Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

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 Full Stack Software Engineer

Overview:
Mastercard’s SpendingPulse team within the Economics & Locations Program is seeking a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer. In this role you will bring your technology and leadership skills to guide the team in the design, build, test, deploy, and scale of our platform for customers, including issuers, merchants, and governments, by leveraging large data sets, and providing actionable insights. We are looking for an innovative software engineer who will lead the team responsible for the design and build of a full stack web application and thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment.
This individual will lead our full stack application team in Arlington and will collaborate across departments and geographies (mainly Arlington, New York, the Czech Republic, and India) as we build and scale a solution that drives value for our customers. The day-to-day tech stack you'll work in includes MS SQL Server, ASP.NET Core MVC, React, Redux, Typescript, and some exposure to Hadoop and Databricks.
Engineers work in small, flexible teams. Every team member contributes to designing, building, and testing features. The range of work you encounter varies from building intuitive, responsive UIs to designing backend data models, and beyond. There are no rigid organizational structures, and each team uses processes that work best for its members and projects.
This hybrid position is based in Arlington, VA, requiring three days per week onsite.

Role:
• Provide strategic direction for full-stack development, ensuring alignment with business and engineering goals.
• Scope, design, implement, and release complex technical products with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
• Develop intuitive, responsive user interfaces to enhance data visualization and analytics.
• Ensure performance, reliability, and code readability through high-quality coding and rigorous code reviews.
• Collaborate with product and engineering management on roadmap planning, feature scoping, and release execution.
• Identify and address both short-term and long-term engineering needs to scale platform solutions effectively.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and UX Designers to deeply understand user needs and translate them into impactful features.
• Work closely with Data Scientists and Data Engineers to design optimal solutions for data-driven applications.
• Coach junior engineers, sharing knowledge and best practices to elevate team performance.
• Lead development cycles with an agile mindset, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness to changing priorities.
• Keep senior leadership informed, incorporating feedback into technical and architectural decisions.
• Identify and address engineering needs to optimize application performance and support business growth.

All About You:
• Proven experience in full-stack engineering within an agile production environment.
• Strong knowledge of .NET/C#, React, Redux, TypeScript, and SQL Server or similar object-oriented languages, front-end frameworks, and relational database technologies.
• Experience with Java, Spring Boot, Python, Hadoop, and Databricks for data-intensive applications is a nice to have.
• Experience working across time zones and diverse cultures, fostering collaboration in global teams.
• Proven track record of coaching and mentoring junior engineers, fostering a high-performing development team.
• Experience designing and implementing large, complex features in full-stack applications, driving cross-team technical efforts.
• Ability to identify and implement improvements in development workflows, enhancing efficiency and team productivity.
• Strong ability to work across teams, functions, and geographies, fostering effective collaboration.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships, drive alignment, and navigate organizational dynamics.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

This role is not eligible for Mastercard’s work authorization sponsorship. As such, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States, now as well as in the future, without employer sponsorship.

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