Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead

Mastercard; New York (NY); On-site; USD 168,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is looking for a Lead Software Engineer in New York City to own complex, cross‑service software problems and deliver robust, scalable solutions.

You will write code, drive design decisions, and mentor peers while pushing for engineering excellence. The role emphasizes security, reliability, and high performance across our global payments platform. The posted NYC pay range is $168,000 - $277,000 USD, with a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Proficient in secure coding standards (OWASP, CWE, SEI CERT).
• Experience with frameworks like Spring Boot, Angular, or similar.
• Strong OS knowledge on Windows and Linux for performant code.
• Ability to analyze core/heap/thread dumps to troubleshoot issues.
• Familiar with CI/CD practices and automated deployment pipelines.
• Experience with code reviews, testing, and refactoring to improve quality.

Responsibilities

• Own complex problems with dependencies across services and drive resolution.
• Write code to build and enhance applications and services with strong code reviews.
• Define and develop service-level procedures to meet business requirements.
• Drive prioritization decisions with product stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities and build roadmaps to improve primary services.
• Automate and simplify software delivery and identify efficiency gains.
• Support observability, reliability, and maintainability post-deployment.
• Lead technical interviews and mentor team members.

Skills

Secure coding

Open frameworks

Windows/Linux

Performance debugging

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Jenkins

Bamboo

AWS Pipelines

Azure Pipelines

SonarQube

Checkmarx

Job description

Mastercard is looking for a Lead Software Engineer in New York City to own complex, cross‑service software problems and deliver robust, scalable solutions.

You will write code, drive design decisions, and mentor peers while pushing for engineering excellence. The role emphasizes security, reliability, and high performance across our global payments platform. The posted NYC pay range is $168,000 - $277,000 USD, with a competitive benefits package.