Develop, test, deploy, troubleshoot, and refactor application software components. Collaborate on requirements analysis, prioritization, estimation, and technical decisions while adopting new languages and architecture patterns. Support CI/CD automation, pipelines, virtualization, TDD, BDD, and Agile development. Assist teammates, communicate effectively, demonstrate analytical problem-solving, and maintain information security responsibilities.
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
Overview
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Role
All staff at Mastercard are expected to demonstrate 'Mastercard Way' cultural values every day - own it, simplify it, sense of urgency, thoughtful risk-taking, unlock potential, and be inclusive - with a relentless focus on our customers. As a Software Development Engineer II at Mastercard, you are expected to perform the following general duties:
• Own tasks (dev, test, deployment) at an application/software component level • Able to troubleshoot and refactor existing code• Adopt new languages and architecture patterns needed for the work • Influence the decisions made by the team • Demonstrates active learning
All About You
• Degree in Computer Science or related Engineering field• Hands-on knowledge of Java, Spring Boot and Microservices (REST API), SQL Queries• Understands the use of basic design patterns• Understands requirement analysis being an essential part of delivering value to our customers and partners with peers to participate in elaboration, prioritization, and effort estimation • Understands Continuous Integration (CI) and Delivery (CD) concepts and capabilities to support automation, pipelines, virtualization.• Strong written and verbal English communications skills.• Help & assist peers and other team members.• Strong analytical and excellent problem-solving skills.• Experience working in an Agile environment.• Experience with TDD and BDD in the software development processes• Have awareness of own strengths and areas of improvement and seeks out additional feedback and suggestions for improvement
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:
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
Overview
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Role
All staff at Mastercard are expected to demonstrate 'Mastercard Way' cultural values every day - own it, simplify it, sense of urgency, thoughtful risk-taking, unlock potential, and be inclusive - with a relentless focus on our customers. As a Software Development Engineer II at Mastercard, you are expected to perform the following general duties:
• Own tasks (dev, test, deployment) at an application/software component level • Able to troubleshoot and refactor existing code• Adopt new languages and architecture patterns needed for the work • Influence the decisions made by the team • Demonstrates active learning
All About You
• Degree in Computer Science or related Engineering field• Hands-on knowledge of Java, Spring Boot and Microservices (REST API), SQL Queries• Understands the use of basic design patterns• Understands requirement analysis being an essential part of delivering value to our customers and partners with peers to participate in elaboration, prioritization, and effort estimation • Understands Continuous Integration (CI) and Delivery (CD) concepts and capabilities to support automation, pipelines, virtualization.• Strong written and verbal English communications skills.• Help & assist peers and other team members.• Strong analytical and excellent problem-solving skills.• Experience working in an Agile environment.• Experience with TDD and BDD in the software development processes• Have awareness of own strengths and areas of improvement and seeks out additional feedback and suggestions for improvement
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.
Mastercard San Francisco, California, USA Office
Mastercard San Francisco, CA Office
123 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94105
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