Lead Software Engineer — AI-Driven Marketing Platform

MasterCard; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k match

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Mastercard in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Lead Software Development Engineer to provide technical ownership for end-to-end marketing platform capabilities. You will lead cross-functional teams of engineers across backend, frontend, and data domains to deliver scalable, reliable, and data-driven marketing solutions at global scale.

The role emphasizes modern architectures using Java/Spring Boot, React, GraphQL, and cloud-native tech on AWS, with a focus on GenAI-enabled development and rapid,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with modern web technologies including React, GraphQL, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with Databricks, Spark, Hadoop, Python, Scala, and cloud-based analytics platforms.
• Experience building real-time or near real-time data processing solutions.
• Strong understanding of Domain Driven Design (DDD) and Event Driven Architecture (EDA).
• Experience with automated testing frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, and BDD methodologies.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, automated deployments, and DevOps practices.
• Experience architecting and delivering cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Proven track record building highly available, scalable, resilient, and high-performance platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the design and development of new platform capabilities.
• Build and support distributed applications, REST APIs, and web services using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native technologies.
• Lead cross-functional teams of full stack, frontend, and data engineers.
• Design highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable platforms that support global marketing solutions.
• Partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Drive platform modernization initiatives leveraging AWS, Databricks, and modern data architectures.
• Champion software quality, automation, observability, reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Promote adoption of GenAI, Agentic AI, and modern engineering practices across the development lifecycle.
• Support monitoring, troubleshooting, optimization, and continuous improvement of production platforms.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng or related field

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

React

GraphQL

Databricks

Spark

Hadoop

Python

Scala

AWS

Jenkins

CI/CD

Job description

Mastercard in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Lead Software Development Engineer to provide technical ownership for end-to-end marketing platform capabilities. You will lead cross-functional teams of engineers across backend, frontend, and data domains to deliver scalable, reliable, and data-driven marketing solutions at global scale.

The role emphasizes modern architectures using Java/Spring Boot, React, GraphQL, and cloud-native tech on AWS, with a focus on GenAI-enabled development and rapid,