Software Engineer II

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

Software Engineer II

As a Software Engineer II, you are a key player and influencer on the development team inside of Data & Services Technology. You will apply your broad knowledge of modern web software technologies to build leading-edge easy-to-use web interfaces and web services that drive our Loyalty Rewards platform. We are looking for motivated, hands-on individuals who will proactively seek ways to improve our products, software architecture, and our development process.

Mastercard’s next generation Loyalty Rewards platform uses a microservices architecture and modern web design to deliver the best user experience, a high level of availability, and a flexible architecture built for the future. We use agile development practices (specifically SAFe), advanced development and design practices, and an obsession over security, reliability, and performance to deliver solutions that delight our customers. We're looking for talented software development engineers to develop advanced technologies and applications that are revolutionizing Loyalty solutions.

- Are you passionate about software engineering?
- Do you enjoy seeing the impact your code has on a wide range of customers across the globe?
- Do you want to work for a company that offers above and beyond benefits, including paid parental leave, flexible work hours, gift matching, and even volunteer incentives, while encouraging your own professional learning and development?
- Do you thrive in a place where you continuously learn more while growing your skills and career?

In this role, you will:

- Work hands on with frameworks and languages such as TypeScript, Angular, Java, React, and Spring Boot
- Write high-quality, secure code that is modular, functional, and testable
- Assist with the design, implementation, and delivery for engineering efforts across a program
- Create or introduce, test, and deploy new technology to optimize the service
- Design and build technical roadmaps and guide the development staff on adoption
- Contribute to all parts of the software development cycle, including design, development, documentation, testing, and operations
- Have strong ownership of your team's software and are deep in the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies, including hardware, operating system, and build

All About You:

- Degree in Computer Science or related field
- Proficiency in Java, Python, Angular, SQL (Oracle and/or PostgreSQL) and/or TypeScript
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts
- Experience object-oriented development and design patterns
- Knowledge of supporting software in a high availability production environment
- Strong written and verbal English communications skills
- Ability to communicate and work collaboratively and effectively in a global environment
- Strong analytical and excellent problem-solving skills
- Prior experience working in an Agile environment
- Proficiency with cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, serverless technology, NoSQL databases), micro-service design, CI/CD, DevOps
- Experience designing scalable fault tolerant platforms that are resilient to infrastructure failures
- Experience with the strangulation pattern and anti-corruption layers to migrate monolithic systems into independent services

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 reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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.

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