Senior Software Engineer (Java, Spring boot, microservices, Cloud, Kafka, RDBMS)

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 (Java, Spring boot, microservices, Cloud, Kafka, RDBMS)

Overview
 MDES Special Interests Group is MDES Research and Development Team within MasterCard with mission to innovate and enhance MDES platform in terms of Architecture, Operational efficiency and Robustness This includes driving the research and development around platform needs and challenges, developing proof of concepts and building consensus around it. The team leads the exploration in software architecture & technology innovations along with enabling excellence in overall team.
 Sr. Software Engineer is a senior role in SIG group and spearheads the technology initiatives. He or She participates in the Software Development Life Cycle through Coaching, R&D, Proof of Concepts, Prototyping, Code review etc. Also, He or She influences the development practices so that they are following best practices, policies and procedures.
 How to know you should apply?
 Have you ever worked on product or project of enterprise grade application solution in a Senior Engineer or Technical role?
 Are you excited about software & fintech/payment technologies used for smarter life and ready to be part of that drive?
 Are you motivated to be a part of driving a world beyond plastic and cash?
Role
 Research and Development of Technical solutions to address platform needs and challenges related to Architecture, Functionality, Operational efficiency and Robustness.
 Work with Product Management, SRE/BizOps, Engineering to translate platform use cases and requirements to industry-leading design, architecture and implementations. Influence the product owner to balance the business and technical priorities and the value of the architecture work.
 Participate in code review of key functionalities or architectural aspects.
 Regularly communicate with management and stakeholders about risk analysis and design tradeoffs.
 Strong communication skills, with an ability to express and design ideas to a development team.
 Perform knowledge sharing and coaching, mentoring by
o Tech Talks & Presentation session on specific topics of expertise
o Technical writing and publishing - Articles, Blogs, References
 Participate & contribute in talent acquisition and recruitment activities as follows:
o Collaborate with hiring team to outline and execute strategy for recruiting technical folks
o Records, reviews and provides inputs on Skill requirements
o Takes up interview sessions for candidate positions including Technology consultants & Sr. Engineers (Level 2 if needed).
 Provide guidance to teams on processes such as Agile, Lean, etc.
 Provide guidance to teams on development standards, automation and tools
 Establish design, architecture and coding standards for EMA solutions. Establish design and development methodologies (e.g.: Agile, SCRUM) to drive feature velocity, quality and predictability.
All about You
 7+ years of software development, design & architecture experience in enterprise grade software solutions.
 Detailed experience at designing enterprise grade distributed and reactive systems that involve
1. Software Engineering and Design Principles, Patterns, Methodology, Domain Concepts
 GOF, Java EE Blueprints, Software Architecture Patterns
 Design Principles including SOLID, YAGNI, DRY and others.
 Security Patterns
2. One of the technology platforms including
 Mobile platforms – Android or iOS, Mobile App Frameworks (Mobile App Design & Technology Skills)
 Java and Java EE platforms including Spring framework & components, Hibernate, JSP, Node JS or Express JS or similar, Web & Application Server (Server App Design & Technology Skills), Web Services, SOAP, WS-Security, REST (Services Design & Technology Skills)
 Web Stack including JavaScript, CSS, JSON, Angular JS or similar framework (Web App Design & Technology Skills)
 SQL / PL-SQL Programming
3. Application Security including Information security principles & realization, Mobile app security, OWASP & PCI DSS Compliance
 Experience building solutions for large scale deployments including large enterprises or service providers, banking or payment solutions.
 Experience in Enterprise wide or application level technology adoption or migration
 Good understanding & experience with software development processes such as Scrum, SAFe, Extreme Programming and/or Lean etc.
 Experience working with multiple customers.
 Experience with mobile application development, and internet-related cloud technology development. Deep understanding of, a practical experience with, one of Android or iOS
 Strong inter-personal skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams and select third parties.
 Formal training in systems analysis and computer programming
 A deep understanding of technical solution and software patterns (including architectural & design patterns) at various levels.
 Solid experience of working in project teams
 Desire to stay abreast of new development tools and methods
 Bachelor Engineering or Technology in Computer Science, Engineering or IT Required & Master’s degree in related discipline Preferred
Other Personal Attributes
• Maturity to understand large systems and recommend upcoming technologies to solve complex business problems
• Enjoy challenging and thought provoking work and have a strong desire to learn and progress (motivated enough to self-learn)
• Ability to pick up new technology independently
• Be able to work under constraints and multi-task while remaining professional and courteous
• Exceptional ability to analyze problems and to propose innovative but workable solutions
• Team player
• Open minded, flexible, and willing to listen for other people’s opinions.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate over the phone and via email with a variety of individuals at all technical levels are required.
• Excellent verbal and written skills ARE A GREAT TO HAVE

Corporate Security Responsibility

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.