Senior Principal Software Architect, Open Finance Platform

Mastercard Inc.; Lusk (WY); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard Inc. seeks a Senior Principal, Software Architect for its Open Finance team. This hands-on leader defines target architecture, drives roadmaps, and partners across Product, Engineering and Technology to deliver scalable, secure APIs and data platforms.

Based in Dublin with three days onsite, you will mentor teams and influence architecture decisions across markets, balancing regulatory requirements and global consistency.

Qualifications

• Proven experience guiding enterprise-scale architecture and platform strategy.
• Strong CS foundation with large-scale distributed systems experience.
• Hands-on engineering and coding with prototype assessment ability.
• Experience applying generative AI to improve engineering productivity.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive North Star architecture for Open Finance, translating strategy into a scalable tech vision.
• Develop phased roadmaps to modernize platforms with clear priorities and milestones.
• Lead architectural decisions across product, engineering and technology, balancing requirements.
• Evaluate technical challenges, identify risks, and validate solutions with proofs of concept.
• Mentor architects and engineers, promoting cross-functional collaboration and engineering excellence.
• Ensure security, resilience, observability, performance and cost-efficiency across services.

Skills

Open Finance

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

AI-assisted engineering

Architecture roadmaps

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Infrastructure as Code

APIs

Automation frameworks

Security and identity management

Job description

Mastercard Inc. seeks a Senior Principal, Software Architect for its Open Finance team. This hands-on leader defines target architecture, drives roadmaps, and partners across Product, Engineering and Technology to deliver scalable, secure APIs and data platforms.

Based in Dublin with three days onsite, you will mentor teams and influence architecture decisions across markets, balancing regulatory requirements and global consistency.