Manager 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 Manager Software Engineering Overview The Mastercard Business Intelligence Application Development Team builds innovative solutions that position Mastercard as a leader in delivering advanced analytics and reporting capabilities to a global customer base. We collaborate closely with product partners and technical teams to enhance existing products and launch new solutions worldwide. We are seeking a highly skilled engineering leader who will: • Drive architecture, design, and technical strategy for new development initiatives, production support, and platform modernization while ensuring consistent delivery quality across internal teams and vendor partners. • Provide detailed cost and effort estimates, define technical scope and requirements, and partner with project managers and stakeholders to effectively manage scope throughout the project lifecycle. • Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous learning, and operational excellence. • Build strong partnerships across Product, Engineering, Quality, and Business teams to align technology execution with business objectives and strategic priorities. Role As part of Mastercard’s Payment Performance Intelligence Program, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable full-stack applications powered by Java-based microservices and modern React or Angular frontends. In this role, you will combine deep technical expertise with strong people leadership to guide multiple engineers through the full software development lifecycle, influence architectural decisions, and drive successful delivery of business-critical initiatives. Key Responsibilities • Provide technical leadership and architectural direction aligned with Mastercard's Enterprise Architecture standards and strategic technology roadmap. • Lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of software engineers, fostering technical excellence, career growth, and a collaborative team culture. • Drive execution and delivery of complex engineering initiatives while balancing quality, reliability, scalability, and speed. • Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure software solutions that meet evolving business requirements. • Write and review high-quality, maintainable code while establishing engineering best practices and development standards. •Establish and promote effective unit, functional, and integration testing practices to validate software quality and system behavior throughout the development lifecycle. •Guide performance engineering efforts to identify bottlenecks and optimize applications for performance, scalability, and reliability. • Ensure platform designs support high availability, resilience, and near zero-downtime production operations. • Collaborate with business partners, product owners, and stakeholders to define product strategy, roadmaps, business cases, and delivery priorities. • Partner with Quality Engineering, Product Management, Infrastructure, and Security teams to ensure successful end-to-end product delivery. • Drive operational excellence through proactive monitoring, automation, incident management, systemic troubleshooting and continuous improvement initiatives. • Lead capacity planning, resource management, and technical decision-making across multiple concurrent initiatives. • Champion innovation by evaluating emerging technologies, modern engineering practices, and automation opportunities. • Foster an inclusive and high-performance environment built on accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement. All About You Education • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Leadership & Communication • Proven experience leading and managing software engineering teams in an agile environment. • Strong coaching, mentoring, and talent development skills with a demonstrated ability to grow engineering talent. • Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders and driving alignment across business and technology organizations. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence decisions at multiple organizational levels. • Strong ownership mindset with the ability to lead through ambiguity and manage competing priorities effectively. Technical Expertise • Strong expertise in Java 17+, Spring ecosystem, Hibernate, and enterprise application design. • Proven experience building and leading applications based on microservices architecture. • Strong experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and messaging frameworks such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Amazon SQS, or cloud-native messaging solutions. • Hands-on experience with React JS (16+) or Angular (14+) frontend development. • Experience designing and developing APIs using OpenAPI specifications. • Strong knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, Node.js, UNIX shell scripting, Python, and Groovy scripting. • Experience with enterprise databases including Oracle, SQL Server, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch. • Strong understanding of data structures and their application in designing efficient, scalable software solutions Tools & Methodologies • Build and dependency management using Gradle and Maven. • Experience with infrastructure and configuration automation tools such as Chef and Ansible. • Strong CI/CD experience using Jenkins, SonarQube, and automated quality gates. • Proven experience working in Agile, Scrum, and DevOps environments. Cloud & Infrastructure • Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or GCP. • Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift. • Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, ELK Stack, Grafana, Prometheus, or equivalent solutions. Preferred Qualifications • Experience working with multiple programming languages such as Scala, C#, Python, or similar technologies. • Familiarity with workflow orchestration and automation platforms such as Netflix Conductor, Apache Airflow, Camunda, or N8N. • Experience implementing observability solutions using OpenTelemetry. • Familiarity with rules engines such as Drools or EasyRules. • Experience managing globally distributed teams and vendor partnerships is a strong plus. Soft Skills • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities. • High-energy, detail-oriented, proactive, and results-driven approach. • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, complex, and highly collaborative environment. • Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills. • Passion for engineering excellence, innovation, and talent development. 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 [email protected] 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 and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 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; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations. THIS POSTING RELECTS ONE OR MORE CURRENT VACANCIES ON OUR TEAM, AND MASTERCARD INTENDS TO FILL THIS POSITION BY 01/27/2027. If the fill date has passed, Mastercard intends to fill this position as soon as possible. Pay Ranges O'Fallon, Missouri: $140,000 - $231,000 USD