MasterCard Hiring for Lead Software Engineer at Vancouver, BC Full Time

We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Job Title

Lead Software Engineer

Our Purpose:
We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results.

Overview:
The Identity Verification group within the Cyber and Intelligence Solutions (C&I) division works to prevent fraud by securing a user’s identity through their devices, identity information, and usage patterns such as passive Biometrics. Comprised of best-in-class solutions from Ekata and NuData Security (Mastercard companies), we use complex machine learning, a client customizable rule engine, combined with device, identity, and transaction information from billions of transactions to reduce user friction to enable highly secure real time transactions.

The Identity Verification group is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help lead a scrum team while building out its IDVHub API product which is creating a central, consumable way of combining Mastercard’s Identity Verification’s solutions for consumption.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead from the tech level a development Scrum team in an Agile environment that can be geographically diverse
• Responsible for leading and owning the analysis, design, development, and delivery of software backend (REST API) solutions
• Define requirements for new applications and customization adhering to Mastercard standards, processes, and best practices
• Develop, customize, and test applications to integrate to Mastercard’s specifications
• Mentor and guide other team members during all phases of the SDLC. Ensure adequate test coverage in Unit Testing, System Testing/Integration Testing and Performance Testing.
• Work closely with the team manager, stakeholders, and Architects to deliver to requirements performant and scalable products

All About You:

• Demonstrated software leadership/development experience in a professional development team setting.
• Possess strong communication skills – both verbal and written – and strong relationship, collaborative and organizational skills.
• Java and Spring / Spring Boot experience, or experience with at least one object-oriented language (C#, C++, Python, etc.) and ideally some prior exposure with Java or other relevant languages
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks and source control systems; (GHE a plus)
• Experience working with cloud-based server environments; (Azure / AWS ideally)
• Experience designing and creating, highly performant and scalable backend REST APIs.
• Experience with coaching more Junior members in software and development best practices
• Willingness and ability to learn / take on challenging opportunities

Helpful to have:

• Experience with Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, JSON, HTTP, RESTful services
• Experience writing automated acceptance tests (used in CI/CD pipelines)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (Cassandra, Redis or Other)
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment. (Jenkins a plus)
• Experience with JIRA and Agile
• Experience with RESTful APIs
• An interest in fraud detection and security.

Education / Experience:

• Experience in delivering secure solutions in Financial / Fraud Services Sector is preferred. Broad understanding of Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies is required. Demonstrate MC Core Competencies.
• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience.

In return we offer a hybrid work environment including work from anywhere weeks as per Mastercard policy. Team and Tech Hub events such as in and out of office games, sport teams, hackathons, lunch n learns, regular team lunches and other events. Don’t forget the competitive salary, extended health benefits, flex-time schedules, and encouragement and support for professional development.

COVID-19 Considerations

We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together. In many locations, which may change over time, we’ve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by video or phone. In addition, in some locations, only individuals who have been fully vaccinated will be permitted inside Mastercard offices until further notice.

In the US, Mastercard is a government contractor, which may legally require most Mastercard employees to be vaccinated unless a verified approved medical or religious exemption is granted. Further, we are currently making every effort towards having employees return to work in the office 2 days per week, if that makes sense for their team. Everyone must be vaccinated to enter Mastercard offices at this time. Therefore, we expect all candidates to be vaccinated or to be approved for a medical or religious accommodation prior to commencing work at Mastercard.

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.