Director Software Engineering

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

Director Software Engineering

Overview

Network as a Service (NaaS) is an internally developed system designed to modernize Mastercard's network configuration and security policy management through automation. It plays a crucial role in our zero trust strategy and facilitates network micro-segmentation across our global data centers.

We are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead an exceptional team of software engineers who continuously evolve our system to meet the growing and changing needs of Mastercard.

Role

- Guide, coach and mentor a diverse engineering team.
- Cultivate a culture of innovation and creativity, challenging conventional practices to drive continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with Mastercard policies and procedures.
- Oversee architectural design and development of applications, services, and user interfaces, while maintaining and scaling existing systems.
- Adopt a hands-on approach to architecture and code development, ensuring the creation of high-quality, clean, and secure code.
- Develop product / technology roadmaps.
- Proactively identify and resolve potential issues before they arise bringing a safety first mindset.
- Stay informed about new technologies and offer technical guidance to your team.
- Set priorities, objectives, and drive delivery within the team while managing expectations with stakeholders.

All About You

- Degree or similar in IT / Computer Science.
- Lead from the front while knowing when to step back to allow individuals to shine.
- Continually recognizes and rewards individual contributions across the team.
- Fosters an engaging and fun atmosphere.
- History of leading hybrid teams (remote / in-person).
- Flexibility to function in various roles as required by the situation (coach / mentor / friend / project owner / engineer / architect).
- Ability to write high quality, secure, and clean code following SOLID design principles in multiple programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, C#, Java, JavaScript).
- Proven experience building distributed systems with an emphasis on scalability and reliability.
- Well versed in infrastructure as code and related tooling (e.g., Terraform, Chef, Ansible, etc.).
- Experience with modern approaches to automated software testing.
- Experience with CI/CD topics and development methodologies (e.g., pipelines, pull requests, git, command line, etc.).
- Understanding of network concepts such as load balancing, firewalls, and protocols.

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.

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.

In 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 based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 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, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges
O'Fallon, Missouri: $165,000 - $264,000 USD