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

Lead Software Engineer F/T

Overview
Hands-on developer who writes high quality, secure code that is modular, functional, and testable.
Role.
• Design and build technical roadmaps and guide the development staff on adoption.
• Lead day-to-day system development and maintenance activities of the team to meet service level agreements (SLAs) and create solutions with high level of innovation, cost effectiveness, high quality, and faster time to market.
• Create or introduce, test, and deploy new technology to optimize the service.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight.
• Maintain ownership of your team’s software and are deep in the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties and dependencies including hardware, operating system, and build.
• Investigate and troubleshoot customer reported issues and propose solutions which meet customer requirements along with architectural and business requirements.
• Conduct technical interviews for hiring engineering staff and raising the performance bar.
• Coach other technical resources.
• Communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a global environment.

About You
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related and four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in job offered or as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related.
• Qualifying experience must include at least four (4) years of experience with each of the following: Java/JEE with Spring Framework (including Spring Boot), with track record of designing, building, and supporting complex, large scale, and business critical software applications; Foundation in algorithms, data structures and core computer science concepts; Designing scalable fault tolerant platforms that are resilient to infrastructure failures; Strangulation pattern and anti-corruption layers to migrate monolithic systems into independent services; TDD.
• Telecommuting and/or working from home may be permissible pursuant to company policies.
• To apply, please click the “Apply for job” link above, or send resume to recruiter Rachel Van Meter, [email protected], 4250 North Fairfax Drive, 9th Floor Arlington, VA 22201, United States of America. Ref MC70 -2026.

Incentives offered through MasterCard’s Employee Referral Program Apply to this position. For more information, please visit our Employee Referral Site or see employee handbook.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $140,000 - $231,000 USD