across markets. The role combines hands-on coding with architectural leadership, mentoring engineers, and shaping the technology roadmap to maximize impact.

You will collaborate with Product Management and Operations to translate business needs into robust, high-performing systems while maintaining strong governance, security, and reliability standards