Lead Software Engineer

Mastercard•O'fallon, MO

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Be part of the Artificial Intelligence & Decision Processing Engineering team developing new capabilities for MasterCard's Decision Management Platform, which serves as the core for multiple business solutions to combat fraud and validate cardholder identity. Our patented Java-based platform processes billions of transactions per month in tens of milliseconds using a multi-tiered, message-oriented approach for high performance and availability. The role involves successfully leading major projects and complex assignments with broad scope and long-term business implications, working closely with other technical leads on design and implementation, and assisting with production support issues. It also includes planning, designing, and developing technical solutions in adherence with MasterCard standards, participating in PoCs, designing technical roadmaps, conducting brownbag sessions, and actively looking for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency. The position is an integral part of Agile SAFe discover and elaboration sessions, performing requirements and design reviews, peer code reviews, and PCI security reviews. Strong ownership of the team’s software, including maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies, is expected. The role requires effective communication, collaboration, and public speaking as a technology evangelist for Mastercard in a global environment.

Requirements

Must be high-energy, detail-oriented, proactive and can function under pressure in an independent environment.
Must provide the necessary skills to have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.
Possesses strong communication skills -- both verbal and written – and strong relationship, collaborative skills, and organizational skills.
Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities and to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.
Knowledge of software development processes including agile processes and test-driven development
Experience with the design and development of complex, multi-tier cloud native architectures.
Degree in Computer Science or related field
Technical experience using Java/J2EE
Spring Framework (including Spring Boot)
Distributed Computing at scale
Cloud technologies like cloud foundry, Kubernetes
Strong Linux and shell scripting
Oracle & PL/SQL and advanced SQL scripting
IDE such as JBoss Developer Studio/IntelliJ

Nice To Haves

Experience working in at-scale distributed compute such as Gemfire, Apache Spark, Distributed Redis, Hazelcast, GridGain or similar
Messaging – MQ and JMS
Experience integrating vendor and open-source products into an overall system

Responsibilities

Successfully lead major projects and complex assignments with broad scope and long-term business implications.
Work closely with other technical leads on assigned projects to assist in design and implementation tasks.
Assist with production support issues by acting as a subject matter expert in resolving incidents and problem tickets.
Plan, design and develop technical solutions and alternatives to meet business requirements in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes, and best practices.
Participate in PoCs (Proof of Concept) and help the Department with selection of Vendor Solutions, Technologies, Methodologies and Frameworks.
Design and build technical roadmaps to optimize services and functions with a focus on performance and cost/benefit optimization
Conduct brownbag sessions on new and upcoming technologies, methodologies, and application appropriate frameworks.
Actively look for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.
Be an integral part of the Agile SAFe discover and elaboration sessions. Perform requirements and design reviews, peer code reviews and PCI security reviews to ensure compliance with MasterCard standards.
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.
Communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a global environment.
Public speaking as a technology evangelist for Mastercard.

Benefits

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