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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.\nTitle and Summary\nSenior, Software EngineerOverviewThe Decision Management Program (DMP) delivers industry-leading intelligence that enables faster, smarter decisioning at global scale across the payment journey and beyond. Through a suite of products, DMP structures and applies complex business logic to help teams manage risk, adapt quickly to changing regulatory, geopolitical, or market conditions, and drive profitable customer engagements. Built for resiliency, availability, and future growth, DMP empowers Mastercard’s market-facing programs with agile, intelligent decision management capabilities worldwide.\nA Senior Software Engineer is an experienced individual contributor who designs, develops, tests, deploys, and maintains complex backend software applications and services, with a strong focus on Java-based development. This role applies deep technical expertise to solve nontrivial engineering problems, influence design decisions, and improve engineering practices while collaborating closely with product, operations, and other stakeholders.\nSenior Software Engineers operate with a high degree of autonomy, contribute across the full software development lifecycle, and raise the technical bar through backend development, code quality, automated testing, system design, secure engineering practices, and knowledge sharing.\nRole Responsibilities\nOwn software delivery activities at the application or software-component level, including backend development, testing, deployment, release, configuration, and documentation.\nDesign and develop scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable Java-based applications, APIs, services, and backend components.\nTranslate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable software designs.\nDevelop high-quality Java software using appropriate algorithms, data structures, coding standards, and engineering best practices.\nDesign, develop, and maintain automated unit, functional, integration, and regression tests to validate software functionality, service interactions, and code changes.\nIncorporate test automation and regression testing into the software development lifecycle to support code quality and reliable releases.\nTroubleshoot, diagnose, and refactor existing code to improve quality, maintainability, performance, and reliability.\nApply secure coding practices throughout the software development lifecycle to identify and reduce application vulnerabilities.\nAdopt new programming languages, frameworks, and architecture patterns based on business and technical needs.\nParticipate in the team’s agile processes, technical decisions, backlog refinement, and prioritization activities.\nDeliver prioritized backlog work in partnership with the full scrum team, seeking guidance when appropriate.\nAutomate software build, testing, deployment, operational, and runtime processes.\nLead code, design, and process trade-off discussions within the team when required.\nDrive the integration of backend services and APIs with a focus on the customer journey and overall experience.\nPerform product demonstrations and participate in acceptance discussions with Product Owners.\nImprove operational readiness by incorporating reliability, observability, monitoring, and measurable engineering practices into software solutions.\nAnalyze and optimize applications and services for performance and scalability through testing, tuning, and ongoing evaluation.\nDevelop a comprehensive understanding of end-to-end technical architecture, system interactions, and dependencies.\nDrive the adoption of technology standards and approved frameworks, and review the development, testing, design, and automation work of team members.\nMentor and guide new and less-experienced team members through technical support, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.\nIdentify opportunities to improve engineering processes, reduce waste, and increase team productivity.\nShare and seek knowledge within relevant Guilds and Programs to promote the reuse of patterns, libraries, tools, and practices.\nAll About You\nStrong experience developing backend applications and services using Java, with demonstrated proficiency building production-quality software.\nStrong understanding of Java development, backend software design, APIs, service-oriented architectures, algorithms, and data structures.\nExperience applying secure coding standards and developing scalable, maintainable software.\nExperience developing and maintaining automated unit, functional, integration, and regression testing as part of software development.\nExperience incorporating test automation into CI/CD and software delivery practices to improve quality and release reliability.\nStrong code-review skills, including the ability to identify quality, security, maintainability, and standards-compliance concerns.\nExperience troubleshooting complex application and system issues.\nFamiliarity with performance engineering, performance tuning, automation, observability, and operational-readiness practices.\nSolid experience with software development processes and one or more Application Lifecycle Management tools.\nSuccess producing high-quality software designs, technical deliverables, and documentation.\nDemonstrated experience applying AI technologies or capabilities within a software engineering context.\nProactive, detail-oriented, and able to operate independently in a fast-paced environment.\nPassion for continuous learning and solving challenging technical problems.\nStrong verbal and written communication, relationship-building, collaboration, and organizational skills.\nStrong commitment to the timely delivery of key objectives.\nSound decision-making skills and a continuous-improvement mindset.\n•Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.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  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.\nCorporate Security Responsibility\nAll 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:\nAbide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;\n\nEnsure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;\n\nReport any suspected information security violation or breach, and\n\nComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.\n\nIn 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. 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